Events

8-14-2010 River Trip (Kayaking & Canoeing)
Make a one-day weekend getaway from traffic noise and office buildings, relaxing on a scenic river? Join us at the Rappahannock River trip kayaking and canoeing near the historic Old Town Fredericksburg, Virginia!

8-3-2010 7th Annual Youth Assembly at the United Nations in New York.

7-31-2010 China Society Lunch Seminar
China's Economic Transformation, National Talent Strategy and the Opportunities for Overseas Talents
Speaker: Dr. WANG Huiyao, Director General of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), Vice Chairman of China Western Returned Scholars Association (WRSA), Vice Chairman of China Talent Society of Ministry of Human Resources & Social Security and Vice Chairman of China International Economic Cooperation Society of Ministry of Commerce in China, and currently a visiting fellow at Brookings Institution

4-15-2010 China Society Seminar
World Trade Centers: an Engine for Economic Development and Global Stability
Speaker: John Dickson, Chairman of the China Society, Chairman of the World Trade Centers Association’s Committee on Peace and Stability Through Trade

4-6-2010 Chinese Foreign-Educated Returnees: Shaping China’s Future?
The China Society supports this event.

2-20-2010 China Society Chinese New Year Celebration

1-15-2010 China Society Dinner Seminar
First-Hand Perspective: 30 Years of US-China Trade
Speaker: Ms Suzanne Reynolds. Former Director of Business Advisory Services of The US-China Business Council

11-19-2009 Diplomatic Dialogue Thai Embassy

11-6-2009 China Society Dinner Seminar
The East Asian Community and current Sino-Japanese Relations”
Language: Chinese & English
Speaker: Dr. Ming WAN. Professor of Government and Politics and Director of Global Affairs Program of George Mason University

11-3-2009 Dinner Discussion with Leader in East Asia Affair

10-01-2009 60th National Day Reception at the Chinese Embassy
09-12-2009 Black Hill Regional Park Picnic
08-15-2009 Chinese, Kenyan and U.S. youth beautify Baltimore park

08-15-2009 Sixth Annual Youth Assembly at the United Nations

04-19-2009 春晖杯华盛顿创新创业研讨会

04-04-2009 江阴市海外高层次人才招聘会(华盛顿)

03-21-2009 人民大学国际关系学院副院长金灿荣教授小型餐会

03-01-2009 怎样赢得美国联邦政府合同

01-18-2009 Presidential Inaugural Reception

01-18-2009 Chinese New Year Festival

11-23-2008 2008 US-China Forum & Gala

10-26-2008 Shenandoah National Park Autumn trip

09-14-2008 Picnic

08-23-2008 China's Soft Power

06-26-2008 China Earthquake school rebuilding

06-14-2008 Strawberry Picking

Past Events

Event: FREE Newseum Tour
Date: 03/09/2008
Time: 10 AM
Where: Newseum (www.newseum.org)
555 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC
Sponsors: Shanghai Association
China Society

Seminar: 17th CCP National Congress and Prospect of Social Economic Reform and Development in China
中共17大与中国社会经济改革发展的基本走向
Speaker: Professor Weifang Min闵维方教授
Chairman of University Council of Peking University (Beijing University)
Board Chairman of Peking University Education Foundation
Alternate Member, 16th & 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Date: 12/01/2007 Saturday
Time: 12:45 PM – 2:30 PM
Sponsors: The China Society
Peking University Alumni University, DC
Hope Chinese School

Event: Shenandoah National Park Day Trip
Hiking + Picnic + Skyline Drive + Luray Cavern + Winery Tour
When: Oct 28th, 2007, Sunday
Activity1 Hiking at Mary's Rock Trail, Shenandoah Valley
Activity 2 Skyline Drive tour
Activitiy3 Lunch/Visiting Luray Caverns
Activity4 Winery Tour and Wine Tasting Unicorn Winery or Oasis Winery
http://www.unicornwinery.com/ or http://www.oasiswine.com
Sponsors: The China Society
Peking University Alumni Association
Nanjing University Alumni Association

