national committee on u.s.-china relations 2010 annual report

NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON

UNITED STATES - CHINA RELATIONS

Promoting Constructive Engagement

2010 Annual Report

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CHAIR

Carla A. Hills

VICE CHAIRMEN

Maurice R. Greenberg

Lee H. Hamilton

Thomas H. Kean

Nicholas R. Lardy

Joseph W. Prueher

William R. Rhodes

J. Stapleton Roy

James R. Sasser

TREASURER

Keith W. Abell

SECRETARY

I. Peter Wolff

Madeleine K. AlbrightDennis C. BlairRay BracyMary Brown BullockLincoln ChenThomas J. ChristensenKathryn D. ChristophersonPeter M. ClevelandJerome A. CohenLorne W. CranerNelson G. DongMichael L. DuckerRichard EdelmanMartin S. FeldsteinThomas Fingar

Charles W. Freeman IIILouis V. Gerstner, Jr.Thomas B. GoldEvan G. GreenbergHerbert J. HansellHarry HardingJimmy HexterClifford E. HollandDavid A. Jones, Jr.Timothy J. KeatingMuhtar KentHenry A. KissingerGeraldine S. KunstadterRichard C. LevinRobert A. Levinson

Cheng LiKenneth LieberthalDavid R. MalpassD. Bruce McMahanKen MillerDouglas H. PaalClark T. Randt, Jr.Shelley RiggerCharles S. RobbDaniel H. RosenDavid L. ShambaughEdward S. SteinfeldJohn L. ThorntonKellee S. TsaiJeffrey N. Wasserstrom

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

May 2010 - May 2011

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NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON

UNITED STATES - CHINA RELATIONS

The National Committee on United States - China

Relations is a nonprofit educational organization that

encourages understanding of China and the United

States among citizens of both countries. The

Committee focuses on politics and security, governance

and civil society, economics, rule of law, media,

education and transnational issues, addressing these with

respect to mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan via

exchanges, conferences, Track II dialogues and its web

site. The Committee’s programs draw strength from its

members, who number more than 740 Americans

from all parts of the country and over 80 corporations

and professional firms. They represent many viewpoints,

but share the belief that productive U.S. - China

relations require ongoing public education, face-to-face

contact and the forthright exchange of ideas.

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The second annual forecast on China’s economy brought the perspectives of leading Chinese economists tothe U.S. financial community. The half-day program, attended by more than 300 guests and three dozenjournalists, was conducted in cooperation with the China Center for Economic Research (CCER) at PekingUniversity. Speakers and panelists included China Merchant Group Chairman Qin Xiao (pictured at leftwith National Committee President Stephen Orlins); Justin Lin Yifu, chief economist and vice presidentof the World Bank (pictured at right); Yao Yang, deputy director of CCER; and CCER economist HuangYiping. (Details on the forecast and the related Track II Economic Dialogue may be found on page 6).

Annual Forecast on China’s Economy at the New York Stock Exchange

SPECIAL EVENTS

National Committee Chair Carla A. Hillswelcomed Premier Wen Jiabao at a New York Cityluncheon held in his honor on September 22.Premier Wen delivered the only speech on theU.S.-China relationship of his visit. The program,which was attended by 450 guests and more than70 journalists, also included remarks by U.S.Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke.

National Committee Welcomes Premier Wen Jiabao

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The fourth annual CHINA Town Hall: National

Reflections, Local Connections on October 18featured a nationwide webcast with U.S. Ambassador toChina Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., moderated by NationalCommittee President Stephen Orlins and seen by audi-ences in forty-seven U.S. cities and towns and six inGreater China. The webcast was followed by Chinaexperts at each venue discussing topics of concern to thelocal community.

CHINA Town Hall: A Nationwide Discussion

James W. Owens, chairman of Catepillar Inc. (l, withNational Committee Chair Carla A. Hills andPresident Stephen Orlins) and Jeffrey R. Immelt,chairman and CEO of GE, were the honorees at theNational Committee’s Gala Dinner on November 11in New York.

Annual Gala Dinner in New York

Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia (l),and Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator forthe Financial Times (r) with National CommitteePresident Stephen Orlins at the annual membersmeeting on May 25, debated whether a largerenminbi revaluation would make the world economyhealthier.

Roach and Wolff at Annual Members Meting

National Committee Chair Carla A. Hills deliveredthe keynote address to an audience of 300 at the fifthannual Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture on Sino-American Relations on March 2 in Shanghai. This isthe first and only ongoing lecture series on U.S.-China relations that takes place in the PRC.

Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture in Shanghai

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In 2010, the National Committee celebrated its forty-fourth year with a seriesof successful programs and initiatives that furthered its ongoing mission topromote constructive relations between the United States and China. These

programs, which touched lives on both sides of the Pacific across many segmentsof society, included a dinner event introducing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao tobusiness and policy leaders in New York; American and Chinese educatorsspending a year teaching in the other country; three bipartisan delegations of keystaffers from forty Congressional offices meeting with leaders and officials inChina; leading Chinese and American economists, military and legal expertsconducting highly influential Track II dialogues in the United States and GreaterChina; exchanges of experts sharing best practices, including NGO andgovernment leaders from New Orleans and earthquake-affected Sichuan; andthe fifty-three-city nationwide CHINA Town Hall and other public programsthroughout the year that educated thousands of attendees and online viewersabout the U.S.-China relationship.

The myriad challenges facing today’s world—from the economic crisisand global warming to nuclear proliferation and energy security—will requireever closer cooperation between the United States and China to promote thepeace and stability that will benefit both countries. In the changing dynamics ofAmerica’s role in the globalized world, the unique mission and work of theNational Committee is more important than ever.

The National Committee is grateful to its membership and supporters, allof whom are vital partners as we work to ensure a fruitful Sino-American rela-tionship built on mutual trust and understanding.

Carla A. HillsChair

Stephen A. OrlinsPresident


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EXCHANGES & CONFERENCES

For more than forty years, the National Committee hasbeen working at the forefront of the dynamic relationshipbetween the United States and China, conducting

exchanges and conferences that bring together policy makers,corporate leaders, academics, entrepreneurs, professionals andstudents from both sides of the Pacific to share ideas and formstrong personal connections that promote durable andproductive Sino-American relations.

Clockwise from top left: Congressional District Staff Delegation visiting Inner Mongolia; National Committee Chair CarlaA. Hills, Director Nicholas Lardy and President Stephen Orlins briefing U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke;Secondary School Science Education Delegation visiting Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, California; TeachersExchange Program educator Robyn Crispe with students in Shijiazhuang


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The National Committee is the leader in the field ofU.S.-China exchanges and dialogues by virtue ofits capacity to conduct innovative programs and

its flexibility to respond to new and emerging needs andopportunities. These noteworthy programs provideresources that help specialists from the United Statesand Greater China consider, discuss and engage oneanother on a wide range of shared interests.

