Jacob Lensing-Sharp
Manager, Business Advisory Services
US-China Business Council
Jacob Lensing-Sharp is a business advisory services manager at the USCBC Shanghai Office. Prior to joining USCBC, he was a global risk analyst covering Northeast Asia at Control Risks. Previously, he taught English in Anhui province. Jake holds a master’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in international affairs and political science from Northeastern University. While at Georgetown, he helped found the School of Foreign Service Committee on China.
He is originally from Middletown, Connecticut, and is proficient in Mandarin.
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US-China Cooperation on Decarbonization Advancing Across Multiple Areas
With carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and methane emerging as the two main areas of consensus on climate cooperation between the United States and China, both areas present opportunities for companies operating in these fields. Climate envoys John Podesta and Liu Zhenmin focused on these two areas during a meeting in Washington, DC, in early May.
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Local Governments Seek Stability Ahead of National Two Sessions
The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) will open on March 4, followed by the start of the National People’s Congress (NPC) on March 5. These meetings are collectively known as the Two Sessions, China’s most important annual political event where the country’s high-level economic policies for the coming year are laid out in the Government Work Report, which will be delivered by Premier Li Qiang.