Event: Blueberry Picking
When: 07/08/2006 Saturday
Place: Wagon boarding place
Butlers Orchard
22200 Davis Mill Road
Germantown, MD 20876
http://www.butlersorchard.com/
Sponsor: China Society
Peking University Alumni Association - DC

Seminar: "US-China Economic Strategic Dialog and US-China Relations”
Language: Chinese & English
Speaker: Dr. Shulong Chu
Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution
Professor & Deputy Director, Institute of International Strategic and Development
Studies, School of Public Affairs, Tsinghua University
http://www.brookings.edu/scholars/fellows/schu.htm
When: 06/08/2007 Friday
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Sponsor: The China Society

Seminar: China’s Security Market and Its Propsects
Speaker: Zhiping Ying
Founder and CEO, Zunyue Investment Lt.

When: 05/06/2007 Sunday
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Address: The Triway Enterprise, Inc.
1401 Wilson Blvd, Suite 1011, Arlington, VA22209
Sponsor: CAST-DC
China Society

Event: Forum with Chinese Woman Entrepreneur Delegation
Speakers: Mrs. Qingqi Shi, the Executive Vice President of the China Association of Women Entrepreneurs, President of the Institute of National Industry Development
Michael Marshall, Editor-in-Chief, United Press International
Larry Moffitt, Vice President, Washington Times Foundation
Mrs. Jin-Shu Park, chairwoman of Panda (China).
Jing Huang, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Yeqing Li, President, The China Society
Rita Shan, President, OCA-Women Virginia and Executive Committee member, China Society
When: 05/03/2007
Sponsor: The China Society
Washington Times Foundation
Woman’s Federation for World Peace

What: Early Summer Culture Night
Chinese Cuisine + Performing Arts
When: 04/28/2007 (Saturday)
Where: 16 Kent Gardens Cir., Gaithersburg, MD 20878.
Sponsor: EACT (Education Association for China’s Tomorrow)
China Society
Northern Virginia Chinese Choir
US-China Chinese Language School

Seminar: "Career Development: job opportunities in U.S. and in China"
Language: Chinese & English
Speakers: Yining He, Dawn Li, Jue Sun and Zhenxiao Lian
Time: 4:00PM – 6:00 PM
04/22/2007 Sunday
Place: Georgetown University, Washington D.C
Sponsors: The China Society
Georgetown University CSSA

Seminar: "Rural Reconstruction Movement and China Development Path"
Language: Chinese &English
Speaker: Yan Liu, Ph. D. candidate, University of Maryland, College Park
Founder, the Education Association for China Tomorrow
Time: 2:00PM – 4:00 PM
03/31/2007 Saturday
Place: 9201 Scott Drive
Rockville MD 20850
Host: The China Society
Co-sponsors: Education Association for China Tomorrow (www.eact-ngo.org)

Seminar: "Path to Financial Health"
Language: English & Chinese
Speaker: Elizabeth R. Hitchcock, “LIZ”,
Senior Vice President, Primerica Financial Service (A Citi Company)
Yubin Ye,
Division Leader, Primerica Financial Service (A Citi Company)
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, March 10, 2007
03/10/2007 Saturday
Place/ Great Falls Library
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/gf/direct.htm
Sponsor: The China Society
CAST-DC/Network Society (www.castdc.org)

Event: Innovation and Entrepreneurship forum
Speakers: Mr. Aisheng Feng, First Secretary, Science & Technology Department, Chinese Embassy
Dr. Shibin Yao, CEO, Jinfonet Software, Inc.
Dr. Jingxiong Chen, Professor, Computer Department, George Mason University
Date: 11/11/2006, Saturday
Time: 10:00 AM -12:00 PM
Where: The Mason Enterprise Center
George Mason University, 4031 University Drive, Suite 100, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Host: Washington Center of US-China Technology, Innovation and Development
Co-sponsors: The China Society
CAST-Network Society
Ocean-DC
Contact: River Duan, 571-237-8508, riverd@gmail.com
Ping Wang, 540-435-9498, wangpxva@hotmail.com
Qiang Lu, 703-850-8780
Yeqing Li, 202-470-0912, yeqing.li@gmail.com

