national committee on u.s.-china relations 2011 annual report

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Celebrating

NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON

UNITED STATES - CHINA RELATIONS

2011 Annual Report

Promoting Constructive Engagement

Years


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CHAIR

Carla A. Hills

VICE CHAIRMEN

Maurice R. Greenberg

Thomas H. Kean

Henry A. KissingerNicholas R. Lardy

Joseph W. Prueher

William R. Rhodes

J. Stapleton Roy

James R. Sasser

TREASURER

Keith W. Abell

SECRETARY

I. Peter Wolff

Madeleine K. AlbrightJeffrey Bader

Dennis C. BlairRay BracyMary Brown BullockJohn ChenLincoln ChenThomas J. ChristensenKathryn D. ChristophersonPeter M. ClevelandJerome A. CohenDavid L. Cunningham, Jr.Nelson G. DongRichard EdelmanMartin S. Feldstein

Thomas FingarBarbara H. Franklin

Peter F. GeithnerThomas B. GoldEvan G. GreenbergHerbert J. HansellHarry HardingJimmy HexterClifford E. HollandTimothy J. KeatingMuhtar KentDavid M. LamptonTerrill E. LautzRichard C. LevinRobert A. Levinson

Kenneth LieberthalD. Bruce McMahan

Ken MillerDouglas H. PaalClark T. Randt, Jr.Shelley RiggerCharles S. RobbDaniel H. RosenDavid L. ShambaughEdward S. SteinfeldJohn L. ThorntonKellee S. TsaiJan F. van EckJeffrey N. Wasserstrom

71 West 23rd Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10010-4102 s (212) 645-9677 s www.ncuscr.org

Board of Directors

May 2011 - May 2012


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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 its exchange, educational and policy

activities on politics and security, education, governance

and civil society, economic cooperation, media

and transnational issues, addressing these with

respect to mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The Committees programs draw strength from its

members, who number more than 700 Americans

from all parts of the country and 75 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 forthright exchange of ideas.


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At its 45th Anniversary Gala, the National Committee recognized John S. Watson, chairman and CEO ofChevron, and Robert A. Iger, president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, for their dedicatedsupport of constructive U.S.-China relations. During the October 17 program, Vice Chair Henry A.Kissinger was joined onstage by former and current American and Chinese government officials, membersof the Board of Directors and National Committee staff to present a toast in honor of all those whosecommitment and dedication has brought us to this point and will take us to an even greater future.

45th Anniversary Gala Dinner

Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed confidence inthe Sino-American relationship in the only policyspeech of his U.S. visit, delivered at a luncheon inWashington, D.C., on January 20. The event,attended by more than 600 business and policyleaders and 200 journalists, was co-hosted by theNational Committee and the US-China BusinessCouncil. Event highlights included remarks bySecretary of Commerce Gary Locke and an intro-duction of President Hu by National Committee

Vice Chair and America-China Forum PresidentDr. Henry A. Kissinger.

2 Annual Report 2011

National Committee Welcomes

President Hu Jintao

Special EventsHighlights from 2011


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The fifth annual CHINA Town Hall on November 16 featuredformer National Security Advisor Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski in a

nationally webcast conversation with National CommitteePresident Stephen Orlins, viewed simultaneously at 52 venuesaround the country. Attendees at each venue were able to submitquestions for Dr. Brzezinski, and then were treated to a deeperdiscussion of topics in U.S.-China relations led by China experts ateach site.

CHINA Town Hall: Nationwide Discussion on China

The National Committee co-hosted a luncheon in honor of ChineseForeign Minister Yang Jiechi on September 22, when he was in

New York to address the United Nations General Assembly.Foreign Minister Yang spoke to the intimate audience of corporatemembers and government officials on recent developments in Sino-

American relations and his countrys commitment to deepeneconomic cooperation that would promote sustainable growth inboth the United States and China. The event was co-hosted by theUS-China Business Council.

Foreign Minister Yang JiechiWelcomed in New York

With generous support from the China-U.S. Exchange Foundation,

The Visionaries, a nonprofit film company that profiles organiza-tions that make a positive impact, produced a one-hourdocumentary on the National Committees history and work. Itwill be aired on PBS affiliates nationwide beginning in 2012. The

film crew traveled to New York, Washington, D.C., and severallocations in China to film NCUSCR activities and conduct inter-views with board members, staff and programparticipants.

Documentary on the National Committee for PBS

Surrounded by friends, family and colleagues past and present,National Committee Vice President Jan Berris (l) was honored forher forty years of service and dedication to the organization at the

Annual Members Program on May 23. The event doubled as acelebration of the 45th anniversary of the National Committee,including reflections by former presidents John Holden, Doug

Murray and Mike Lampton (via video), and Jans mentor,Ambassador Richard Solomon, who first introduced her to theNational Committee.

Jan Berris Celebrates First 40 Years at NCUSCR

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This annual report covers the National Committees key activities in 2011, arrangedby issue area. As this is an anniversary year, we have added a historicaldimension by highlighting one or two programs from our past in each focus area.

Forty-five years ago, a visionary group of academics, religious leaders andbusinessmen founded the National Committee with a straightforward mission: toprovide Americans with balanced information about China, so that our leaders wouldadopt policies that were in the best long-term interest of the United States.

Public education was the sole focus of the National Committee for its first sevenyears, but the visit of the Chinese ping pong team to the United States in 1972 added anew, and for the next twenty years primary, activity exchanges between the UnitedStates and the Peoples Republic. This dual legacy has developed over four and halfdecades into the diversity and breadth of programming you will read about in thisreport. A Congressional Members delegation to China; Track II dialogues on economicissues, human rights, and the rule of law; an exchange and fellowship program forAmerican and Chinese environmental law professionals; our fifth annual CHINA TownHall these programs are just a sampling of the National Committees work over the

past year, work that deepens constructive engagement and advances cooperationbetween our two countries.

