In an effort to enhance the understanding of China and Hong Kong by American media, since 1996 the Foundation has invited between six to eight American journalists each year to visit China and Hong Kong. The Foundation sponsored and organized their trip. With the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC, the program enables the journalists to meet with senior central government officials in Beijing and local municipal officials in one of the second or third tier cities in China. The Foundation also organizes meetings with key industry and business players, academic and research institutions and media people to broaden the participants’ network other than providing them an overview of the cities they visited. This year, the Foundation, in association with the All-China Journalists Association (ACJA) and the East-West Center organized the 8th China-U.S. Journalists Exchange program, as an expansion of the original Hong Kong Journalism Fellows program by adding the visit of the China journalists to the U.S. The theme of this year’s program is “Bridging the Gaps in Understanding between China and the United States”.
A delegation of six senior U.S. journalists visited Beijing, Xi’an and Hong Kong from 2 – 13 September 2017 while seven Chinese journalists visited Detroit, Michigan Texas and Washington D.C. in the U.S. during the same period. After their respective study tours, all Chinese and American journalists met in Washington D.C. to report on their experiences and to exchange opinions on how media coverage of each country can be improved. Through direct dialogue with local authorities and communities in different areas and seeing the developments for themselves, the U.S. journalists gain a better understanding of the current situation and future development of Hong Kong and Mainland China.
List of U.S. journalists:
– Ms. Karin Caifa, Producer, CNN Newsource, Washington, DC
– Mr. Robert Chaney, Staff Writer, Missoulian Newspaper, Missoula, MT
– Ms. Evelyn Cheng, Staff Writer, CNBC, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
– Mr. Oren Dorell, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, USA Today, McLean, VA
– Mr. Alexander Kingsbury, Deputy Ideas Editor, The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
– Mr. Michael Stratford, Reporter, POLITICO, Arlington, VA
Organizations visited:
Beijing
– Mr. Zhu Guangyao, Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance
– Ministry of Foreign Affairs
– HKSAR Government Office in Beijing
– China Institute of International Studies
– Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
– School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University
– China Central Television
– All China Journalists Association
Xi’an
– Shaanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission
– Shaanxi Provincial Department of Commerce
– Xi’an International Trade & Logistics Park
– Shaanxi Fast Auto Drive Group Company
– Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum
– Shaanxi History Museum
– Tang West Market Museum
– South Gate of Ancient City Wall
Hong Kong
– Mr. Tung Chee-hwa, Vice Chairman of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and first Chief Executive of the HKSAR
– Deputy Commissioner Song Ru’an, Office of Commissioner of the PRC’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the HKSAR
– Mr. Kurt Tong, Consul General of American Consulate General
– Mr. Matthew Cheung, Chief Secretary of Administration
– Mr. Ronny Tong, Member of the Executive Council and Convenor of Path of Democracy
– Mr. Wesley Wong, Solicitor General of Department of Justice
– Mr. Lau Ming-wai, Chairman of Youth Commission
– Hong Kong Monetary Authority
– American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
– Vision 2047 Foundation
– Hinrich Foundation
List of Chinese journalists
– Mr. Wu Xianghan, Editorial Board Member/Director of Omnimedia News Center, China Youth Daily, Beijing
– Ms. Mei Xue, Deputy Director of Press Center, Jilin Television Station, Jilin Province
– Ms. Xu Meifang, Senior Journalist/Director of Local News Department, Anhui Broadcasting Corporation, Anhui Province
– Mr. Shi Kun, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Pearl of Silk Road Website, Gansu Radio Film & TV Station, Gansu Province
– Ms. Liu Fang, Program Producer/Anchor, Hubei Media Group, Hubei Province
– Mr. Peng Yu, Chief Reporter, Chongqing Daily, Chongqing
– Ms. Liu Ranran, Reporter, Guangzhou Daily, Guangdong Province
During their visit in the U.S., the Chinese journalists met with government officials, think tanks, community and business leaders, educators, local journalists, and others to gain insight on diverse issues and to understand more about the general views from the U.S. interlocutors on the relationship between China and the U.S.
