2017 U.S. Delegation
The Foundation completed its annual delegation visit to the United States from 10 to 13 July 2017. The main purpose of the delegation was to foster a better understanding of the political, economic and social developments in both the United States and Hong Kong.
This year’s delegation was led by the Foundation’s Executive Committee Chairman Mr. Ronnie Chan, Chairman of Hang Lung Properties Ltd. Delegates included Corporate Sponsor Mr. Andrew Yao, Chairman, Hong Kong Shanghai Alliance Holdings Ltd; Council Members Mr. Thomas Woo, Executive Managing Director & General Manager, Hsin Kuang Restaurant (Holdings) Ltd; Ms. Winnie Ng, Director, The Kowloon Motor Bus Co Ltd; Mr. Philip Ma, Chairman & CEO, The Sincere Co Ltd; Mr. Sebastian Man, Chairman & CEO, Chung Mei International Holdings Ltd; Mr. John Lee, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Corporate Client Solutions, Asia, UBS AG; Mr. Andrew Yu, Director, Yue Hwa Chinese Products Emporium Ltd and Ms. Alice Au, Partner, Spencer Stuart; and Executive Director Ms. Karen Tang. The Foundation also invited Ms. Tammy Tam, Editor-in-Chief of the South China Morning Post to join this year’s delegation.
The delegation: (L to R) Ms. Winnie Ng, Mr. Andrew Yao, Ms. Alice Au, Mr. John Lee, Mr. Sebastian Man, Mr. Thomas Woo, Ms. Tammy Tam, Mr. Andrew Yu, Mr. Ronnie Chan, Mr. Philip Ma and Ms. Karen Tang
The delegation visited the Executive Branch (U.S. Department of Transportation and Department of State); think tanks (The Brookings Institution, Center for American Progress, Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Heritage Foundation and National Committee on U.S.-China Relations); a rating agency (Standard & Poor’s); a university (Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies); NGOs (America China Public Affairs Institute, Asia Society and the U.S.-Asia Institute) and media (Politico and Bloomberg). The delegation also visited the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in Washington DC.
The delegation was honored that the Embassy of the PRC in the U.S. (Ambassador Cui Tiankai), the Permanent Mission of the PRC to the UN (Ambassador Liu Jieyi) and the Consulate General of the PRC in New York (Ambassador Zhang Qiyue) hosted luncheon and dinner to welcome the delegation respectively.
This regular updates and dialogue with the business community in New York and among interlocutors inside the Beltway is important in enhancing greater mutual understanding. The Foundation will endeavor to continue to organize these kinds of visit to promote better understanding and collaboration.
(Please click here to view the bios of the delegates.)
Itinerary
Washington D.C.
10 July 2017 (Monday)
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office – Washington DC
– Mr. Clement Leung, Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA
– Mr. Law Kin-wai, Director
– Ms. Beatrice Chiu, Deputy Director
Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy
– Former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore (1984-86), China (1991-95), Indonesia (1996-99)
– Founding Director and Distinguished Scholar, Kissinger Institute and US Woodrow Wilson Center
BHKF Luncheon
– Mr. Charlie Cook, The Cook Political Report
– Ambassador James Keith, McLarty Associates
– Mr. Eric Melby, The Scowcroft Group
– Mr. Kevin Nealer, The Scowcroft Group
– Ambassador Wendy Sherman, Albright Stonebridge Group
– Mr. Bruce Stokes, Pew Research Center
Center for American Progress
– Mr. Rudy deLeon, Senior Fellow
– Dr. Melanie Hart, Senior Fellow & Director of China Policy
– Ms. Blaine Johson, Policy Analyst of China & Asia Policy
Center for Strategic and International Studies
– Dr. Scott Kennedy, Deputy Director of Freeman Chair in China
– Mr. Qiu Mingda, Research Associate
– Dr. Robert Wong, Senior Advisor, Covington & Burling LLP
Dinner Hosted by Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office – Washington DC
– Mr. Clement Leung, Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA
– Mr. Law Kin-wai, Director
– Ms. Beatrice Chiu, Deputy Director