Event: Autumn Day Trip: Hiking + Lunch + Luray Cavern + Winery Tour
Date: Oct 28th, 2006, Saturday
Time: Start at 11 AM
Activity1 Hiking at Mary's Rock Trail, Shenandoah Valley
Timeframe: 11:00AM – 12:45PM
Location: Trail Entrance (Panorama Parking Lot)

Activitiy2 Lunch/Visiting Luray Caverns (Optional)
Timeframe: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM for Lunch, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM for Luray Caverns
Location: Lunch at Stalactite Café and Restaurant near Luray caverns

Activity3 Winery Tour and Wine Tasting (Optional)
Timeframe: 4 PM - 5 PM (group tour); Noon – 5 PM (individual)
Location: Unicorn Winery or Oasis Winery
More Info: http://www.unicornwinery.com/ or http://www.oasiswine.com

Co-sponsors: The China Society
Peking University Alumni Association at DC
The George Washington University CSSA
UCAPO (Union of Chinese American Professional Organizations)
CAST-DC (Chinese Association of Science and Technology)
Johns Hopkins Medical Institution CSSA
University of Maryland Medical Center CSSA
Tsinghua University Alumni Association at DC,
Hunan Association
University of Maryland at Baltimore CSSA
Contact:
Chongzhi Zang: 908-838-5158, cssa@gwu.edu
Dong Shen: 410-258-5555, dshen2@jhmi.edu
Yeqing Li: 202-294-6388, Yeqing.li@gmail.com
Mei Lu: 301-905-2498, mei_luu@yahoo.com
Zengjian Hu: 301-792-8576, huzengjian@yahoo.com
Aohua Chen: 703-627-7331, aohua@yahoo.com
Yue Zhu: 301-461-1459, zhuyuezy@gmail.com

Seminar: "How US Think-tanks Influence the Policy-making towards China"
Speaker: Richard C. Bush III, Ph. D.,
Director, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, the Brookings Institution
Former Chairman and Managing Director, the American Institute in Taiwan
Date: 10/13/2006 Friday
Time: 6:30PM – 9:00PM
Place: Charlie Chiang's Van Ness-UDC,
4250 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008, (202) 966-1916/1942
Host: The China Society http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chinasociety/
Co-sponsors: CAST-DC/Network (www.castdc.org)
Overseas Young Chinese Forum (www.oycf.org/)
Contact: Geng Li, gli@umich.edu, (734) 330-9171
Yeqing (Victor) Li yeqing.li@gmail.com (202) 294-6388
Zengjian Hu huzengjian@yahoo.com (301) 792-8576
Yubin Ye y_yubin@yahoo.com, (703) 582-3513
Su Sun susun_t@yahoo.com, (301) 916-8928

Seminar: Path to Health for Professionals
Speaker: Chunling Wang, M. D., Senior Scientist, Exponent Inc.
Date: 09/9/2006 Saturday
Seminar
Time: 3:00PM – 5:00PM
Place: Triway Enterprise, Inc. (http://www.triwayinc.com/)
1401 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1011, Arlington, VA 22209
Host: The China Society http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chinasociety/
Co-sponsors: CAST-DC/Network (www.castdc.org/indexie.htm)
Overseas Young Chinese Forum (www.oycf.org/)
Contact: Geng Li, gli@umich.edu, (734) 330-9171
Yeqing (Victor) Li yeqing.li@gmail.com (202) 294-6388
Yubin Ye y_yubin@yahoo.com, (703) 582-3513
Su Sun susun_t@yahoo.com, (301) 916-8928

