February 2010 | By Jane Leung Larson
Los Angeles members and spouses with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Standing from left: Robert Mah, Rob Peppell, Julie Fong, Edmond Pi, Mayor Villaraigosa, Ming Hsu, Adeline Mah, Brian Sun, Pat Kwoh. Seated: Charlie Woo (click the photo to enlarge).
Southern California C-100 members shared dinner and discussion with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at Getty House, the official mayoral residence, on January 25. Among the topics on the agenda were promotion of Mandarin teaching in the Los Angeles Unified School District; working with the Mayor to promote the World Expo in Shanghai and participation in the Committee of 100 sponsored virtual wall in the USA Pavilion, “The Chinese in America”; and development of a closer trade and investment relationship between Los Angeles and China. Also, Mayor Villaraigosa is interested in visiting China, and Committee members offered their suggestions for potential meetings there.
The gathering was initiated by C-100 Vice Chair Stewart Kwoh; other members attending were Julie Fong, Ming Hsu, Adeline Yen Mah, Edmond Pi, Brian Sun, Charlie Woo, and Janet Yang, along with several spouses.
On February 10, the Committee of 100 was a co-sponsor of a meeting in San Francisco featuring Vincent Lo, Chairman of the Shui On Group in Hong Kong and active promoter of trade between the Bay Area and China. The primary organizers were the Asia Society of Northern California, the Bay Area Council, and Nixon Peabody. Lo, whose company has worked with the Bay Area Council to help its members develop business in China, spoke on “China’s Drive Towards a Knowledge and Innovation-based Growth Model, and What it Means for China’s and the Bay Area’s Economies.” Attending on behalf of the Committee were C-100 Vice Chair Daniel Chao and members Richard King and Larry Low.
Lo was an important investor in the residential and commercial Shanghai development, Xintiandi, and altogether Shui On has developed over 150 million square feet in China, much of it in corporate parks geared to attracting American investment. According to the San Francisco Business Times, February 10, “Lo said venture capital is particularly important to spur innovation in China, which attracted less than one quarter of what U.S. companies received in venture capital funding last year. ‘That’s something China will require for its next phase of growth.’” When probed about current strains in U.S.-China relations, Lo responded, “These differences will continue for a long time, especially on the three T's: trade, Taiwan and Tibet” [San Francisco Chronicle, February 11]. Lo also was recognized as instrumental to the formation of a partnership between the Bay Area Council and the Shanghai government.
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