Track II Economic Dialogue

The ongoing Track II Economic Dialoguebrings together leading American and Chineseeconomic thinkers to discuss important issuesaffecting bilateral economic relations. The fruitfulDialogue meetings also provide opportunities toeducate policy makers and financial professionalson these critical issues.

The initial two-day Dialogue, in January 2010,was conducted in New York City. ProminentAmerican economists met with experts fromPeking University’s influential China Center forEconomic Research (CCER) and other leaders inthe field, including Dr. Qin Xiao, chairman of theChina Merchants Group. Discussions focused on arange of topics including the rebalancing of the twoeconomies, the yuan-dollar exchange rate, the tradedeficit and the economics of global climate changeand energy policy. The CCER economists alsoparticipated in a well-received NationalCommittee-sponsored forum held at the New YorkStock Exchange that provided a forecast of China’seconomy in 2010 (see page 2).

Participants agreed to a set of principles thatthe two countries should adhere to in managingeconomic ties.

This consensus was shared with both govern-ments as they prepared for the next round of theStrategic & Economic Dialogue (S&ED). In April,Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke invited severalAmerican participants to Washington, D.C., for abriefing on the discussions before he departed forChina for the S&ED. A subsequent Dialoguesession, held in Beijing in June 2010, produced asecond set of recommendations that were given toboth governments. During that trip, Americanparticipants also met with China InvestmentCorporation Chairman Lou Jiwei and Yi Gang,deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China anddirector of the State Administration for ForeignExchange. The Track II Economic Dialogue isconducted with the generous support of The StarrFoundation.

Second Sino-American Dialogue on Rule of Law and Human Rights

The Sino-American Dialogue on Rule of Lawand Human Rights fosters intensive discussion onrule of law and human rights issues amongprominent jurists and legal experts from the UnitedStates and China. Building on the success of theground-breaking December 2009 Dialogue, held inNantong, a second round was convened inDecember 2010 in Xiamen. During the two-dayprogram, participants discussed relevant legalpractices in the two countries, shared their experi-ences in legal reform and exchanged views andideas on how the rule of law can be used to protecthuman rights and address social problems.

Experts attending the dialogue represented avariety of government and private institutions(China’s National People’s Congress, State Council,Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’sProcuratorate, Ministry of Justice, as well asprovincial and local justice bureaus; the U.S.federal judiciary and Departments of Commerceand Justice; and defense bars and academia of bothcountries). The discussions were candid and wide-ranging, and provided participants with valuableinsights into one another’s legal systems and legalframeworks around the concepts of rule of law andhuman rights.

Funding for the Dialogue was provided by TheStarr Foundation.

Participants in the U.S.-China Track II Economic Dialogue


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Strategic Security Issues Dialogue

This was the twelfth year that the NationalCommittee has collaborated with the PreventiveDefense Project (PDP), headed by former Secretaryof Defense William Perry, to conduct a series ofTrack II dialogues among senior leaders from theUnited States, mainland China and Taiwan oncross-Strait issues, Sino-American relations andnortheast Asian security.

Many participants in the January 2010 meetinghad been Dialogue participants for several years,and their familiarity with each other made forfrank and productive discussions. The three maintopics addressed were world power trends andtheir implications, prospects for Sino-Americancooperation on security issues, and potential pathsto partnership, including cooperation on nuclearnonproliferation.

In addition to National Committee Chair CarlaHills, five board members were part of theAmerican delegation: Dr. Thomas Christensen, Dr.Thomas Fingar, Dr. David M. Lampton,Ambassador Joseph Prueher and Dr. Ed Steinfeld.They were joined by National Committee PresidentStephen Orlins, Vice President Jan Berris,Committee Member Arnie Kanter and several otherspecialists.

Following the Dialogue, the Chinese delegationattended several meetings at think tanks and withAsia specialists, as well as a series of high-levelmeetings with U.S. government officials, includingthe State Department’s Deputy Secretary JimSteinberg and Assistant Secretary of State for EastAsian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, as well asSpecial Assistant to the President and NSC SeniorDirector for Asian Affairs Jeffrey Bader and thehead of the NSC’s China desk, Dr. Evan Medeiros.

The Dialogue was generously funded by theStanford Preventive Defense Project and The StarrFoundation.

Environmental Sustainability inPost-Disaster Reconstruction

Hurricane Katrina in the United States and theSichuan earthquake in China were devastatingnational disasters that had profound effects ondisaster preparedness and post-disaster recoveryefforts in both countries. Believing that valuable

lessons could be learned in the wake of these catas-trophes, the National Committee collaborated withthe Institute for Sustainable Communities to createa two-part exchange focusing on post-disasterreconstruction and sustainable development forAmerican and Chinese specialists from localgovernments and non-governmental organizations(NGOs) in the two affected areas.

The first portion of the exchange brought twogovernment officials and six NGO leaders fromSichuan for meetings in Washington, D.C., NewOrleans, the Mississippi coast and San Francisco fortwo weeks in April and May. After the Sichuanearthquake, when many local government agencieswere overwhelmed with the scope of the disaster,there was unprecedented openness to assistancefrom NGOs, whose presence was sustained into thereconstruction period that followed. Chinese NGOparticipants in the exchange were leaders of severalof these organizations, and thus were well-posi-tioned to implement and share best practicesamong their own organizations and with othercolleagues upon their return home.

Throughout its intensive schedule, the groupmet with a diverse range of people, including NGOleaders; academics; federal, regional and localgovernment officials; and community activists andleaders. In Washington, D.C., the focus was on therole of the federal government and larger NGOs indisaster recovery. In the Gulf Coast region, a lot oftime was spent with grass-roots organizations, and


Dialogue on the Rule of Law and Human Rightspartcipants Bian Jianlin, Director, Procedural LawInstitute, China University of Political Science andLaw, and Margaret K. Lewis, Associate Professor,Seton Hall University Law School


these left a profound impression on the Chineseparticipants. Perhaps the most important outcomeof the project for the Chinese was the nuancedunderstanding of the interactions betweengovernment and NGOs in the United States.

The China segment of the exchange wasconducted over two weeks in October andNovember in Beijing and several earthquake

affected areas in Sichuan. Among the Americanparticipants were executive directors of NGOs anda foundation, a community planner and agovernment official—all Gulf Coast and NewOrleans-based veterans of Katrina. After two daysin Beijing, meeting with the country’s leadingexperts on the work of civil society groups inChina, the delegation spent the rest of its timevisiting project sites and NGOs in rural Sichuan,including a micro-credit project, a green planningprogram, an incubator for small NGOs, and organi-zations that played crucial roles after theearthquake. Of particular interest was the NewHometown Project, a four-NGO collaboration thatprovides outstanding services and produced a best-practices manual for other civil society groups inthe area. The visit concluded with a two-dayconference in Chengdu attended by the Americanparticipants and nearly the entire Chinese groupthat visited the United States.

