Committee of 100 Newsletter

C-100 and Wanxiang Corporation Pioneer Clean-Tech Teaching Scholars Program in China

The C-100 - Wanxiang Teaching Scholars Program - under the U.S. State Department’s 100,000 Strong Initiative - marked the first collaboration between the Committee and Wanxiang America Corporation. Built on the foundation of the Committee’s Summer Teachers Institute, this year’s partnership with Wanxiang initiated a new phase in C-100’s Educational Exchange Program with the integration of China’s renewable energy developments and the inclusion of science teachers in the program.

C-100 Sponsors U.S.-China Bi-national Commission on Trust-Building

The U.S.-China Bi-national Commission on Building Trust and Enhancing Relations held its first series of discussions in Washington, D.C. on June 20-22. The Commission is headed by Ernest Wilson III, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California, and Wang Jisi, Dean of the School of International Relations at Peking University. In advancing C-100’s Public Diplomacy objectives, the Committee is a Strategic Sponsor of the Commission.

Bay Area Members Lead C-100 Business Forum for Chinese Executive MBA Students

Milton Chang	Jenny Ming	George Koo	Anna Mok	Albert Yu

For the fourth year, Bay Area members led the C-100 Business Forum at Stanford University, attended by 43 Chinese executive MBA students from the University of Hong Kong on July 26. Most of the students were mid-level managers from China working in business and municipal government.

C-100 Strategic Partner for Global Business Strategy China Forum at Columbia University

Under the auspices of C-100’s Educational Exchange program, the Committee served as a Strategic Partner with Columbia Business School and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business to host the Third Annual Global Business Strategy: China Forum (GBSCF) at Columbia University’s Low Library in New York City on August 10. The Forum engages executives to explore opportunities, strategies, and perspectives necessary to be successful in the U.S. and China markets. It featured two keynote addresses and two panel discussions with an estimated attendance of 200 chief executives from China and the United States.

Members in Service: Recent Appointments to Public Positions - Michelle Kwan

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appointed figure skater and public diplomat Michelle Kwan to the U.S. State Department’s Council to Empower Women and Girls through Sports. Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts interviewed Kwan about her most memorable moments on the ice rink and her ambition to give back as a mentor to women and girls and a sports ambassador.

Pro Bono: Committee Members Contributing to the Greater Good - Ronnie Chan and Victor Fung, Forbes 2012 Philanthropists from Greater China

Ronnie Chan, Hang Lung Properties Chairman, and Victor Fung, Li & Fung Group Chairman, were two of 48 on Forbes Magazine’s list of Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy for 2012. Forbes saluted Chan’s decades-long involvement with the New York-based Asia Society, becoming its first Asian co-chair and leading fundraising for the new Hong Kong Center. Fung and his brother William formed the Fung Global ­Institute last year and endowed the Asian-focused economic research center with $15 million.

Newsmakers: Links to Members in the News - Leroy Chiao

In a June 29 CNN op-ed, “China's Giant, Quiet Step in Space," retired NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao writes about the American and Chinese roles in developing space technology. He believes that the U.S. needs to collaborate more closely with China to explore outer space.

Newsmakers: Links to Members in the News - Jenny Ming

Charlotte Russe President and CEO Jenny Ming was featured in the July 9 episode of Profiles of Excellence, a series profiling Bay Area community leaders on ABC Channel 7, San Francisco. The profile explored Ming’s pioneering clothing retail career and mentions her contributions to the Committee of 100. Ming has excelled in keeping ahead of the youth clothing market and built Old Navy from the ground up for The Gap.

Honorable Mentions: Recent Awards to C-100 Members - Janet Yang, 2012 Asian American Media Award

Film producer Janet Yang was honored at the Opening Night Gala of the Asian American International Film Festival in New York City on July 25. Rose Kuo, Executive Director of Film Society Lincoln Center, presented Yang with the 2012 Asian American Media Award. The evening began with a showing of Yang’s latest film, Shanghai Calling, a romantic comedy about a Chinese American lawyer experiencing culture shock in Shanghai.  John Woo, Executive Director of Asian CineVision, which made the award, said, “Janet is a giant in both the Hollywood and independent film world. Her achievements in the Asian American story telling are an inspiration to us all.”

Members in Print: New Publications by and about C-100 Members: Cheng Li

The Political Mapping of China’s Tobacco Industry and Anti-Smoking Campaign (Brookings Institution, May 2012) is the latest book by Cheng Li, Director of Research and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s John L. Thornton China Center. Li describes the scope of the problem: “Presently, the People’s Republic of China is the world’s biggest tobacco producer, largest cigarette consumer, and gravest victim of the smoking-related health crisis.” Li maps the “political and institutional landscape of the tobacco industry and its main stakeholders” to help policymakers develop a strategy for more effective tobacco control in China. He dedicated this book to his elder brother who died prematurely from smoking-related disease.