As the 2012 election cycle begins, China has been thrust onto center stage instatements by American political candidates; many of these are characterized byhyperbole and mistrust. They serve to remind us of the crucial role the NationalCommittee continues to play in fostering dialogue and enhancing understanding in thisall-important relationship. The National Committee has been a pioneer throughout itshistory in bringing Americans and Chinese together and creating a model for addressingissues in an informed and constructive way. After forty-five years, the importance of ourwork has not diminished.

The National Committee is grateful to its membership and supporters, all ofwhom are vital partners as we work to ensure a fruitful Sino-American relationship built

on mutual trust and understanding.

Carla A. Hills Stephen A. OrlinsChair President


Letter from the Chair and President

As we celebrate the National Committees 45th anniversary, we also mourn the death ofRobert Scalapino, one of our founders, our first chairman, and this countrys preeminentAsia specialist. Bob died in November at age 92. Despite leading an incredibly busy andperipatetic life, he always found a way to respond positively to our requests be they forspeaking to a group, writing something for a publication or, even at the age of 85, accom-panying a Committee delegation on a two-week trip to China! We will miss him greatly:his sagacity, humor, balance, generosity, energy and dozens of other wonderful traitsthat went into this true friend and thoughtful advocate for sound U.S.-China relations.

In Memoriam: Robert A. Scalapino


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For forty-five years, the National Committee has been workingat the forefront of the dynamic relationship between the UnitedStates and China, conducting exchanges and conferences that

bring together policy makers, corporate leaders, academics, entre-

preneurs, educators, professionals and students from both sides ofthe Pacific to share ideas and form strong personal connections thatpromote durable and productive Sino-American relations.

Clockwise from top left: u Congressional District Staff Delegation meets with Li Runlan, vice chair of the Tianjin PeoplesCongress Standing Committee u Two Presidential Scholars (left and center) on the Student Leaders Exchange at HunanInternationl Economics University u Track II Economic Dialogue economists Huang Yiping, China Center for EconomicResearch, Peking University, and Nicholas Lardy, Peterson Institute uAmerican environmental lawyers and specialistswith their counterparts at the Natural Resources Defense Council in Beijing uJeffrey Bader, Brookings Institution, andPolicy Leaders Orientation Program leader Counselor He Zhigeng, Chinese Peoples Institute of Foreign Affairs u Chinese

graduate students from American universities at the Foreign Policy Colloquium in Washington, D.C.

Exchanges & Conferences


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Programs in politics and security are central to theNational Committees role as the premier

American organization dedicated to buildingconstructive relations between the United States andChina. They enable policy makers, elected officials and

military leaders to meet, develop working relationshipsand discuss critical issues.

Congressional Members Delegation to China

Five Members of the bi-partisan CongressionalU.S.-China Working Group traveled to China inApril for the fourth Working Group trip underNational Committee auspices. The delegation, ledby Working Group co-chairmen Charles Boustany,Jr. (R-LA) and Rick Larsen (D-WA), visited Beijing,Qingdao, Chengdu and Shanghai, with a focus on

assessing and advancing the U.S.-China military-to-military relationship. Accompanied by NationalCommittee President Stephen Orlins, the groupalso included Congressmen Mike Coffman (R-CO),Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Erik Paulsen (R-MN).

The Congressmen met with several seniorleaders including Minister Li Yuanchao of the CPCOrganization Department, Vice Premier WangQishan, State Councilor Dai Bingguo and PLAGeneral Chen Bingde, and toured a Song-classsubmarine in Qingdao the first group of civiliansauthorized to do so. In Chengdu, the Congressmen

engaged with graduate students from SichuanUniversity at a roundtable discussion on topicsranging from education to the rule of law.

House Staff Delegation Washington, D.C.Offices

During the late-August Congressional recess, adelegation of twelve D.C.-based senior staff

members from several House offices traveled toChina for a ten-day study tour focused on China'sinvestment in transportation infrastructure. InBeijing, Tianjin and Wuhan, the group had oppor-tunities to hear from Chinese and Americanofficials about the expansion of China's river andocean ports, and its high-speed rail, highway,subway, light rail and air transportation networks while experiencing much of it firsthand.

Senate and House Staff Delegation District andState Offices

In December, the National Committee arrangedthe visit of a delegation of senior Senate and Housestaff members from state and district offices toBeijing, Tianjin, and Xiamen, with side excursionsto Fujian's Nanjing and Anxi counties. This dele-gation focused on a broad set of key issues in thebilateral relationship: security, energy, education,domestic stability, economics and trade. Among

many other highlights, participants met with MaJun and Tong Lihua in Beijing, heads of theInstitute of Public and Environmental Affairs andthe Beijing Legal Aid Office for Migrant Workersrespectively, and enjoyed homehospitality in Xiamen.

The Congressional Members delegation at the Maiputechnology company in Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Policy Makers


Informing policy leaders and opinion shapers

Senior Washington, D.C.-based Congressional staff visiting

a Wuhan subway transportation infrastructure project


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China Briefing for New Members of Congress

Following the 2010 Congressional elections, theNational Committee, working in conjunction withthe Congressional U.S.-China Working Group,organized a briefing on March 31 for freshmanMembers of Congress on critical issues in the U.S.-

China relationship. Former Secretary of StateMadeleine Albright and former National SecurityAdvisor Brent Scowcroft drew on their vastexperience to comment on todays bilateralrelationship. This event was the third of its kind inas many election cycles.