Event: End-of-Summer Picnic Event
Date: Saturday, 08/26/2006
Where: U.S. National Arboretum
Sponsors: The China Society
Friends of China Garden at U.S. National Arboretum
Contact: Rita Shan

Seminar Challenges to Education in China & Opportunities for the Overseas Chinese
Speaker: Prof. ZHOU Huaibei
Dean, The School of International Software
Wuhan University
Date: 08/12/2006 Saturday
Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Place: Thomas Jefferson Community Library
7415 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22042
Host: CAST-DC/Network Society
Co-sponsors: The China Society
Overseas Young Chinese Forum
Contact: Qiang Lu (qianglu99@hotmail.com)
Zengjian Hu (huzengjian@yahoo.com)
Geng Li (gli@umich.edu)
Yeqing (Victor) Li ( yeqing.li@gmail.com)
Yubin Ye (y_yubin@yahoo.com)
Su Sun (susun_t@yahoo.com)

Seminar US News Media Industry and Its Report on China
Speaker: Michael Marshall, Editor-in-Chief,
United Press International (www.upi.com)
Date: 07/29/2006 Saturday
Time: 3:00PM – 5:00PM

Place: Triway Enterprise, Inc. (www.triwayinc.com/)
1401 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1011, Arlington, VA 22209
Dinner with Speaker
Time: 5:45 PM – 7:15 PM
Place: China Garden (703) 525-5317
1100 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22209
Fee: Shared by participants except the speaker
Host: The China Society (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chinasociety/)
Co-sponsors: Overseas Young Chinese Forum (www.oycf.org/)
Peking University Alumni Association (www.puaa-dc.org)
CAST-DC (www.castdc.org/indexie.htm)
Contact: Geng Li gli@umich.edu (734) 330-9171
Yeqing (Victor) Li yeqing.li@gmail.com (202) 294-6388
Su Sun susun_t@yahoo.com (301) 916-8928
Mei Lu mei_luu@yahoo.com (301) 905-2498
Yubin Ye y_yubin@yahoo.com (703) 582-3513
Zengjian Hu huzengjian@yahoo.com (301) 792-8576

Event: Blueberry Picking
When: 10 am, 07/08/2006 Saturday
Place: Wagon boarding place
Butlers Orchard
22200 Davis Mill Road
Germantown, MD 20876
http://www.butlersorchard.com/
Sponsor: Peking University Alumni Association - DC
China Society
Contact: Mei Lu mei_luu@yahoo.com (301) 905-2498
Yeqing (Victor) Li yeqing.li@gmail.com (202) 470-0912

Event: Ocean Fishing
Where: Chesapeake Bay
Boarding: 14448 Solomons Island Rd. South,
Solomons, Maryland 20688
(About two-hour drive from DC downtown)
When: 06/24/2006 Saturday
Who: Anyone interested in fishing (no prior experience required)
Weather: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/digital/MD17afm.htm
Sponsor: DC China Society
Co-sponsor: Johns Hopkins JHMI CSSA
Contact: Yeqing (Victor) Li, dcchinasociety@gmail.com, 202-470-0912
Dong SHEN dongshen@gmail.com (410) 258-5555

Event: Cherry Picking
When: 9 am, 06/17/2006 Saturday
Place: Hartland Orchard
Markham, VA 22643
www.hartlandorchard.com
Sponsors: DC China Society
Johns Hopkins University Chinese Students and Scholars Association
Contact: dcchinasociety@gmail.com (202) 470-0912