The National Committee is grateful to the U.S.Department of State Bureau of Educational andCultural Affairs for funding the program.


Strategic Security Issues DialogueWashington, D.C.January 22 - 27U.S. Funders: Stanford Preventative DefenseProject; The Starr FoundationPartner: China Foundation for Internationaland Strategic Studies

U.S.-China Track II Economic DialogueNew York, January 7 - 8Beijing, June 17 - 21U.S. Funder: The Starr FoundationPartner: China Center for Economic Research,Peking University

Environmental Sustainability in Post-Disaster ReconstructionWashington, D.C.; Gulfport, Biloxi, Moss Point,Mississippi; New Orleans; San FranciscoApril 24 - May 7Beijing, Chengdu, and Luoshui CountyOctober 21 - November 5U.S. Funder: U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural AffairsPartner: Institute for Sustainable Communities

Second Sino-American Dialogue on the Rule of Law and Human RightsXiamen, BeijingDecember 6 - 9U.S. Funder: The Starr FoundationPartner: China Foundation for Human Rights Development

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Chinese participants from the Sustainability in Post-DisasterReconstruction Program visit HOPE Community DevelopmentAgency and the Gulf Coast Design Studio in Biloxi, Mississippi


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panel manufacturing facility, both in JiangsuProvince.

A second district staff delegation, consisting oftwelve participants evenly divided by party,visited Beijing, Jiangsu and Yunnan for one weekin December. The group covered some similarground as the previous district staff delegation, butfocused on economics, trade, energy and the envi-ronment. As with the April delegation, meetings atall levels of government were supplemented withformal and informal discussions that provided abroad view of Chinese society.

A delegation of eleven Washington, D.C.-basedstaff members visited Beijing, Chongqing andShanghai for one week in May and June, led byNational Committee President Stephen Orlins. Thefocus was on economic development and the chal-lenges American businesses face in China. Beijingmeetings emphasized economic and financial insti-tutions, and included discussions with the chair ofthe supervisory board of the China InvestmentCorporation and several American businessmen.

The Chongqing visit also included revolu-tionary sites, accompanied by Peng Fang, son of thehead of the World War II-era Communist under-ground there, and two American companies: aFord Motor Company plant and an impressively-sized Walmart store. Shanghai afforded interestingdiscussions with several Young Leaders Forumalums, including Fang Xinghai, the director generalof Shanghai’s office of financial services, as well asa visit to the American Pavilion at the ShanghaiExpo.

Programs in politics and security are central to theNational Committee’s role as the premierAmerican organization dedicated to building

constructive relations between the United States andChina. They enable policy makers, elected officials andmilitary leaders to meet, develop working relationshipsand discuss critical issues.

Congressional Staff Delegations to China

The National Committee has long engagedwith Members of Congress and Congressional staffto promote informed decision making in areasaffecting Sino-American relations. The NationalCommittee organized the first Congressional staffdelegation to China in 1976 and sent additionalMember and staff delegations in 1988 and 1996. In2006, the National Committee began a fruitfulcollaboration with the Congressional U.S.-ChinaWorking Group (USCWG) to ensure that Membersand staff receive balanced and accurate informationabout China. This ongoing collaboration hasresulted in nine Member and staff delegations thusfar.

In 2010 the National Committee sent threeCongressional staff delegations to China: the firstwas a ten-member delegation of district staffmembers from the offices of USCWG members(including co-chairs Rick Larsen [D-WA] andCharles Boustany [R-LA]) and the offices of Houseleaders, including Secretary of the HouseRepublican Conference John Carter; HouseMajority Leader Steny Hoyer; and John Lewis, thesenior chief deputy whip in the Democratic caucus.The delegation, which focused on the major issuesof the U.S.-China relationship and China’srenewable energy sector, visited Beijing, InnerMongolia (Xilinhot and Hohhot), and Jiangsu(Nanjing and Wuxi) for one week in April 2010.

Meetings with officials at the national,provincial and municipal levels of governmentwere supplemented by informal meetings withBeijing-based American journalists and severalNational Committee friends. Other highlightsincluded visits to a wind farm, the home of a pros-perous local herdsman and one of China’s largestdairy products manufacturing companies in InnerMongolia, and the Research Institute of BiomassEnergy and SunTech Power’s world-class solar


Policy Makers

Congressional District Staff Delegation members tour WuxiSunTech Power Co, Ltd., a leading solar panel manufacturer head-quartered in Jiangsu Province

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Briefing for Admiral Robert Willard

The National Committee arranged a series ofmeetings and briefings for the commander of theU.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), Admiral RobertF. Willard, during a visit he made to New York inMay 2010. (Admiral Willard’s position as head ofPACOM was previously held by NationalCommittee directors Joseph Prueher and TimothyKeating.) The briefings were an opportunity forAdmiral Willard to hear perspectives on aspects ofChina that he might not otherwise be exposed to.The series included meetings with NationalCommittee Vice-Chair Maurice Greenberg anddirectors Keith Abell (who hosted a dinner for thegroup), Richard Edelman, Henry A. Kissinger andDan Rosen; foreign policy expert Les Gelb;National Committee members Trevor Houser andRenqiu Yu; and members of the editorial board ofThe New York Times.

China Briefing for Mid-Career Army Officers

The National Committee conducted the third ina series of briefings for U.S. military personnel witha three-day program for mid-career Army officersheld near Washington, D.C., in July 2010. Previousbriefings were conducted for officers of the Navy(in 2007) and the Air Force (in 2008). The programbrings together leading experts on a wide range of

topics, from economics to health to environment toculture—topics that are not usually part of militaryconsideration but that are important to an overallunderstanding of China.

The briefing provided a more comprehensiveframework for viewing China and developments inthe U.S.-China relationship that participants foundvery worthwhile and which will inform theirdecision-making in future dealings with the region.

Funding for the program was generouslyprovided by The Starr Foundation.

Former U.S. Ambassador to China J. Stapeleton Roybriefs mid-career Army officers on China issues

Congressional District Staff Delegation to ChinaApril 19 - 28Partners: U.S.-China Working Group, National People’s Congress

Briefing for Admiral Robert WillardNew YorkMay 17

Congressional Staff Delegation to ChinaMay 29 - June 5Partners: U.S.-China Working Group, National People’s Congress

China Briefing for Mid-Career Army OfficersWarrenton, VirginiaJuly 27 - 30Funder: The Starr Foundation

Congressional D.C. Staff Delegation to ChinaDecember 11 - 19Partners: U.S.-China Working Group, Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs

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National Committee leadership developmentprograms represent an investment in the futureof U.S.-China relations through the education

of next generation leaders from the United States andChina about one another’s country and the importanceof the Sino-American relationship. These programscultivate potential leaders at an early stage in theircareers, promoting a positive impact on the future ofU.S.-China relations.