These briefings are an important component ofthe National Committees commitment toinforming policy makers of the issues facing theU.S.-China relationship in order to shape aconstructive political dialogue. The briefingsprovide the next generation of Congressionalleaders with a comprehensive overview of thebilateral relationship between the two countries,based upon the bipartisan experience and wisdomof past administration officials.


A China briefing for new Congressional Membersincluded Congressional U.S.-China Working Group(USCWG) Co-Chair Rick Larsen (D-WA), NCUSCRPresident Stephen Orlins, former National Security

Advisor Brent Scowcroft, USCWG Co-Chair CharlesBoustany, Jr. (R-LA), and former U.S. Ambassador toChina J. Stapleton Roy (l to r)

First Congressional Staff Delegation to China

The National Committees involvement withCongressional delegations to China began in 1976with the travel of 14 staff members from 11 differentHouse and Senate committees. A few highlights ofthis first-of-its-kind trip were visiting a PLA unitand a local militia, two communes (including theone at which Chairman Mao famously declared,Peoples communes are good!), the much-laudedRed Flag Canal (featuring the Foolish Old ManBridge and the Face the Sun Tunnel), a hospital andrural healthcare facility, a sports academy andseveral factories. Wang Hairong, Vice ForeignMinister and Maos niece, met the group thoughat the Beijing Hotel and not the Foreign Ministry, asthe devastating Tangshan earthquake had struck at3:45 that morning and the hotel was deemed safer.(It didnt seem so safe to those on the 17th floor atthe time! The next night they slept on the U.S.Liaison Office floor.)

The delegation paved the way for youngAmerican political leaders to go to China a yearlater, followed by delegations of Chinese mayors tothe United States in 1978, and American governors

and mayors to China in 1979. These built a solidfoundation for the many exchanges of politicalleaders and policy makers the National Committeeorganized in the decades to come.

Historical Note

Members of the 1976 delegation outside the Beijing Hotelonly minutes after the early morning Tangshan earthquake


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China Briefing and Public Program with AdmiralRobert Willard

The National Committee arranged a two-dayprogram for Admiral Robert Willard, Commander

of the U.S. Pacific Command, that included closed-door briefings with National Committee Vice ChairHenry A. Kissinger, Professor Jerome Cohen of theNYU School of Law and Professor A. TomGrunfeld of Empire State College on the rule of lawand human rights situation in China and thehistory of the relations between Tibet, Xinjiang andBeijing; a talk by Admiral Willard to an audience ofover 250 people, co-sponsored by the New YorkInstitute of Technology (NYIT); and a dinner withNational Committee board members. AdmiralWillard appreciated the opportunity to converse

with scholars outside his area of expertise to gain amore thorough understanding of Chinese history,culture, and other facets of the bilateral relationship


China Briefing for New Members of CongressWashington, D.C.March 31Partner: U.S.-China Working Group

China Briefing and Public Program withAdmiral Robert Willard, Commander, U.S.Pacific CommandNew York CityApril 7-8

Congressional Members Delegation to ChinaBeijing, Qingdao, Chengdu, ShanghaiApril 23-May 1Partners: U.S.-China Working Group, National

Peoples Congress

Dinner for Luo ZhijunParty Secretary, Jiangsu ProvinceNew York CityJuly 21U.S. Funder: Chartis International

House Staff Delegation - Washington D.C.OfficesBeijing, Wuhan, TianjinAugust 20-28Partners: U.S.-China Working Group, NationalPeoples Congress

Senate and House Staff Delegation - Districtand State Offices

Beijing, Tianjin, XiamenDecember 2-10Partners: U.S.-China Working Group, ChinesePeoples Institute for Foreign Affairs

Policy Makers - 2011 programs

The head of the U.Pacific Command

Admiral RobertWillard talks to aNational Committaudience.

to which he is rarely exposed. Admiral Willardspresentation at NYIT examined the current securitysituation in Asia with a focus on Chinas criticalrole in security relationships in the region. Thediscussion was moderated by National Committee

President Stephen Orlins.


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the two countries in managing their economic rela-tions. These documents were shared with bothgovernments as they prepared for the Strategic &Economic Dialogue and other high-level meetings.

Rule of Law and Human Rights Dialogue

Prominent jurists and legal experts from theUnited States and China gathered in September inLong Island, New York, for the third round of theRule of Law and Human Rights Dialogue. Theydiscussed issues related to legal reform, opengovernment, pretrial detention and the role oflawyers. The frankness and intensity of themeetings is characteristic of this landmarkprogram, the first dialogue of its kind to be hostedby non-governmental organizations in the two

countries.The off-the-record Track II dialogue followed

two previous meetings in China: the first, inNantong, Jiangsu, came on the heels of theNovember 2009 meeting between PresidentsBarack Obama and Hu Jintao in Beijing, where thetwo leaders agreed to hold official dialogues on therule of law and human rights; the second tookplace in December 2010 in Xiamen, Fujian. Allmeetings were convened in cooperation with theNational Committees partner in this project, theChina Foundation for Human Rights Development.

U.S.-China Track II Economic Dialogue

The National Committees Track II EconomicDialogue convened twice in 2011: first in NewYork in January, then in Beijing in July. Mr. QinXiao, former chairman of the China MerchantGroup, continued his chairmanship of the Chineseside, while National Committee Chair Carla Hillsand Vice Chair Maurice Greenberg co-chaired theAmerican delegation, as they have in the past.

The 2011 dialogues built on two previousmeetings, with the same participants engaging inlively and candid discussions that focused on theeconomic policies of both countries in theaftermath of the financial crisis, cross-borderinvestment and trade issues, valuation of the RMBand the need both for market reforms in China andfiscal sustainability in the United States. As withprevious sessions, the participants penned aconsensus agreement at the conclusion of eachdialogue laying out sets of principles to help guide


U.S.-China Track II Economic Dialogue participants Carla A.Hills, National Committee Chair and former U.S. TradeRepresentative, and economist Yao Yang, professor at the ChinaCenter for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University

Dialogue & CooperationFostering dialogue and cooperation on cutting edge issues

U.S. District Court Judge Sidney Stein and Professor ChengJie of Tsinghua Law School at the Rule of Law and HumanRights Dialogue

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 enable

specialists from the United States and Greater China toconsider, discuss and engage with one another on a widerange of shared interests.


