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访问团

2007美国访问团

2007.06.17 - 2007.06.24

「香港明天更好基金」(「基金」)于2007年6月17日至24日到美国进行了一年一度的美国访问。访问团此行在华盛顿及纽约会晤了当地的政府官员、国会议员、商界领袖、学术界、智库及传媒，并向他们讲解了香港最新的社会及经济发展。

今年访问团团长为「基金」行政总裁邓淑德女士，成员包括：香港特区行政会议召集人兼DTZ亚太区主席梁振英先生、行政会议成员、香港立法会议员兼亚洲金融集团总裁陈智思先生、城市大学商学院经济及金融系金融讲座教授张仁良教授、九巴执行董事兼「基金」理事伍颖梅女士及资深国际时事评论员Al. Reyes先生。南华早报编辑杨建兴先生则为访问团的观察员。

今年为香港回归祖国十周年，故此「基金」特别将访问团主题定为「香港回归10年及未来前瞻」。回顾了自回归以来香港如何在一国两制、港人治港、高度自治下与国家融合，又同时保持着国际大都会及面向世界的独特地位；亦讲述了在「一国两制」原则下面对的挑战和机遇。

访美期间，梁振英议员、陈智思议员及张仁良教授出席了由「卡内基国际和平基金会」(Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)、「布鲁金协会」(Brookings Institutions)、「美国研究基金」(the Fund for American Studies)、「香港经济贸易署驻纽约办事处」(HKETO New York)，及「亚洲协会」(Asia Society)，主办的演讲会及午餐会，并围绕今年访问团的主题发表了演说。

此外，访问团亦会见了美国政府官员，包括中美「战略经济对话」(Strategic Economic Dialogue — SED)美方人员唐兴（Dr. Dan Wright），及国务院主管东亚及太平洋事务的外交事务助理国务卿Mr. Thomas Christensen。「基金」一直与美国著名智库保持良好和密切的联系，而「基金」今次亦安排了跟「凯托研究所」(CATO Institute)、「卡内基国际和平基金会」(Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)、「传统基金」(Heritage Foundation)等智库会面，交换了对香港回归十年的发展的看法和意见。同时访问团亦分别获中国驻美公使、驻纽约总领事及中国驻联合国大使宴请接待。

详细日程如下（只备英文）：

June 18, 2007 (Monday) Washington D.C.

Breakfast Meeting with Briefing: U.S.-China Relations: A U.S. Legislative Perspective
chaired by Mr. Norman Lau Kee, Chairman Emeritus, US-Asia Institute
moderated by Robert F. Jordan, Senior Advisor, US-Asia Institute
Congressional Staff: Jaime R. Harrison, Director of Floor Operations and Counsel, Office of the Majority Whip, US House of Representatives
Michael Martin, Analyst in Asian Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Services
Wayne M. Morrison, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Services
Jefferey Wrase, Senate Republican Chief Economist, Joint Economic Committee US Congress

Meeting with HKETO Washington
Ms. Margaret Fong, Commissioner for Economic & Trade Affairs, USA
Mr. Eddie Mak, Dir-Gen, HK Economic & Trade Affairs, Washington
Ms Susanne Wong, Assistant Dir-Gen, HKETO

Meeting and Luncheon with DCM & Minister ZHENG Zeguang, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United States of America, and Mr MA Zhanwu, Counsellor, Political Office, Embassy of the PRC in USA

Meeting with Cato Institute
Mr. William A. Niskanen, Chairman
Mr. James Dorn, VP for Academic Affairs

Public speaking engagement on “Hong Kong’s Economic Developments and Economic Relations with Mainland China” **
with The Hon. Bernard Chan and Prof. Stephen Cheung
hosted by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
moderated by Mark MEDISH, VP for Studies (Rusia, China, and Eurasia) at Carnegie

Meeting with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ms Jessica Matthews, President
Mr Albert Keidel, Senior Associate