Public Intellectuals Program

The Public Intellectuals Program (PIP) isdesigned to nurture the next generation of Chinaspecialists to be public intellectuals who informpolicy and public opinion and thereby enhance thequality of the American public’s understanding ofChina. Through a series of activities over a twoand one-half year period, the program helpstwenty young American China scholars andspecialists deepen and broaden their knowledgeabout China beyond their own discipline, whileproviding a wide range of introductions andcontacts in the United States and China that theywould not otherwise encounter.

The second round of PIP concluded inDecember 2010 after a rich two and a half years ofgatherings in Washington, D.C., to meet membersof the D.C.-based China community and for mediatraining; a conference in San Francisco to get toknow West Coast China specialists, organizationsand entrepreneurs; a study visit to either theMainland and Taiwan or the Mainland and HongKong (in cohorts of ten fellows each); opportunitiesto travel with National Committee delegations to orfrom China; and fulfilling their requirements toorganize and run a public education program.

The National Committee is very pleased thatThe Henry Luce Foundation and The StarrFoundation have agreed to fund a third round ofthis important program; it will run from 2011 to2013.

Young Leaders Forum

Since its inception in 2002, the Young LeadersForum (YLF) has brought together under-forty-year-old Chinese and American leaders fromvarious fields to increase understanding of the

other country and foster productive networks andinteractions among fellows. The annual forumalternates between the United States and China:the five-day 2010 forum, attended by more thanthirty fellows, was held at a seaside inn in SonomaCounty, California, in October.

To stimulate discussion and interaction, eachforum has a specific theme: 2010’s was “Artifacts ofLife.” Participants were asked to develop a presen-tation about objects that had significance to themand provided insights into who they are. OneChinese fellow brought a copy of his childhoodhukou (household registration booklet) listing hisresidence in the countryside, which prevented himfrom attending kindergarten when his familymoved to the city; an American displayed her birthcertificate and described how her adoption as aninfant had shaped her; a Chinese fellow showed areplica of a “Three Good” student certificate thathis father had returned to the school after he caughthis son taking money from his own piggy bank totreat other children to ice cream. The very personalpresentations brought up larger themes thatsparked lively discussions among the fellows.

In addition to scheduled sessions, this year’sYLF provided opportunities for informal activitiesincluding wine blending with a local vintner,kayaking on the Russian River and guest speakerson topics ranging from photographer AnselAdams’s local connections to ways of promoting


Public Intellectuals Program fellows in Guang’an,Deng Xiaoping’s birthplace, with scholar-escort andDeng biographer Dr. Ezra Vogel (l)

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Treasury. Affording the accomplished students and

future leaders who participate in FPC with insightsinto how America perceives and deals with the restof the world will promote understanding andcooperation in the U.S.-China relationship as itgrows in the twenty-first century. The NationalCommittee is grateful for the assistance of theElliott School of International Affairs at The GeorgeWashington University, and for the generousfinancial support of the Coca-Cola Company andthe ACE Charitable Foundation for this program.

Student Leaders Exchange

The seventh annual Student Leaders Exchangeto China took twelve recently graduatedPresidential Scholars (a designation conferred on141 of America’s most outstanding high schoolseniors nationwide by the U.S. Department ofEducation) to Changsha, Zhengzhou and Beijingfor an intensive two-week study tour from June 24to July 9, 2010. The Student Leaders Exchange isperennially hailed by participants as a “life-changing experience” that brings China into focusfor these future leaders and frequently leads tostudy about and engagement with China in collegeand beyond.

After a two-day orientation in Washington,D.C., the intensive schedule in China included a


Young Leaders Forum Fellows at the 2010 Forum inSonoma, California

increased cooperation in the U.S.-China rela-tionship.

The 2010 YLF was made possible with thesupport of the ACE Charitable Foundation andadditional funding from Aetos Capital.

U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium

The seventh U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium(FPC), held in June in Washington, D.C., providedan insider’s view of the creation and implemen-tation of American foreign policy to 150 studentsfrom the People’s Republic of China studying ingraduate programs at seventy American univer-sities. During the three-day Colloquium,participants attended sessions, panels and sitevisits where they learned about and discussedtopics with specialists from several fields relatingto U.S. foreign policy, including scholars, adminis-tration officials, military personnel, businesspeople and the press.

A perennial highlight of FPC is a series ofsmall-group site visits to key organizations dealingwith U.S. foreign policy. Participants then reportback to their peers on the meetings. The visitsincluded the Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace, the Center for Strategic andInternational Studies, the U.S. House ofRepresentatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, theU.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, HumanRights Watch, the National Security Council, andthe U.S. Departments of Commerce, State and

Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution president and formerdeputy secretary of state, with Foreign Policy Colloquiumparticipants in Washington, D.C., in June


homestay (participants are paired with familieswith “host siblings”), martial arts and danceperformances, museum visits, calligraphy andpainting lessons and a Chinese cooking class inChangsha, Hunan Province; an exploration ofChina’s healthcare system, visits to a rural schooland ancient historical sites, including LongmenGrottoes and White Horse Temple, in HenanProvince; and in and around Beijing, a secondhomestay, briefings at the Ministries of Educationand Foreign Affairs, a tour of avant-garde artgalleries, a visit to the Dandelion School formigrant children and many cultural activities.

The opportunity to see and learn about China,meet their peers there and engage with Chinesesociety sparked several participants to take upChina-related activities in the first semesterfollowing their trip: one student pitched an articleto the Yale Globalist about the demolition of hutongsin Beijing; another applied to the Forum forAmerican/Chinese Exchange at StanfordUniversity (FACES), which would send her toChina for a conference during her sophomore year;and another welcomed his host sibling fromZhengzhou— who was by then studying atWashington University in St. Louis— to his homein Texas over the Thanksgiving holiday. If partici-

pants in exchanges past are any measure, the SLEexperience will continue to inspire and have aprofound impact on the lives of these lively andaccomplished young Americans.

The National Committee is grateful to thePearson Foundation and Laureate Education fortheir financial support of the Student LeadersExchange.


Public Intellectuals Program Fellows China Trip IIBeijing, Chongqing, Guang’an, Chengdu, Hong KongJune 18 - 29U.S. Funders: The Henry Luce Foundation, The Starr Foundation

Public Intellectuals Program Fellows ConferenceWashington, D.C.November 11 - 14U.S. Funders: The Henry Luce Foundation, The Starr Foundation

U.S. Foreign Policy ColloquiumWashington, D.C.June 2 - 5U.S. Funders: The Coca-Cola Company, The ACE Charitable Foundation

Student Leaders ExchangeChangsha, Zhengzhou, BeijingJune 24 - July 9U.S. Funders: Pearson Foundation, Laureate EducationPartner: China Education Association forInternational Exchange

Young Leaders ForumTimber Cove, CaliforniaOctober 13 - 17U.S. Funders: ACE Charitable Foundation, Aetos CapitalPartner: Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs

Next Generation - 2010 programs

Student Leaders Exchange participants bid an emotionalfarewell to homestay host siblings in Beijing


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As the bilateral relationship expands, Americanand Chinese citizens benefit from enhancedunderstanding of the other society. The

National Committee facilitates this through exchangeprograms for educators that enrich their own teachingand their students’ knowledge, and through publicoutreach programs that feature specialists on aspects ofChina and U.S. - China relations.