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Northeast Asia Strategic Security Dialogue

The National Committees thirteen-year collabo-ration with the Preventative Defense Project,

headed by former Defense Secretary William Perry,yielded another round of constructive Track IIdiscussions between American and Chinese offi-cials on military and security issues. The NortheastAsia Strategic Security Dialogue convened inBeijing and Taipei in June to address changes in theglobal security situation, cross-Strait engagement,how to deepen Sino-American military-to-militarycooperation and the domestic forces drivingforeign policy in both countries.

The American delegation, composed of retiredU.S. government civilian and military officials,

specialists drawn from the Committee's roster ofdirectors and members most of whom are multi-year veterans of the program met with theirChinese counterparts in closed-door sessions thatproved both substantive and candid, owing in nosmall part to the discussants familiarity with oneanother. The group met with several seniorChinese and Taiwanese officials, including StateCouncilor Dai Bingguo and Taiwan President MaYing-jeou, to share their views on Northeast Asiansecurity issues, the increasing influence of publicopinion on foreign policy and ways to address thestrategic mistrust that pervades the relationship.


First U.S.-China Track II Dialogue

Historical Note

Though the term Track II dialogue wascoined later, the first such meeting between U.S.and PRC interlocutors was organized by theNational Committee in 1984 as an off-the-recordgathering of leading citizens from both countries.The dialogues objective was to enable partici-

pants to gain from each others perspectives andknowledge and to grow more comfortable witheach other. Over the years, the U.S.-ChinaDistinguished Citizens Dialogue helped establisha foundation of greater understanding and atemplate for addressing challenges in the rela-tionship openly and non-confrontationally. Itsefficacy was demonstrated in February 1990, thefirst post-Tiananmen meeting of the group; whileemotions were still fairly raw on both sides, andvoices raised on occasion, there was a genuinefeeling that an open and honest discussion had

taken place. The program was held eleven times,ending in 2001, and served as a model for theNational Committees successful ongoing Track IIdialogues.

Northeast Asia Strategic Security Dialogue participantsDr. Tom Fingar, Oksenberg/Rohlen DistinguishedFellow, Stanford University and Major General YaoYunzhu, Peoples Liberation Army.

U.S.-China Distinguished Citizens Dialogue (Beijing, 1993


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Environmental Law Exchange and Fellowships

The National Committee conducted a two-wayexchange for environmental law professionals inChina and the United States to help mid-career

environmental lawyers, government officials andNGO representatives build capacity in this fieldand engage with their counterparts in eachcountry. The exchange was funded by a grant fromthe U.S. State Departments Bureau of Educationaland Cultural Affairs and was conducted in part-nership with the Center for Legal Assistance toPollution Victims at the China University ofPolitical Science and Law.

Programs for the American and Chinese partici-pants occurred in two parts. Delegation memberstraveled to the other country for a two-week study

visit, during which they met with environmentallawyers, judges and other legal professionals inseveral cities to gain a better understanding of theenvironmental law field in that country. At the endof the study tours, several participants remained inthe host country for four-week fellowships atNGOs, private law firms, and university centerswhere they worked alongside their colleagues toacquire field experience and deeper exposure to theissues.

Environmental law professional Ma Yong experimentswith a water sampling device in Georgias Lake Lanier

U.S.-China Track II Economic DialogueNew York City, Washington, D.C.: January 10-13Beijing: July 13-14U.S. Funder: Starr FoundationPartner: Chinese Center for Economic Research

Environmental Law Exchange and FellowshipsSan Francisco, Atlanta, Washington, D.C./NewYork, Washington, D.C., PhiladelphiaMay 31-July 17Beijing, Guizhou, WuhanNovember 4-December 18U.S. Funder: U.S. Department of State, Bureau ofEducational and Cultural AffairsPartner: Center for Legal Assistance toPollution Victims

Northeast Asia Strategic Security DialogueBeijing, TaipeiJune 24-July 1U.S. Funder: Stanford PreventativeDefense ProjectPartners: China Foundation for Internationaland Strategic Studies; Ministry of ForeignAffairs, Taiwan

Rule of Law and Human Rights DialogueLong Island, New YorkSeptember 12-17U.S. Funder: The Starr FoundationPartner: China Human RightsDevelopment Fund

Dialogue & Cooperation - 2011 programs



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National Committee leadership development

programs help educate next generationleaders from the United States and China

about one anothers country and the importance ofthe Sino-American relationship. These programs

cultivate potential leaders at an early stage in theircareers and represent an investment in the future ofU.S.-China relations.

Policy Leaders Orientation Program

As part of its ongoing commitment to developthe capacity of next-generation policy leaders, theNational Committee has conducted the PolicyLeaders Orientation Program since 2007. It isdesigned to provide mid-career Chinese

government officers, at a key stage in their careerdevelopment, an introduction to U.S. political,economic, social, and cultural institutions andopportunities to interact with a wide range ofAmerican citizens. In 2011, two such programstook place: one, in April, for a group of fourteenU.S.-based foreign service officers from the ChineseEmbassy in Washington, D.C., the variousconsulates throughout the country, and the Chinesemission to the United Nations; the other inNovember for twelve China-based officials from avariety of ministerial-level offices in Beijing.