Dinner hosted by HKETO Washington for The Hon. C.Y. Leung & The Hon. Bernard Chan
Participants:
The Honorable Donald A. Manzullo, Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, U.S. House of Representatives
Dr. David H. McCormick, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, National Security Council, The White House
Dr. Ira Kasoff, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Dr. William A. Niskanen, Chairman,Cato Institute
Dr. Eric D.K. Melby, Principal Member, The Scowcroft Group
Dr. Pieter Bottelier, Senior Adjunct Professor, China Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University
Mr. Nien Su, Minority Professional Staff Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs , Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, U.S. House of Representatives

Dinner hosted by HKETO Washington for other delegates

June 19, 2007 (Tuesday) Washington D.C.

Meeting with The Hon. Thomas J. Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Mr. John J Norris, Jr. Director, Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs, Mr David L. Citron, Mongolia Desk Officer, Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs,
Ms Pamela F Peng, Political Officer, Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs
Luncheon discussion **
with The Hon. C.Y. Leung
hosted by Brookings Institution
Participants:
Richard Bush, Brookings, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
Li Cheng, Brookings, China Center
Rikkie Yeung, Brookings, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
Chu Shulong, Brookings, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
D.L. McNeal, Brookings, China Cente
Wing Thye Woo, Brookings, Senior Fellow, John Thornton China Center, Foreign Policy Studies Program
Kevin Scott Brookings, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
Margaret Fong, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
Eddie Mak, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
Susanne Wong, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
Alan Romberg, Senior Associate, Director, East Asia Program, Stimson Center Stephen A. Schlaikjer, Senior Analyst, Centra Technolog, Inc.
Doug Spelman
T. Kumar, Amnesty International

Meeting with Congressman Edward R. Royce (R-CA), Asia Pacific Subcommittee, House Foreign Affairs Committee; Ranking Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade; Member, House Financial Services Committee, Mr Hunter M. Strupp, Legislative Assistant to Ed Royce

Meeting with Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN) House Foreign Affairs Committee, Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment Subcommittee

Meeting with Dr. Daniel B. Wright, Managing Director, China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue, U.S. Department of Treasury

Dinner with US journalists
Participants:
Terry Atlas, Assistant Managing Editor/World, U.S. News & World Report
Joyce Barnathan , President of ICFJ
Patrick Butler, Vice President of Programs, ICFJ
Jeffery H. Birnbaum, Staff Writer, Washington Post
Jim Wolf, Reuters
Winston Chen, Sing Tao Washington Bureau Chief
Paris Huang, Sing Tao Washington Bureau

June 20, 2007 (Wednesday) Washington D.C.

Meeting with Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Chairman, U.S.-China Interparliamentary Exchange, Mr Gregg E. Sheiowitz, Legislative Director for Joseph Crowley

Meeting with American Enterprise Institute
Ambassador James Lilley
hosted by Mrs. Esther G. Kee

Open forum on “Hong Kong in the Past Ten Years and the Future” **
with The Hon. C.Y. Leung, The Hon. Bernard Chan and Prof. Stephen Cheung
hosted by the Fund for American Studies
chaired by Mr Roger R. Ream, President of FAS
moderated by Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, President of the US-China Education Trust

Meeting with Rear Admiral Eric McVadon (U.S. Navy , Retired) Director of Asia/Pacific Studies, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis

Meeting with Heritage Foundation
Mr Harvey J. Feldman, Distinguished Fellow
Mr John J . Tkacik, JR, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center

Dinner hosted by the Asia Foundation
Ms. Nancy YUAN, Vice President and Director of Washington, D.C. office
Mr James Andrew KELLY, President, EAP Associates Inc; Former U.S. Asst Secretary of State for East Asian & Pacific Affairs; Trustee of TAF;
Mr Terrence B. Adamson, Executive Vice President, National Geographic
Mr Harry HARDING, Director, Research & Analysis, Eurasia Group; University Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University;
Mr David I. Steinberg, Director of Asian Studies Program, Edmund A . Walsh School of Foreign Service Washington, Georgetown University
Mr Barry M. Hager, President, Hager Associates
Ms Joyce CHANDRAN, Assistant Director of TAF

