Committee of 100 Newsletter

Committee Celebrates Lunar New Year on Capitol Hill

On February 14, C-100 hosted a “Year of the Dragon” Lunar New Year Reception in Washington D.C. in the Gold Room of the Rayburn House Office Building. The guests were Asian Pacific American leaders, Members of Congress and Congressional staffers, media representatives, and other honored guests.

C-100 Chair Dominic Ng and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Co-Host Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping Welcome Luncheon

The City of Los Angeles (Office of the Mayor) and East West Bank jointly sponsored a welcome luncheon for Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on February 17 in Los Angeles. Committee of 100 Chairman Dominic Ng, Chairman and CEO of East West Bank, co-chaired the event with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

C-100 Hosts Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in Washington D.C.

The Committee of 100 was well represented at the February 15 luncheon for Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in Washington, D.C., which was attended by over 600 guests representing academia, government, industry, international organizations, media, and think tanks. C-100 Chairman Dominic Ng was seated at the head table, one of 44 senior American and Chinese government and industry leaders, including members John Chen and Chi Wang, selected for this honor.

Alumni of C-100 Journalist Delegations Hosted at Chinese New Year Dinner

Three journalists who participated in past C-100 Leadership Delegations to China—Clarence Page (Chicago Tribune), John Byrne (Business Week), and Rekha Basu (The Des Moines Register)—converged on New York on January 31 for a Lunar New Year reunion dinner with New York area C-100 members and staff. New York Vice Chair Lulu C. Wang conceived of the gathering along with International Programs Committee Vice Chair David Chang, who helped plan the 2011 Journalist Delegation, Leadership Delegation sponsor Anla Cheng, and Vice Chair of Operations Clarence Kwan.

The Fourth C-100 Journalist Delegation: Changing Perceptions, Building Bridges

The success of the fourth Committee of 100 Journalist Delegation trip to China in late 2011 highlights the invaluable role the Committee continues to play in educating Americans about China and U.S.-China relations.

Journalists Nicolas Goldberg, Eugene Robinson and Rekha Basu at the Great Wall.

From November 28 to December 6, three distinguished American journalists–Eugene Robinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist and Associate Editor of The Washington Post; Nicholas Goldberg, Editor of the Editorial Pages of The Los Angeles Times; and Rekha Basu, Columnist for The Des Moines Register–visited Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong on their first visit to mainland China. This was the fourth Committee of 100 delegation sent to China since 2007 for the purpose of giving influential American journalists who have little or no direct experience in China an opportunity to gain a first-hand perspective on current issues and developments in the country.

Eisenhower Fellowship Program: Committee Members Engage with Emerging Leaders from China and Taiwan

New York area Committee members hosted a select group of Eisenhower Fellows from Taiwan and China on November 7.  The Committee regularly meets with these small delegations of emerging Chinese leaders in government, business and academia who visit the United States under the auspices of the Eisenhower Fellowship program. Establishing ongoing relationships with Greater China’s current and future leaders is a component of the Committee’s leadership development efforts.

Lulu C. Wang [on left] hosted the meeting with Eisenhower Fellows at her Tupelo Capital Management office.

 The Committee was represented by C-100 New York Regional Vice Chair Lulu C. Wang, Guoqing Chen, Anla Cheng, James Li, Henry Tang, Executive Director Angie Tang, Public Relations Director An Ping, and Director of Special Projects Alice Lin.

Bay Area Members Greet Chinese Hi-Tech and Entrepreneur Delegations

A delegation made up of China’s most renowned entrepreneurs met with members of the Committee of 100 at a welcome dinner in Palo Alto on November 15. The China Entrepreneur Club delegation was led by Lenovo Group Chairman Liu Chuanzhi and included such luminaries as Jack Ma, Chairman and CEO of the huge Chinese e-commerce company, Alibaba Group, and Wang Shi, Chairman, China Vanke Co., one of China’s most prominent property developers. Beijing-based member Jeffrey Li, CEO of the private equity firm, GL Capital Group, was also on the delegation.

C-100 and China Entrepreneur Club members at welcome dinner. 

Other members attending the welcome dinner were Dominic Ng, Pehong Chen, Li Lu, Jenny Ming, Tony Sun, Dennis Wu, Ken Xie, and Janet Yang.

On October 12, a delegation of high-tech executives from the Shenzhen Science and Technology Association met with Bay Area members to discuss investment in this technologically advanced Guangdong city.

Committee Members in Beijing Greet New U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke

Committee of 100 Greater China Vice-Chair Ya-Qin Zhang hosted a welcome dinner for U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke and his wife Mona on October 11 at the Beijing American Club. Ambassador Locke, a former C-100 member, is the first Chinese American to be appointed Ambassador to China, a posting he assumed two months ago amid much media attention in China.

Ambassador Locke and his wife, Mona Locke (center), with Committee of 100 members, spouses, and guests at the Beijing American Club.  

Other C-100 members in attendance were Kelly Cha, Ed Chan, Gareth C.C. Chang, Tim Chen, Handel C.H. Lee, Kai-Fu Lee, Jeffrey Li, Shu Li, Dazong Wang, and Dali Yang.

New York’s New Consul General Sun Guoxiang Welcomed by Committee of 100

Veteran Chinese diplomat Sun Guoxiang is the new Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in New York City. On October 11, Committee of 100 members and staff held a welcome dinner at the Harvard Club for Consul General Sun, his wife Wang Min, and Consul Wang Yongjun, attended by C-100 members Anla Cheng, Clarence Kwan, Howard Li, Henry Tang, and Charles P. Wang, Executive Director Angie O. Tang and Public Affairs Director An Ping.

Committee Members Welcome Jiangsu Delegation to Bay Area

Luo Zhijun, Governor and Party Secretary for Jiangsu Province, and his economic development delegation were hosted at a dinner in the home of H&Q Asia Pacific Chairman and Founder Ta-lin Hsu on July 17 in Atherton, California. A number of Committee of 100 members and members of Congress, and other special guests, attended. The delegation, representing the one of the wealthiest Chinese provinces, included members of the Jiangsu government as well as Jiangsu-based entrepreneurs including the CEO of the solar energy company Suntech, Shi Zhengrong. Governor Luo gave a brief talk introducing Jiangsu’s economic advantages, which was extensively covered in the Chinese press.