Both groups visited Williamsburg, Virginia;Washington, D.C.; Hershey and either Philadelphiaor Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and New York City,to meet with government officials and experts at

think tanks and non-governmental organizations,

visit national monuments and other sites ofhistorical and cultural significance, and engagewith business and community leaders. Participantswere hosted at the homes of National Committeemembers and friends while in Washington,providing an opportunity to gain an understandingof life inside an American home.

U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium

The eighth annual U.S. Foreign PolicyColloquium was held in early June 2011. The

event is designed to help Chinese graduatestudents from all academic disciplines betterunderstand the complex forces that shapeAmerican foreign policy. About 150 PRC graduatestudents from universities throughout the UnitedStates convened in Washington, D.C., for two-and-a-half days of interaction with current and formeradministration officials and members of Congress,as well as representatives from academia, themilitary, think tanks, the media, business, lobbyinggroups and NGOs.

The Colloquium provides participants opportu-nities to interact with decision makers, opinionshapers, academics and specialists. They attendlectures and panels that cover, among othersubjects, the history of foreign policy, the nuts andbolts of policy making, and the influence of publicopinion and the media on policy makers, and visitthink tanks, government offices (includingCongressional committees), advocacy groups andcorporations that focus on foreign policy.

U.S.-based Chinese Foreign Ministry officials on the PolicyLeaders Orientation Program at a recreation of a NativeAmerican settlement near Jamestown, Virginia

Next GenerationDeveloping the capacity of next generation leaders

Some of the 150 Chinese graduate students from U.S.universities who attended the U.S. Foreign PolicyColloquium in Washington, D.C.



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Public Intellectuals Program Round III

The National Committee kicked off the thirdround of its Public Intellectuals Program in 2011,welcoming twenty new members of Americas nextgeneration of China specialists into the two-and-a-half year program. The latest cohort of fellows hailfrom academic institutions across the country, in

addition to the Chinese University of Hong Kongand the Open Society Institute in New York, andwill participate in a variety of workshops andstudy tours to enrich their understanding of thepolicy making processes in both the United Statesand China, help them establish useful relationshipswith their academic colleagues, and hone the skillsneeded to venture outside of academia to engagewith the public and policy community.

The inaugural meeting in Washington, D.C.,included discussions with American governmentofficials who focus on China from a variety ofdepartments and offices and a full-day mediatraining aimed at helping the fellows connect witha wider audience. During the remainder of theirtime in the program, fellows will participate insimilar meetings in San Francisco and again inWashington, D.C., join one of two ten-day studytours to China, and organize one or more publicoutreach programs aimed at increasing Americanunderstanding of and informed debate on China.

2011 Student Leaders Exchange participant GiaLomsadze with host siblings in Changsha, HunanProvince

Student Leaders Exchange

Since 2004, the National Committee has selectedtwelve U.S. Presidential Scholars (a designationconferred on 141 of Americas most outstanding

high school seniors nationwide by the U.S.Department of Education) to participate in theStudent Leaders Exchange, a two-week study visitto China during the summer between high schooland college. The American participants learnabout China's successes and challenges and haveunusually intimate opportunities to meet andexchange ideas with their Chinese counterparts asa consequence of homestays during most of theprogram. A reciprocal visit from exemplaryChinese students to the United States will occur inspring of 2012.

The 2011 group traveled to Changsha,Changzhou and Beijing, where students visitedgovernment offices, schools, cultural landmarksand corporate offices. The itinerary provided theparticipants exposure to many elements of Chinasdeveloping society. The exchange piques aninterest amongst these future leaders, one theyoften pursue in their academic and professionalcareers. Several of the participants have opted toexplore their interest in China further, by studyingits language, history, politics or literature.

Fellows of the Public Intellectuals Program -Round III, in Washington, D.C.



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Young Leaders Forum

The Young Leaders Forum, one of the NationalCommittees longest running next generationprograms, turned ten in 2011. Returning fellows

from every forum class since the programsinception convened in Xian in October for a TenthAnniversary Forum and celebration.

The three-and-a-half day retreat includedmultiple opportunities for personal interactionamong the fellows (all of whom are emergingleaders in a broad range of fields) that enhancecross-cultural understanding and build enduringfriendships. The core of the discussions (and themost moving and memorable parts of the forum)focused on a make-believe YLF Time Capsule tobe opened in 25 years. No restrictions were placed

on the size or composition of the items; theysimply had to be relevant to YLFs history theexperiences fellows have shared, the insights theyhave gained, and the people with whom they haveconnected.

Policy Leaders Orientation Program forU.S.-Based OfficialsWilliamsburg, VA; Washington, D.C.; Hershey andHarrisburg, PA; New York CityMarch 20-April 1U.S. Funder: The Starr Foundation

U.S. Foreign Policy ColloquiumWashington, D.C.June 8-11U.S. Funders: U.S. Yihai Foundation, ACE CharitableFoundation, The Hershey Company, The Coca-ColaCompany

Student Leaders ExchangeBeijing, Changsha, ChangzhouJune 23-July 8U.S. Funder: Laureate International UniversitiesPartner: Chinese Education Association forInternational Exchange

Public Intellectuals Program - Round IIIFellows ConferenceWashington, D.C.September 21-25U.S. Funders: The Henry Luce Foundation,The Starr Foundation

Young Leaders ForumXianOctober 26-30U.S. Funder: ACE Charitable Foundation

Policy Leaders Orientation Program forChina-Based OfficialsWilliamsburg, VA; Washington, D.C.; Hersheyand Philadelphia, PA; New York CityNovember 6-19U.S. Funder: The Starr FoundationPartner: Chinese Peoples Institute of ForeignAffairs

Next Generation - 2011 programs

Young Leaders Forum fellows in Xian (l to r):Tang Haisong (Class of 04), Jennifer Dulski (08),Kirsten Bartok (09), Paul Haenle (02),Wang Jian Shuo (07), Lu Hongyan (02),Du Chang-ping (03) and Todd Sigaty (02)



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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 offer participants direct

exposure to the other country, thereby enriching theirown teaching and their students knowledge.