Seminar: “Developing A US-China Nanomedicine Collaborative Research Network System”
When: Saturday, June 10, 2006, 4:00 pm to 5:45 pm
Dinner with Speaker: 6:15 pm to 8:00 pm
Speaker: Chiming Wei
MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, FAAN
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
President, American Academy of Nanomedicine
Editor-In-Chief, NANOMEDICINE
Sponsors: DC China Society
American Academy of Nanomedicine (AANM): www.aananomed.org
Co-Sponsors:
Chinese American Medical Society (CAMS)
Chinese Association of Science & Technology (CAST-DC)
Johns Hopkins Chinese Professor Association (JHCPA)
Peking University Alumni Association (PUAA)
Seminar Location:
Academic and Research Building
The Johns Hopkins University
Montgomery County Campus
9601 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
http://www.jhu.edu/mcc/aboutmcc/directions.htm
Dinner Location:
东来顺 PEKING EASTERN HOUSE
617 S. Frederick Ave
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Tel: (301) 963-1426, (301) 963-1429
Contacts: Natasha Che ilovewordsworth@gmail.com
Yeqing (Victor) Li yeqing.li@gmail.com

Event: Strawberry Picking
Date: 05/27/2006 Saturday
Place: Butlers Orchard Parking Lot
22200 Davis Mill Road
Germantown, MD 20876
http://www.butlersorchard.com/
Optional Lunch
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (flexible depending on the participants)
Place: Peking Palace新华天湘菜馆 (Hunan Style)
12937 Wisteria Drive
Germantown, MD 20874
Tel: 301-540-2060/2061
http://www.xinhuatian.com/index.html
Host: DC China Society
Contact: Yeqing (Victor) Li yeqing.li@gmail.com (202) 294-6388

Seminar: US-China Trade Relations: Responsible Stakeholder
Three parts of discussion: First is the new stage for US-China economic cooperation, second is major challenges facing the two countries and governments, and third is how to be a responsible stakeholder.
Speaker: Dr. Longyue Zhao,
Adjunct Professor of School of Foreign Service and Fellow of
Institute of International Economics Law at the Georgetown University
A published interview by China International Business Daily of the Ministry of Commerce at: http://ibdaily.mofcom.gov.cn/show.asp?id=125412.¡±
Date: May 20, 2006 (Saturday)
Host: DC China Society (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dcchinasociety/)
Co-sponsors: CAST-DC/Network (http://www.castdc.org/indexie.htm)
Overseas Young Chinese Forum (http://www.oycf.org/)
Contact: Geng Li, gli@umich.edu (734) 330-9171
Yeqing (Victor) Li yeqing.li@gmail.com (202) 294-6388
Yubin Ye y_yubin@yahoo.com (703) 582-3513
Su Sun susun_t@yahoo.com (301) 916-8928
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Date: 04/14/2006 Friday
Topic "Bonds and Tensions among China, Korea and the US in the 21 Century"
An open discussion on the evolving bonds between the China, Korea and the United States and the tensions that accompany them.
Speaker: Dr. Emanuel Yi Pastreich (http://members.tripod.com/~cpri/org/pastreich.html)
Editor-in-chief, Dynamic-Korea (www.dynamic-korea.com)
Visiting fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
M.A. in Comparative Culture, Tokyo University
B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature, Yale University
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Date: 03/25/2006 Saturday
Topic: Hong Kong's Evolving Relationship with Mainland China: Some Reflections on
the One Country Two Systems Experiment
Speaker: Professor James Tang
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong and
Visiting fellow at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at
the Brookings Institution,
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Date: 02/18/2006 Saturday
Topic: Presidential Executive Order #13339 and its benefits to Asian Americans
Speaker: Honorable Vellie Sandalo Dietrich-Hall
White House Commissioner & Chair of the Entrepreneurship Sub-committee
U.S. President’s Advisory Board on the White House Initiative on
Asian American and Pacific Islander (http://www.aapi.gov/)
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Date: 01/21/2006 Saturday
Topic: CEO’s View on Risk and How to Manage Risk
Speaker: Dr. Ping Wang
President, Overseas Chinese Entrepreneur Association Washington DC (OCEAN-DC)
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Date: 01/21/2006 Saturday
Topic: Retrospect & Outlook of China's Economy
Speaker: Steven Sun
Senior China Analyst, G-7 Group, Inc. (www.g7group.com)
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Date: 12/03/2005 Saturday
Topic: Modern Conservatism in America
Speaker: Ying Ma
JD, Stanford University
Fellow, National Research Initiative, the American Enterprise Institute