U.S. - China Teachers Exchange Program

During the 2009 – 2010 academic year, theTeachers Exchange Program placed ten Chineseteachers in schools throughout the United Statesand three American teachers in Anqing and Beijing.The 2010 – 2011 academic year program placedtwelve Chinese teachers nationwide and sixAmerican teachers in Anqing, Hefei andMa’anshan (Anhui); Luoyang (Henan); andShijiazhuang (Hebei).

The U.S. - China Teachers Exchange program,now in its fifteenth year, is the only program in theUnited States that sends professional American andChinese teachers to teach in the other country foran academic year. Few programs provide greateropportunity for sustained contact and interaction;the educators live in the host community and teachstudents in the United States and China while theyare on the program, and return to their homecountry with a wealth of knowledge about the hostcountry that they share throughout their careers.The program is met with enthusiasm from students

and administrators in the host communities, andoften has a transformative effect on participatingeducators.

Participants teach their native language andculture while learning about the educationalsystem, society, culture and way of life in the hostcountry. They attend a mid-year conference in thehost country, during which they share ideas toenhance their teaching in the host countryand waysto incorporate what they have experienced intotheir teaching once they return home.

Since the program began, about 300 Chineseand 100 American teachers have each taughthundreds of students in the host country andbrought home innovative ideas and broadenedperspectives that inform their careers as educators.As they continue in their careers, their experiencesin the Teachers Exchange Program will helpeducate the thousands of students they come intocontact with, and have a profound impact on theway the next generation of Chinese and Americanswill understand each other.

The Teachers Exchange Program is generouslyfunded by the Freeman Foundation.

Education Delegations

For three decades, the National Committee hasconducted exchange programs for American and Chineseeducators on behalf of the U.S. Department of Educationand China’s Ministry of Education, under aMemorandum of Understanding signed by the twocountries. These exchanges enable educators to augmenttheir teaching and better serve the academic institutionsthey work in by sharing ideas and best practices,learning about new methods and exploring successfulinitiatives in their field. In 2010, the NationalCommittee hosted three study tours: one to China,focusing on history and culture; and two to the UnitedStates—one on science education and one on universitycareer counseling. All were funded by the U.S.Department of Education’s International EducationProgram Service and the Chinese Ministry of Education.

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program to China

Sixteen college educators from across theUnited States participated in the intensive one-month Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program

John Stark Regional High School students in Weare, NewHampshire, celebrate Chinese New Year with TeachersExchange Program participant Gao Yang

Education

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issues, the manufacturing sector, China’s interna-tional relations and optional visits to the ShanghaiExpo or a tour of Jewish Shanghai of the 1930s and1940s.

Visits to a wide range of museums, culturalcenters and historic sites throughout the seminargave participants an overview of China’s richhistory and vibrant culture.

Education Delegations to the United States:Secondary School Science Education

The National Committee hosted an eight-member delegation of Chinese educators andadministrators for an intensive study tour onsecondary school science education that went toSan Francisco; Sioux Falls and Brookings, SouthDakota and Washington, D.C., for two weeks inApril 2010. The delegation served as a follow-up toa high-level bilateral conference on the subject heldin Beijing in November 2009.

The itinerary reflected the diversity of theeducation system in the United States by visitingurban centers and a rural state; public, private andparochial universities and high schools;government agencies and non-government organi-zations; and a range of museums involved inscience education. The variety of viewpoints andapproaches offered a comprehensive overview ofscience studies within the American educationsystem and provided ideas for addressing chal-lenges facing science educators in China.

Highlights in San Francisco were the StanfordUniversity School of Education, with an overviewof teacher preparation and licensing requirements;the California Academy of Sciences; IntelFoundation; and the Bishop O’Dowd High School,where science teaching is coupled with outdoorfield work. South Dakota meetings included theBrookings School Board to discuss educationplanning, a session on the state’s role in educationwith a state senator, a discussion of K-12 outreachprograms at the Earth Resources Observation andScience Center in Sioux Falls, an exploration ofscience teacher preparation at South Dakota StateUniversity, visits to intermediate and high schools,and home-hospitality visits with Brookingsfamilies. At the outset of their visit, some dele-gation members wondered why they were visitingSouth Dakota, but through their interactions with

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad in China participantLaura Amrhein visits with the children of migrant laborersat the Dandelion School in Beijing

to China, focusing on China’s society, culture andhistory, from June 26 to July 26, 2010. Theprogram, administered by the National Committeesince 1981, improves teaching about China byproviding educators with in-depth and firsthandknowledge that they will use throughout theircareers. Participants are required to create acurriculum project based on some aspect of whatthey have learned, which is then made available foruse by educators nationwide The 2010 seminarwas conducted in Beijing, Xi’an, Chongqing andShanghai, with an optional Hong Kong extension(supported each year by an anonymous donor).

In Beijing, participants learned about socialissues and reform at Peking University and BeijingNormal University, juvenile rights at the BeijingAdolescent Legal Aid and Research Center,migrant children’s education at the DandelionSchool for children of migrant workers, as well asthe general and higher education systems, themedia and contemporary art.

A six-day stay in X’ian included homestaysand sessions on the regional economy and tradi-tional Chinese medicine (including a consultationat a traditional clinic). Highlights in and aroundChingqing included briefings on the city’s roleduring World War II and contemporary minorityand religious issues, as well as a visit to the spec-tacular Dazu rock carvings. Shanghai providedinsights into environmental concerns, women’s



local residents, they realized that there was muchto be gained by spending time in locations unfa-miliar to most Chinese.

The busy Washington, D.C., schedule includedvisits, briefings and discussions at the NationalScience Resource Center, U.S. Department ofEducation, National Academy of Science, NationalScience Foundation, Academy of Science, NationalScience Teachers Association, a science and tech-nology high school and the American Associationfor the Advancement of Science.

Education Delegations to the United States:University Career Counseling

More than six million Chinese studentsgraduate from Chinese universities annually.Until 1994, graduates were assigned jobs by thestate; since then, new graduates have had to findemployment on their own. To help these students,China is striving to increase its capacity in careercounseling and employment placement. Followingtwo successful delegations on this theme in 2009,the National Committee conducted an intensivestudy tour for an eleven-member delegation toWashington, D.C., Milwaukee, Little Rock and LosAngeles in November 2010.