U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program

The Teachers Exchange Program (TEP), theonly program that places professional Americanand Chinese teachers in the other country for a fullacademic year, marked its sixteenth year in 2011.Participants are afforded a true immersion expe-rience they live in the host community and learn

about the local culture, history, and way of lifewhile teaching their native language. TEP experi-ences provide a wealth of knowledge that teachersdraw on throughout their careers, enriching theirclassrooms once they return home. Since itsinception, the program has sent over 300 Chineseeducators to the States and more than 100American teachers to China.

Six American teachers spent the 2010-2011school year stationed in Luoyang, Shijiazhuang,

and Anhui Province (in Maanshan, Anqing, andHefei); twelve Chinese teachers taught atelementary, middle and high schools around theUnited States. The 2011-2012 program placed fourAmericans in the same cities as their predecessors(except for Anqing) and another ten Chinese inAmerican schools.

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad

For five weeks in June and July, sixteenAmerican secondary school educators traveled tofive Chinese cities as part of the Fulbright-HaysSeminars Abroad to China, a program the NationalCommittee has conducted since 1981 on behalf ofthe U.S. Department of Education (and its prede-cessor). The program is designed to provideAmerican educators an introduction to Chinesehistory, culture, society and politics, throughlectures, site visits and homestays. Participants

create curriculum projects upon their return to theStates based on their experiences, which are thenmade available through the National Committeeswebsite as a resource for educators around theglobe.

Seminar participants in 2011 traveled toShanghai, Chongqing, Xian and Beijing, with anoptional extension trip to Hong Kong (funded by

Teachers Exchange Program participant Iraise Garcia withstudents in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province

EducationEducational exchanges and public outreach

Yao Haiyun arriving in Owasso, Oklahoma, for theacademic year with the Teachers Exchange Program



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First U.S.-China Exchanges of Educators

Historical Note

While the National Committee wasrunning landmark sports and culturalextravaganzas in the early 1970s, suchas the historic visit of the Chinese pingpong team, it also began to lay thefoundation for its ongoing work in theexchange of educators. The NationalCommittee sent the first delegation ofAmerican K-12 educators to China in1973 and the first group of American

university and college presidents in1974, both for three-week study tours;the latter was reciprocated in 1977 bythe first group of Chinese highereducation officials to come to theUnited States.

2011 Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad participants at theChina Welfare Institute in Shanghai.

an anonymous donation given to the NationalCommittee each year). A few program highlightsincluded a panel discussion at Beijings TsinghuaUniversity with three faculty members, a visit tothe China International Publishing Group whereparticipants were able to chat informally with

young staff members about their lives, and a trip toQiyang High School outside Chongqing, whichprovided the opportunity to observe classes andspeak with students and teachers.

Education Delegation

The Fall 2011 Education Delegation, composedof twelve Chinese educators representingprovincial education bureaus and universitiesaround the country, came to the United States fortwo weeks to focus on international student

services at American colleges and universities andstudy abroad programs for American students.Administered for the past thirty years on behalf ofthe U.S. Department of Education (and its prede-cessor, the Office of Education in the Department


Senator Jay Rockefeller, then president of West VirginiaWesleyan College, towering over a crowd of onlookers inShenyang in 1974.


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of Health, Education, and Welfare), the semi-annual education delegations enable Chineseteachers, administrators and education officials toobserve firsthand the successes of and challengesfacing the American education system, and how

institutions across the country are dealing withthose issues.

The delegation received briefings on thehistorical, social and economic background of

U.S.China Teachers Exchange Program2010 - 2011 and 2011 - 2012 Academic YearsU.S. Funders: Freeman Foundation, Americanhost schools, individual donorsPartners 2010 - 2011: China EducationAssociation for International Exchange, sixChinese and fifteen American schoolsPartners 2011 - 2012: China Education

Association for International Exchange, fourChinese and thirteen American schools

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad:History and Culture in ChinaJune 29-July 29Shanghai, Chongqing, Xian, BeijingU.S. Funder: U.S. Department of EducationPartner: China Education Association forInternational Exchange

Education Delegation:International Student ServicesWashington, D.C.; Raleigh-Durham, NC;Detroit and Lansing, MI; San FranciscoNovember 5-18U.S. Funder: U.S. Department of EducationPartner: China Education Association forInternational Exchange

Education - 2011 programs

Education Delegation member Ma Chao, programdirector in the international students department atBeijing Language and Culture University, with

students in Detroit, Michiganeducation in the United States, discussed the rolesof schools and other organizations involved inforeign student support, and made site visits torelevant institutions, including governmental andnon-governmental agencies, public and privatecolleges, universities and K-12 schools inWashington, D.C.; Raleigh-Durham, NorthCarolina; Detroit and Lansing, Michigan; and SanFrancisco.

Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad participant CherylLaPorte with Chinese children outside of Chongqing



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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-mailnewsletters and conference calls. These offerings are coordinated

with the National Committees web site (www.ncuscr.org),which provides video, audio and transcripts from selected

programs.

