Research & Analysis

An examination of trade between the United States and China in the 18th century may hold lessons for today’s commercial relationship. US President Richard Nixon’s historic trip to the People’s Republic of China in 1972 was an important moment in US-China foreign and commercial relations. But America’s trade with China started much earlier. Prior to […]

The boom in Chinese applicants to US universities has boosted China’s educational consulting industry, but the industry still faces an image problem. by Joseph Luk China sends more university students to the United States than any other country, and for the last four years, the number of students from mainland China has grown by more […]

From sales of airplanes and grains to today’s complex commercial relationship, the US-China Business Council has witnessed 40 years of business and trade between the United States and China. By Ben Baden At an event in September in Washington, DC, US Ambassador to China Gary Locke gave a speech highlighting the tremendous growth in trade […]

The US-China Business Council (USCBC) held its 2012 Gala on December 6 at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC. The event honored China’s Ambassador to the United States Zhang Yesui, and former Governor of Utah and US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, Jr. Nearly 400 people from more than 40 member companies attended the event. Special […]

The commercial and trade relationship between the United States and China has changed dramatically since the US-China Business Council (USCBC) opened its doors 40 years ago. Since then the two countries have developed one of the world’s largest trading relationships, China has become an important and fast-growing market for American goods, and both countries’ economies […]

by Lingling Jiang In China Operations Q&A, the US-China Business Council’s (USCBC) Business Advisory Services staff members answer questions companies have about business operations in China. Q: Our business is under the restricted category of the Catalogue Guiding Foreign Investment. What is the approval process we need to go through, and how long does it […]

A former P&G executive leaves corporate life to teach, study, and travel his way to a new career. By Chris Hassall After nearly 30 rewarding years living and working all over the world with the Procter and Gamble Co. (P&G), I recently retired to fulfill a personal ambition to return to China. One of the […]

US small businesses should research opportunities and the business culture before entering the China market. By Christopher Hayes When Xi Jinping gave his inaugural speech as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) last month, many China-watchers interested in market entry were paying attention to both what he said and how he said it. […]

A Legacy of Support for the Rule of Law in China By Anne Phelan In the spring of 1999, when the US-China Legal Cooperation Fund issued its first call for grant proposals, there were only a handful of American organizations funding projects to promote the rule of law in China. But there were dozens of […]

The issue focused on financial services, with a special report on intellectual property rights.