In Washington, D.C., the group attendedmeetings at government agencies, including theU.S. Departments of Education and Labor; and atorganizations such as the National Association ofColleges and Employers. Site visits and briefingsin Milwaukee included several local colleges;SCORE, a non-profit organization that providesvolunteer business mentoring services to newentrepreneurs; and a major multinational corpo-ration.

The program in Little Rock included local andstate government offices, discussions on workforcedevelopment at the Arkansas Department ofCareer Education, the Little Rock WorkforceInvestment Board, a One Stop Center for jobservices, a meeting with business leaders at theArkansas Economic Development Commission,and an enjoyable home-hospitality evening forinformal discussions with Americans.

The final stop, in Los Angeles, includedinformative meetings with, among others, aReserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) represen-tative at the University of Southern California; andthe director of the University of California, LosAngeles (UCLA) Career Center.

U.S.–China Teachers Exchange Program2009-2010 and 2010-2011 Academic YearsU.S. Funders: Freeman Foundation; Americanhost schools; individual donorsPartners 2009 - 2010: CEAIE; two Chinese andthirteen American schoolsPartners 2010 - 2011: CEAIE; six Chinese andfourteen American schools.

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad: History and Culture in ChinaBeijing, Xi’an, Chongqing, Shanghai,Hong KongJune 26 - July 26U.S. Funder: U. S. Department of EducationPartner: China Education Association forInternational Exchange

Education Delegation: Secondary School Science EducationSan Francisco; Brookings & Sioux Falls, SouthDakota; Washington, D.C.April 17 - 30U.S. Funder: U.S. Department of EducationPartner: China Education Association forInternational Exchange

Education Delegation: University Career CounselingWashington, D.C., Milwaukee, Little Rock, Los AngelesNovember 6 - 19U.S. Funder: U.S. Department of EducationPartner: China Education Association forInternational Exchange

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PUBLIC EDUCATION & OUTREACH

The National Committee provides current information onGreater China and issues in U.S.-China relations fromleading specialists directly to its members and the

public through seminars, panel discussions, publications,e-mail newsletters and conference calls. These offerings arecoordinated with the National Committee’s web site(www.ncuscr.org), which provides video, audio and transcriptsfrom selected programs, as well as updates and publications.

Clockwise from top left: Author and New Yorker staff writer Peter Hessler discusses his recently released book CountryDriving; Joseph Kahn, deputy foreign editor of The New York Times (l) and National Committee Director JeffreyWasserstrom, professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, discuss media coverage of China; DeborahBrautigam, author and professor of international development at American University, discusses her book The Dragon’sGift: The Real Story of China in Africa; pioneering expert and National Committee Director Jerome Cohen (l, withNational Commmittee President Stephen Orlins) reflects on five decades of studying Chinese legal development


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The following programs were held in New York City unlessotherwise indicated.

January 7Forecast on China’s Economy 2010 at the New York Stock Exchange (details on page 2)

January 12Jones Day China Lecture SeriesHow China’s Leaders ThinkDiscussion with author Robert Lawrence Kuhn,Chairman, Kuhn Foundation

February 8Roundtable discussion with Christine Loh, founder andCEO of the Hong Kong think tank Civil Exchange

February 9Country Driving: Discussion with author Peter Hessler,staff writer for the New Yorker

February 9Jones Day China Lecture SeriesThe Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in AfricaDiscussion with author Deborah Bräutigam, Professorof International Development, School of InternationalService, American University

February 10Roundtable discussion with Ira Belkin, Program Officeron Law and Rights, Ford Foundation, Beijing

February 19Conference call on cybersecurity with Charles FreemanIII, Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategicand International Studies, and Denis Simon, facultymember, Pennsylvania State University

March 2Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture on Sino-American RelationsCarla A. Hills, Chair and CEO, Hills & Company; Chair,National Committee on U.S.-China Relations; Shanghai

April 1Challenges in U.S.-China Economic Relations:Discussion with Timothy Stratford, former AssistantU.S. Trade Representative for China Affairs

April 7Roundtable discussion with David Zweig, ChairProfessor, Division of Social Science, and Director,Center on China’s Transnational Relations, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

April 13Roundtable Discussion with Zoe Shen, Horizon Research Consultancy Group

April 16Roundtable Discussion with Ma Zhengang, formerChinese ambassador to the United Kingdom andcurrent president of the China Institute of InternationalStudies (CIIS)

April 20Jones Day China Lecture SeriesJerome A. Cohen Holds Court: Reflecting on the LastFive Decades of Chinese Legal DevelopmentJerome Cohen is co-director of the U.S.-Asia LawInstitute at New York University and adjunct seniorfellow for Asian Studies at the Council on ForeignRelations

April 29Jones Day China Lecture SeriesCovering a Fast-Changing China: Discussion withJeffrey Wasserstrom, Professor of History at theUniversity of California, Irvine, and Joseph Kahn,deputy foreign editor of The New York Times

May 25Annual Members ProgramDebate on China’s Currency and its Global Effects withStephen Roach, Chairman, Morgan Stanley Asia, andMartin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, FinancialTimes

June 23Jones Day China Lecture SeriesChina Boys: How U.S. Relations with the PRC Began andGrew: Discussion with author Nicholas Platt, formerpresident of the Asia Society

October 18CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections• National Speaker: Jon M. Huntsman Jr.,

U.S. Ambassador to China• Speakers at venues in each of forty-seven

American cities and towns and six venues in Greater China

October 27Roundtable discussion with Ambassador Jin Yongjian,head of the China Society for People’s FriendshipStudies

November 2Jones Day China Lecture SeriesPlaying Our Game: Why China’s Rise Doesn’t Threaten theWest: Discussion with author Edward Steinfeld,Associate Professor of Political Science, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology; Director, MIT China Program;Co-director, MIT Industrial Performance Center’s ChinaEnergy Group


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The activities and programs of the National Committee are made possible through the support ofU.S. government agencies (in 2010 the Department of State and the Department of Education),foundations, business firms, members and friends. This support enables the organization to

offer services to its members and the public at large and to undertake exchanges and special programsthat advance knowledge and strengthen relationships on both sides of the Pacific.

The National Committee is grateful to all those who made financial contributions in 2010. Weare also indebted to the many individuals who gave their time, creativity and in-kind assistance.Financial contributions made in calendar year 2010 are listed below and on succeeding pages.