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

January 10 (see page 9)Forecast of Chinas Economy in 2011

January 14Perils of Proximity: Managing Risk in East AsiaDr. Richard C. Bush III, Director, Center for Northeast Asian

Policy Studies, Brookings InstitutionDr. Kent Calder, Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Center for

East Asian Studies, School of AdvancedInternational Studies at Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group

March 15Stepping Forth into the WorldDr. Edward Rhoads, Professor of History Emeritus,University of Texas Austin

April 6Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture on Sino-American RelationsAmbassador Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., United States

Ambassador to the Peoples Republic of China; Shanghai

The second annual forum on Chinas economy (at the NewYork Stock Exchange) featured leading Chinese economistsHuang Yiping, professor at Peking Universitys China Cen

for Economic Research and Xiao Geng, director of theColumbia University Global Centers, Beijing (l to r)

April 7Security in the Asia-Pacific: Strategic Challenges andOpportunitiesAdmiral Robert F. Willard, Commander, U.S. PacificCommand (see page 8)

April 13Coerced Confessions and Wrongful Convictions in the PRCIra Belkin, Program Officer for Law and Rights, FordFoundation, Beijing

April 25

Jones Day China Lecture SeriesHow the Media and Internet Change Chinese PoliticsDr. Susan Shirk, Professor of Political Science, UniversityCalifornia, San Diego

May 19The Last Days of Old BeijingMichael Meyer, Resident, Cullman Center for Scholars &Writers, New York Public Library

May 23Annual Members ProgramCelebration of the National Committees 45th Anniversary an

Jan Berris 40th Anniversary

Dr. Richard Solomon, President, United States Institute oPeace

John Holden, Managing Director, Hill & Knowlton, BeijiDr. Douglas Murray, former President, Lingnan Foundat

May 24Managing the China ChallengeDr. Kenneth Lieberthal, Director, John L. Thornton ChinaCenter, Brookings Institution

Dr. Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group; Dr. Richard C.Bush III, Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies,Brookings Institution; and Dr. Kent Calder, Director, EdwinO. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, School of

Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins Universitydiscussing East Asia security issues (l to r)



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July 18On ChinaDr. Henry A. Kissinger

July 20Same Bed, Different Dreams: The New Philanthropy and CivilSociety in China

Dr. Shawn Shieh, Director, China Development BriefTranslation Project

August 25Conference Call on Vice President Bidens China TripDr. Jeffrey Bader, Visiting Scholar, Brookings Institution

September 20The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist RulersRichard McGregor, Washington Bureau Chief, FinancialTimes

September 26China: Views from Congress

Representatives Charles Boustany (R-LA) and Rick Larsen(D-WA), Co-chairs, Congressional U.S.-China WorkingGroup

National Committee Vice Chair Henry A. Kissingerdiscussing his new book, On China, with NationalCommittee President Stephen Orlins

October 18Chinas Changing Labor MarketDr. Albert Park, Chair Professor of Economics, Hong Kong

University of Science and Technology and Dr. Kam WingChan, Professor of Geography, University of Washington

November 16CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National ReflectionsNational Speaker: Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former

National Security Advisor (see page 3)Speakers at 52 venues in American cities and towns and one

in Greater China

November 30Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of ChinaDr. Ezra Vogel, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University

December 7Roundtable DiscussionDr. Wu Chunsi, Executive Director, Institute forInternational Strategy Studies, Shanghai Institutes forInternational Studies

December 8The Oil Princes Legacy: Rockefeller Philanthropy in ChinaDr. Mary Brown Bullock, Distinguished Visiting Professoof China Studies, Emory University

December 12Roundtable DiscussionDr. Tashi Rabgey, Lecturer and Director, ContemporaryTibetan Studies Initiative, University of Virginia

U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, Jr., deliveringthe seventh annual Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture in Shangha

Dr. Susan Shirk,professor of politicalscience at theUniversity of California

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The activities and programs of the National Committee are made possible through the support ofU.S. government agencies (in 2011 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 2011. Weare also indebted to the many individuals who gave their time, creativity and in-kind assistance.Financial contributions made in calendar year 2011 are listed below and on succeeding pages.

Business and Professional Contributors

Leaders ($50,000 and above)

ACE GroupChevronChina US Bridge Capital LimitedCitiUnited AirlinesWalmartThe Walt Disney CompanyWest Legend Corporation

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

Apple, Inc.Bechtel GroupCentaur Performance Group, LLCChartisThe Coca-Cola CompanyConocoPhillips

DHLExxonMobilFedEx CorporationGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPThe Hershey CompanyIntel CorporationLaureate EducationMarsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.mcgarrybowenMicrosoftMotion Picture Association of AmericaNational Basketball Association

News CorporationSybase, Inc.Tishman SpeyerVan Eck GlobalViacomWells Fargo

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

AlcoaAmerican Express Company

China CenterClifford ChanceComcast CorporationDorsey & Whitney LLPGEGerson Lerhman Group, Inc.Global Strategic Associates, LLC

Goldman SachsHearst CorporationHills & CompanyHong Kong Economic & Trade OfficeIMAX Corporation

Johnson & JohnsonJones DayKKRLenovoLevcor InternationalMattel, Inc.National Association of BroadcastersNYSE EuronextPepsiCoPfizer, Inc.Sungate Properties, LLCTime Warner Inc.U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Other Contributors (below $15,000)

Accretive Capital Partners LLCAetos Capital, LLCBerkshire Publishing GroupBurson-MarstellarCastle Harlan, Inc.EdelmanGolden Bridge Group

Japonica PartnersMcLarty AssociatesNew Asia PartnersNew York Institute of TechnologyRhodium Group LLCSonenshine Partners LLCTiconderoga Securities

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Finances



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Foundations & Special Contributors

ACE Charitable FoundationA G FoundationThe Freeman FoundationHeart Sing FoundationThe Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.The North Ridge FoundationSylvan/Laureate Foundation

The Starr FoundationU.S. Yihai FoundationU.S. Department of EducationU.S. Department of StateWoo's Foundation

Individual Contributors

Benefactor ($2,500 and above)