With Mr. Clement Leung (1st left) and Ambassador Stapleton Roy (front row, 4th left) at the HKETO office
11 July 2017 (Tuesday)
Capitol Hill Breakfast Meeting Hosted by The U.S.-Asia Institute
– Mr. Benjamin Wu, Vice Chairman of the Trustees
– Ms. Mary Purdy, Senior Advisor
– Ms. Mary Sue Bissell, Executive Director
– Mr. Christopher McCannell, Partner, Eris Group
The Brookings Institution
– Dr. Richard Bush, Director, Center for East Asia Policy Studies
– Ms. Jamie Horsley, Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Luncheon Hosted by America China Public Affairs Institute
– Mr. Fred Teng, President
– Ambassador Carla Hills, Hills & Company
– Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, Former U.S. Trade Representative
– Ambassador John Negroponte, McLarty Associates
– Dr. Douglas Spelman, Wilson Center, Kissinger Institute
– Mr. Vikram Singh, Center for American Progress
– Mr. James Dorn, Cato Institute
– Mr. David Firestein, East West Institute
– Dr. Fred Bergsten, Peterson Institute for International Economics
– Dr. Gary Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
– Mr. Steve Clemons, The Atlantic
– Mr. Claude Fontheim, Fontheim International, LLC
Secretary Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Heritage Foundation
– Dr. Edwin Feulner, President
– Dr. Kim Holmes, Acting Senior Vice President
– Dr. James Carafano, Vice President
– Mr. Mike Gonzalez, Senior Fellow
– Mr. Walter Lohman, Director of Asian Studies Center
– Mr. Carsten Walter, Director of Development
– Mr. Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow
– Mr. Anthony Kim, Deputy Chief of Staff
– Mr. Riley Walters, Research Associate
Dinner and Night Time Tour of the Capitol Hosted by Former Congressman Jack Field
With Secretary Elaine Chao (middle)
12 July 2017 (Wednesday)
POLITICO
– Mr. Bryan Bender, Defense Editor
– Ms. Elizabeth Ralph, Deputy Editor
– Mr. Doug Palmer, Senior Trade Reporter
U.S. Department of State
– Ms. Laura Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian & Pacific Affairs
Luncheon Hosted by Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
– Ambassador Cui Tiankai (崔天凱大使)
– Minister Li Kexin (李克新公使)
– Mr. Zhou Jingxing, Minister Counselor (周景興公使銜參贊)
– Mr. Hu Yumin, First Secretary (胡鈺旻一秘)
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
– Ambassador James Keith, Former US Consul General in Hong Kong
– Dr. David Lampton, Hyman Professor and Director of SAIS-China and China Studies
With Ambassador Cui Tiankai (middle)
New York
13 July 2017 (Thursday)
Breakfast Meeting Hosted by America China Public Affairs Institute with Jewish Community Leaders in New York
National Committee on U.S.-China Relations
– Ms. Jan Berris, Vice President
– Ms. Margot Landman, Senior Director for Education Programs
– Ms. Merit Janow, Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia Law School
– Mr. Carl Minzner, School of Law, Fordham University
Speaking Luncheon at Asia Society –
“Hong Kong, 20 Years Later: Promises Made, Promises Kept, Promises to be Fulfilled”
Speakers:
– Mr. Ronnie Chan,
– Ms. Tammy Tam
– Mr. Ben Zhang (Member of the Executive Committee, Haitong International Securities Group)
Moderator:
– Mr. Tom Nagorski (Executive Vice President, Asia Society)
Standard & Poor’s
– Mr. Paul Sheard, EVP & Chief Global Economist
– Mr. Paul Gruenwald, Asia Pacific Chief Economist
– Mr. Joydeep Mukherji, Managing Director – Sovereign Ratings – Americas
– Ms. Lisa Schineller, Managing Director – Sovereign Ratings – Americas
– Mr. Gerard Painter, Sr. Director – Investor Communications
Bloomberg
– Ms. Karen Toulon, Former NY Bureau Chief and Executive Editor of Global Newsmakers
– Mr. Jason Kelly, Current New York Bureau Chief
Dinner Jointly Hosted by the Permanent Mission of P.R. China to the United Nations and Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in New York
– Ambassador Liu Jieyi (劉結一大使), Permanent Representative
– Ambassador Zhang Qiyue (章啟月大使),Consul General
With Ambassador Liu Jieyi (6th left) and Ambassador Zhang Qiyue (7th left)
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