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Date: 10/28/2005 Friday
Topic: Japan and China in the 21st Century – how do the two countries prosper and benefit together?
Speaker: Mr. Takehoko Nakao
Minister of Finance at the Embassy of Japan
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Topic: China's Regional Development
Speaker: Dr. Wenhui Zhu
Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, Research Fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's China Business Centre
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Topic: Attorney System in China
Speaker: Professor Xiaobing Gong,
Visiting Fellow, Columbia University Law School
Former Visiting Professor, Peking University Law School
Director, the Foreign Affairs Department, Ministry of Justice of China
Former Director, the Attorneys Department, Ministry of Justice of China
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Topic: National and International Economic Integration: The Case of China
Speaker: Dr. YANG Jiawen
Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs at George Washington University Business School
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Topic: China's Policy for Overseas Chinese Affairs--A Diplomat's Perspective
Speaker: Mr. Li Ruiyou
Consul General at Chinese Embassy in U.S.A.

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Topic: Rural Development in China: New Challenges Posed by WTO Accession
Speaker: Dr. TANG Zhong
Professor of Economics at Renmin University of China
Fulbright visiting scholar at International Food Policy Research Institute
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Topic: Various Topics Concerning China: A Banker's Perspective
Speaker: Mr. Zhu Guangyao
Executive Director for China at World Bank
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Topic: Outsourcing: What Is the Fuss in the U.S. and Should It Concern China?
Speaker: Dr. Wei Shang-Jin
Chief, Trade and Investment Division, Research Department, International Monetary Fund
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute
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Topic: Private Education in China
Speaker: Prof. LIN, Jing
Associate professor at Department of Education Policy and Leadership at University of Maryland, College Park
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Topic: Establishing Antitrust Policy in China
Speaker: Dr. SUN, Su
Senior Economist at Economists Incorporated, a law and economics consulting firm headquartered in Washington DC
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Topic: Dynamics of Modernization: Perceptions and Comparisons
Speaker: Prof. GAO, Zhen
History Department at University of Maryland
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Topic: Reforms in China After the 16th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Speaker: Mr. Cano Siouan
Director-General, Beijing Siouan. Merger and Bankruptcy Consultancy
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Topic: Art and Science of Investing
Speaker: Charles
Senior Portfolio Manager and Director of Research of Acadian Asset Management in Boston.
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Topic: Latest Developments in China's Financial Sector Reform
Speaker: Dr. JIN Zhongxia and Ms. CAO Li
Mr. Jin received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Hawaii. He is the Deputy Division Chief of International Department at People's Bank of China (PBC). Ms. Cao received a Masters degree in Finance from the Finance Research Institute of PBC and has also worked at the International Department of PBC.
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Topic: China's Financial Stability and Policy After Its Entry to the WTO
Speaker: Dr. Huang Haizhou
Senior Economist at the IMF.
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Topic: Sino-US relations after President Bush's recent visit to China
Speaker: Dr. Pei Minxin
Director, China Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Topic: Two Scholars' Views on Some Contemporary Issues
Speaker: Professor Xu Jinlin and Professor Feng Shaolei
Professor Xu Jinlin: Visiting scholar at the Yenching Institute of the Harvard University and Professor of History at Shanghai Normal University
Professor Feng Shaolei: Visiting scholar at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University Professor and Director of Center for Russian Studies and Center for Asia-European Studies at the East China Normal University

2nd US-China Youth Summit

Dialogue with Renmin University Scholars

US-China Forum on Capitol Hill

US-China Youth Summit 2012

China US Investment Forum

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