Business and Professional Contributors

Leaders ($50,000 and above)

ACE GroupCaterpillar Inc.CitiThe Coca-Cola CompanyGE

Benefactors ($25,000 - $49,999)

ChartisChevronChina CenterContinental AirlinesDHLFedEx ExpressGoldman SachsIBMMarsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.Merck & Co., Inc.Morgan StanleyPricewaterhouseCoopersVan Eck GlobalWalmart

Patrons ($15,000 - $24,999)

Aetos Capital, LLCAlcoaBarclays CapitalBest Buy Co., Inc.Dorsey & Whitney LLPEdelmanGeneral MotorsGlobal Strategic Associates LLC

Hills & CompanyHong Kong Economic & Trade Office, New YorkIntel CorporationJ.P. MorganJohnson & JohnsonJones DayKamsky Associates, Inc.McKinsey & CompanyMcMahan Securities Co. L.P.NYSE EuronextPeabody EnergyPepsiCoPfizer Inc.Tishman Speyer Properties, LPVerizonWest Legend Corporation

Other Contributors (below $15,000)

AEA Investors LPAlbright Stonebridge GroupAmerican Apparel & Footwear AssociationArcher Daniels Midland CompanyAT&TBattery Park Realty/J&B Investment Co., LtdBechtel Group, Inc.The Dow Chemical CompanyExxon MobilIMAXKen Miller Capital, LLCKPMG LLPLevcor InternationalThe McGraw-Hill CompaniesNational Basketball AssociationThe Rhodium Group

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Foundations & Special Contributors

The Gerald Abell FoundationACE Charitable FoundationThe Freeman FoundationGerstner Family FoundationThe Maurice R. & Corinne P......Greenberg Foundation, Inc.Heart Sing FoundationThe Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.Lee & Louis Kuhn FoundationPearson Charitable FoundationSylvan/Laureate FoundationThe Starr FoundationTristan E. Beplat TrustU.S. Department of EducationU.S. Department of StateWoo's Foundation

Individual Contributors

Benefactor ($2,500 and above) Keith W. AbellMadeleine K. AlbrightRay BracyRonnie ChanKathryn D. Christopherson *Peter M. ClevelandNelson G. DongMichael L. DuckerRichard EdelmanLouis V. Gerstner, Jr.Evan G. GreenbergMaurice R. GreenbergHerbert J. HansellJimmy HexterCarla A. HillsClifford E. HollandVirginia KamskyMuhtar KentRobert Lawrence KuhnRobert A. LevinsonDavid R. MalpassD. Bruce McMahanKen MillerWilliam R. RhodesDavid RockefellerJ. Stapleton RoyJan F. van EckMichael J. Zak

Patron ($1,000 - $2,499)

Michael Barbalas

W. Michael BlumenthalMary Brown BullockAngela ChenJerome A. CohenLee CullumMartin S. FeldsteinBarbara H. FranklinCharles W. Freeman IIIMichael GoettlThomas M. GorrieMerit E. JanowThomas H. KeanHenry A. KissingerDavid M. LamptonJohn D. Langlois, Jr.Nicholas R. LardyNatalie G. LichtensteinKenneth LieberthalChristian & Alfreda MurckA. Kenneth NilssonWendy O’NeillJoseph W. PrueherPhilip T. ReekerCharles S. RobbDaniel H. RosenMatthew J. StoverFred S. TengRobert C. L. Timpson, Jr.I. Peter WolffWilliam K. Zinke

Sponsor ($500 - $999)

Nathaniel G. AhrensCathy BarbashLucy Wilson BensonCarlos M. BholaKay Boulware-MillerJoseph Fewsmith IIIPeter F. GeithnerJoel N. GlassmanThomas D. GormanDavid A. Jones, Jr.Arthur KroeberGeraldine S. KunstadterJune MeiDavid A. MillerOwen D. Nee, Jr.Douglas H. PaalCharles & Roberta PaturickNicholas PlattClark T. Randt, Jr.James R. SasserRichard J. Schager, Jr.Deborah J. Seligsohn

David L. ShambaughDenis Fred SimonEdward S. SteinfeldChristopher B. TaubeHarry E.T. ThayerSavio W. TungKathleen A. WalshCharles Pei WangWang ChiSusan Roosevelt WeldRaymond H. Wong

Member ($100 - $499)

Donald AndersonKaren J. AndersonPeter H. AntoniouAnn C. BaileyMark G. Bayuk +Thomas P. BernsteinDennis C. BlairRichard W. BodmanJ. Alan BrewsterWilliam Bronski +Davis H. Burbank +John BurnsRichard C. Bush IIIJanet A. CadyPeggy & Richard Castle +Patricia Cesario +Mable ChanBeryl Y. ChangJie ChenKaren ChristensenJoan Lebold CohenJill M. ConsidineLorne W. CranerWilliam J. CunninghamLawrence DaksDeborah S. DavisDavid B. H. DenoonDavid B. DormanNicholas W. FelsThomas FingarAlton FryeMark T. FungGloria GarfinkelDavid R. GergenJohn GilesThomas B. GoldMaura Gouck +Sidney L. GreenblattDavid L. GrossmanPatricia Haas ClevelandCarol Lee Hamrin



Mitchell A. HarwoodRobert M. HathawayRichard G. HeggieMelinda Herrold-MenziesSusan HexterRuth G. HinerfeldSamuel HintonMarcia Wilson HobbsMartha HoldridgeFranklin W. HounNicholas Calcina HowsonEileen HsiehBobby R. InmanJames W. JarrettDavid E. JeremiahRobert A. KappVirginia KasselAlison KaufmanTimothy J. KeatingRobert L. KeatleyJames A. KellySusan H. Kelly +William KirbyJessie Koenig +Helena KolendaChris R. LanzitHerbert LevinKaren Levin +Richard C. LevinMaggie K. LewisCheng LiLing LiBenjamin L. LiebmanWinston & Bette Bao LordStanley B. & Judith LubmanRichard W. LymanLaurence J. C. MaNancy Yao MaasbachVirginia Magboo +John S. MajorAnanda MartinG. Eugene MartinDavid & Patricia Maslowski +Helen McCabeMichael T. McCuneMichael A. McDevittJames McGregorPatrick R. McKennaAdrienne MedawarPhil L. MidlandMichael M. MihmJune Miles +W MitchellHugh H. MoS. Alice Mong

Dorothy A. MooreGregory J. MooreSatoru MuraseEugene A. NojekDiane B. ObenchainKevin J. O’BrienEvan OsnosVirginia L. P’anTodd Parker +Joanne Parkhouse +Ira Perelson +Edward J. PerkinsAnne PhelanKrista Piazza +Gerard A. PostiglioneSheridan T. PrassoRichard E. RadezJohn M. Regan +Ruth RhoneJane Washburn RobinsonArthur H. RosenHarriet P. RosensonMadelyn C. RossAntonio RossmannRichard Sanford +Harold H. SaundersPenelope T. SchoyerM. Roy SchwarzBrent ScowcroftRichard SeldinMervyn W. Adams SeldonHelen ShawRoy C. SheldonClare & S. Zachary Sisisky +Taiya M. SmithDorothy J. SolingerNancy L. SpelmanLisa SpiveyPiper Lounsbury StoverRoger W. SullivanRobert G. SutterDonald J. SwanzTravis TannerFrederieke S. TaylorJay TaylorChristopher ThomasStephen C. ThomasLorraine TolySeymour ToppingDavid M. TrebingJames Peter TunkeyPeter Van NessLyman P. Van SlykeDavid W. ViknerJeffrey N. Wasserstrom