June 21 (Thursday) New York

Luncheon and briefing session **
hosted by Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York
Participants:
Miss Margaret Fong, Hong Kong Commissioner, USA, Hong Kong Economic &amp ; Trade Office
Ms. Monica Chen, Director, Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office
Mr. Paul W. Bateman, President, The Economic Club of New York
Mr. Terrence J. Checki , Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Dr. Harry Harding, Counselor and Chair, China Task Force, Eurasia Group
Mr. Henry S. Tang, Governor and Co-Founder, Committee of 100
Mr. John E. Zuccotti, U.S. Chairman, Brookfield Properties Corporation
Mr. William W Ferguson, Managing Director, Group Managing Executive Asia Pacific, Citigroup Inc.
Mr. H. Hocking Cheng, Strategy & Business Development Director, Aetna Global Benefits, Aetna

Meeting with Morgan Stanley
Mr. Stephen S. Roach, Chief Economist and Director of Global Economic Analysis and newly named Chairman Asia
Mr. David Lew, Vice President, Private Wealth Management
Mr. Blair Pickerell, Managing Director & CEO, Asia, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Welcoming Reception hosted by Oversees Press Club and Hong Kong Association of New York
Participants:
William J. Holstein, President, OPC Foundation
Jane Reilly, Executive Director, Overseas Press Club
Andrew Odell, Chairman, Hong Kong Association of New York
Ping An, Committee of 100
Stephen Wong, Regional Director, Americas, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Louis Ho, Director New York, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Sheri Prasso, Fortune
Minky Worden, Human Rights Watch
Peter Huvos, Human Rights Watch
Alice Young, Kay Scholer, Asia Pacific Practice
Gary Rosen, Commentary
Hannah Clark, Associate Editor, Inc.magazine
Michael Serrill, Senior Editor, Bloomberg Markets Magazine
Louis Chau, Sing Tao
Frank Yang, CCTV
Ping Yang, CCTV
Andrew L. Odell, Bryan Cave, LLP
Raymond Wong, Wong & Wong & Associates, Partner
Mrs. Valerie Wong, Wong & Wong & Associates, Partner
William Wilson, Wilson International Law
Henry Cheng, Chief Representative, HK Monetary Authority

Dinner hosted by Chinese Consulate General based in New York

June 22, 2007 (Friday) New York

Meeting with Forbes Magazine
Mr. Timothy C. Forbes, Chief Operating Officer
Mr Tim W. Ferguson, Editor, Forbes Asia

Meeting with HSBC
Mr. Paul Lawrence, CEO
Mr Marlon P. Young, CEO, Americas
Mr Kevin Newman, Senior Executive Vice President, Personal Financial Services
Ms. Linda S Recupero, Executive Vice President, Group Public Affairs
Ms Elizabeth Lee, Senior Vice President, Asian Market District

Luncheon Talk“Integration under One Country, Two Systems” **
with The Hon. C.Y. Leung,
hosted by Asia Society

Dinner hosted by WANG Guangya, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of the PRC to the UN

** speaking engagements by the delegates

此外，访问团更与多个美国传媒交流，包括「福布斯杂志」(Forbes)及「财富」杂志(Fortune)等，以加深美国传媒对香港发展的了解。香港回归前，「财富」杂志刊登了【香港之死】(The Death of Hong Kong)的封面故事。在纽约期间，访问团在美国「外国记者会」(Overseas Press Club)主办的欢迎茶聚上向包括「财富」杂志的记者Ms. Sheridan Prasso介绍了香港回归后的发展。 Ms Prasso在2007年7月发表了【香港不死】(Oops! Hong Kong is hardly dead)的文章，承认当年该杂志(Fortune)对香港的判断是错误的。 ﹝文章见以下网页：http://money. cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/09/100122332/index.htm?postversion=2007062816 ﹞