Shang-Jin WeiLeon J. WeilLawrence S. WeissStanley & Joan WeissLynn T. White IIIKatherine WhitmanRichard L. WilliamsMargaret S. WilsonHarold WolchokLani L. WongS. B. WooLarry M. WortzelXu WuMichael YahudaRegina L. YanTsu-Chin Michael YangPamela YatskoRenqiu YuDonald S. ZagoriaEric & Andrea Zinn +

Other (below $100)

William ArmbrusterDavid M. BachmanRoy Bergeson +Gloria Berenson & Irving.....Broudy +Emile C. ChiRobert & Janet Davidson +Bruce DicksonWilliam Dyson +Karen Fox +Frank KehlOriana Skylar MastroScott Menscher +Janet Schoor +Robert T. SnowMary Ellen Somerville +Ronald SuleskiKellee S. TsaiStephen Uhalley, Jr.Christine Walderhaug +Tobias Watson +Susan H. WhitingTseming YangYin Xiao-huangRuobo You

+ All or a portion of contributiondesignated for the U.S.-ChinaTeachers Exchange Program* All or a portion of contributiondesignated for the A. Doak BarnettMemorial Fund



The 84th Meeting of the Board of Directors was held in New York City on May 26, 2010.The 44th Annual Members’ Meeting was held on May 25, 2010, also in New York City.Members present (or by proxy) elected the Board Class of 2013, and four individuals to

the Class of 2012.

Seven Directors left the Board as of May 25, 2010. These were Robert Legget, who retired, andEdward T. Cloonan, Barbara H. Franklin, Peter F. Geithner, Virginia Kamsky, David M.Lampton, and Terrill E. Lautz, who rotated off.

At the 84th Board meeting, Dennis C. Blair and Ray Bracy were approved for appointments tothe Board. Directors also elected the following officers of the Committee: Chair, Carla A. Hills;Vice Chairs Maurice R. Greenberg, Lee H. Hamilton, Thomas H. Kean, Nicholas R. Lardy,Joseph W. Prueher, William R. Rhodes, J. Stapleton Roy and James R. Sasser; Treasurer, KeithW. Abell; Secretary, I. Peter Wolff; and President, Stephen A. Orlins.

At-large Board Members Jerome A. Cohen, Nelson Dong, Richard Edelman, Herbert J. Hansell,and Cheng Li joined the officers to comprise the Executive Committee.

Keith W. Abell was appointed chairman of the Audit & Budget Committee; Carla A. Hills,chair of the Compensation Committee; Richard Edelman and Clifford E. Holland, co-chairs ofthe Development Committee; David M. Lampton, chairman of the Management Committee; I.Peter Wolff and Kathryn D. Christopherson, co-chairs of the Nominating Committee; andMary B. Bullock and Peter F. Geithner, co-chairs of the Program Committee.

GOVERNANCE & MEMBERSHIP

Class of 2013

Mary Brown BullockLincoln ChenKathryn D. ChristophersonPeter ClevelandJerome A. CohenThomas B. GoldEvan G. GreenbergLee H. HamiltonHarry HardingClifford E. Holland

Richard C. LevinRobert A. LevinsonKenneth LieberthalD. Bruce McMahanKen MillerDaniel RosenEdward S. SteinfeldJohn L. ThorntonKellee Tsai

Class of 2012

Jimmy HexterTimothy J. KeatingShelley RiggerJeffrey Wasserstrom



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December 31, 2010$ 556,872

4,403,9572,000,729

754,72576,4725,692

30,194

$ 7,828,641

$ 165,138

165,138

3,350,225 1,313,163

4,663,388

3,000,115 7,663,503

$ 7,828,641

Cash and cash equivalentsInvestmentsGrants and contributions receivable, netOther receivablesProgram advances, exchanges and other assetsSecurity depositsProperty and equipment

TOTAL ASSETS

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

TOTAL LIABILITIES

NET ASSETS

UnrestrictedUndesignatedBoard-designated

Temporarily restrictedTOTAL NET ASSETS

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

SUPPORT AND REVENUE:

U.S. Government grantsContributionsSpecial events (net)Investment income and otherNet assets released from restrictionsTOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE

EXPENSES:

Program servicesManagement and administrationFund-raisingTOTAL EXPENSES

Change in net assetsNet assets beginning of year

Net assets end of year

TemporarilyRestricted

$ 521,215385,677

----

(2,520,054) (1,613,162)

----

-- --

(1,613,162) 4,613,277

$ 3,000,115

Unrestricted

$ -- 171,653959,316369,392

2,520,0544,020,415

2,483,473974,853

209,894 3,668,220

352,195 4,311,193

$ 4,663,388

December 31, 2010Total

$ 521,215557,330959,316369,392

--2,407,253

2,483,473974,853

209,894 3,668,220

(1,260,967) 8,924,470

$ 7,663,503

Condensed Statement of Activities for Year Ended December 31, 2010

Condensed Statement of Financial Position January 1 – December 31, 2010

December 31, 2009$ 580,716

4,983,5843,002,026

466,32166,7245,692

33,804

$ 9,138,867

$ 214,397

214,397

3,211,745 1,099,448

4,311,193

4,613,277 8,924,470

$ 9,138,867

December 31, 2009Total

$ 735,2573,473,671

810,654155,261

--5,174,843

2,352,826987,053

231,895 3,571,774

1,603,069 7,321,401

$ 8,924,470


STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

The above information was extracted from the audited financial statements, which are available upon request.


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PRESIDENTStephen A. Orlins

VICE PRESIDENTJan Carol Berris

VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATIONRosalind Daly

SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMSMargot E. Landman

DIRECTOR, LEADERSHIP INITIATIVESJonathan G. Lowet

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENTDiana B. Roggemann

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONSJoseph J. Weed

COORDINATOR, LAW AND ECONOMIC INITIA-TIVESTing Wang

PROGRAM OFFICERSKatherine D. ForshayDaniel Murphy

PROGRAM ASSISTANTSara Gavryck-Ji

PROGRAM AND TRAVEL ASSISTANTNick McBurney

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGERDaya Martin

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTMarc A. Berger

ASSISTANT CONTROLLERPatricia M. Gilani

INTERNSAlison AshburnVictoria Chonn ChingMinghui (Bonnie) FuNaili (Ariel) GuCaroline GuentherJulia HoldenVasiliki (Vicki) PaloympisOlivia PeiYuefei QinPeter Sharp SackNicholas Pershing SchwartzZhenyi ShiKai (Grace) Zhang


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