Keith W. AbellAnn Card Bailey EstateW. Michael Blumenthal

Ray BracyRonnie C. Chan

John S. ChenKathryn D. Christopherson *Peter M. ClevelandDavid L. Cunningham, Jr.Nelson G. DongRichard EdelmanEvan G. GreenbergMaurice R. GreenbergHerbert J. Hansell *

Jimmy Hexter *

Carla A. Hills *Clifford E. HollandMuhtar KentRobert A. Levinson *D. Bruce McMahanKen MillerSteven R. OkunWendy O'NeillDouglas H. PaalSheldon PangA. Robert PietrzakWilliam R. Rhodes *

J. Stapleton Roy

Paul W. SpeltzChristopher B. Taube

Jan F. van EckTina Vital

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

Michael BarbalasLucy Wilson BensonWilliam and Katherine BissettKay Boulware-Miller

Myron A. BrilliantMary Brown BullockZhiwu Chen

Jerome A. CohenJames G. CoulterMartin S. FeldsteinBarbara H. FranklinLouis V. Gerstner, Jr.

Joel N. Glassman

Michael GoettlAgnes GundPatricia Haas ClevelandHarry Harding

Jay Henderson *Trevor HouserMerit E. JanowThomas H. Kean *Henry A. KissingerGeraldine S. Kunstadter *Samuel Y. KupperDavid M. Lampton

Nicholas R. Lardy *Natalie G. LichtensteinKenneth Lieberthal *Satoru MuraseChristian and Alfreda MurckDennis L. T. NguyenKenneth A. NilssonDouglas H. OgdenStephen A. Orlins *Nicholas Platt *

Joseph W. PrueherCharles S. Robb

James R. Sasser

Jeffrey R. ShaferMatthew J. StoverRobert C. L. Timpson, Jr.Ezra F. Vogel *Charles Pei WangI. Peter Wolff *

Sponsor ($500 - $999)

Michael H. ArmacostJeffrey BaderPerry Bradford Badgley +

Joseph J. Borich

John BrademasKaren ChristensenLee CullumGeorges and Lois de MenilElizabeth Economy *

Joseph Fewsmith IIIThomas FingarGeorge J. GreenMitchell A. HarwoodIra KasoffHelena Kolenda *

Arthur KroeberTerrill E. Lautz

June MeiDouglas P. Murray and Peggy

Blumenthal *Julius Y. OestreicherCharles and Roberta PaturickShelley Rigger *William L. Rosoff

Deborah J. SeligsohnRichard H. and

Anne G. K. Solomon *Elizabeth SpiersEdward S. SteinfeldEdmund H. SuttonS. B. Woo *Xiaoming Zhang

Supporter ($100 - $499)

Regina M. AbramiDavid M. Albert

William P. AlfordMartin K. AlintuckDonald AndersonPeter H. AntoniouBama Athreya

Jeanne B. Barnett *Mark G. Bayuk +Norton BelknapSuzanne Reynolds Bennison *Thomas P. BernsteinCarlos M. BholaDennis C. Blair

Jean-Marc F. Blanchard

Richard W. BodmanJ. Alan BrewsterJohn BurnsJanet A. CadyJanet CarmoskyRichard and Peggy Castle +

Ji ChenLincoln ChenThomas J. Christensen

Joan Lebold CohenPaul A. Cohen

Jill M. Considine

Merritt T. CookeLawrence DaksDeborah S. Davis

JC de SwaanDavid B. DormanRichard Elliott +Adrienne Fazzolara +Nicholas W. FelsWilliam W. FergusonHart FessendenBarbara A. Finamore



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Carol M. Fox *Gloria Garfinkel

John W. Garver andPenelope B. Prime

Peter A. Geffen andSusie Kessler *

Peter F. Geithner *David R. Gergen

John Giles

Robert Goldberg andSally Werner *

Merle Goldman *Gloria Gonzalez-Micklin *Maura Gouck +Sidney L. Greenblatt *Linda GreenhouseLeslie C. GriffinDavid L. Grossman

Julian HaPaul T. HaenleRory Hayden

Melinda Herrold-MenziesSusan HexterRuth G. Hinerfeld *Samuel HintonDean T. W. HoMarcia Wilson HobbsMatthew C. Isler

Julian JamisonJames W. JarrettKenneth JarrettDavid E. JeremiahDarryl Norman Johnson

James L. Jolly, Jr.

Virginia KasselTimothy J. KeatingElizabeth E. Keck

James A. KellyDonald W. KleinStephanie T. Kleine-AhlbrandtMilton KotlerDavid M. Krueger +Michael KulmaChris R. LanzitBurton LevinHerbert Levin

Maggie K. Lewis *Cheng LiLing LiBenjamin L. Liebman

Jiang LinWinston and Bette Bao LordMeredith LudlowRichard W. LymanEdward S. MaVirginia Magboo +

John S. Major *Roberta MartinDavid and Patricia Maslowski +Michael A. McDevittW. Clark McFadden IIAdrienne MedawarMichael M. MihmBret and June Miles +Suzanne Miller +

James A. MillwardHugh H. MoKathryn MohrmanGregory J. Moore

Jim MorrisSteven MorstadDiane B. Obenchain

J. David O'Donnell +Todd Parker +Edward J. PerkinsCiro and Marcia Perozo +Anne Phelan

Nancy T. PickfordDouglas RaymondJohn M. Regan +Julie ReinganumJason RekateRuth RhoneMalcolm Riddell

Jane Washburn RobinsonAlan D. RombergDaniel H. RosenHarriet P. RosensonMadelyn C. RossRichard Sanford +

Penelope T. Schoyer *Richard SeldinMervyn W. Adams SeldonDavid L. ShambaughNick Sheets *Roy C. SheldonBenjamin Andrew ShobertDorothy J. SolingerCarl J. SpectorDouglas G. and Nancy L.

SpelmanPiper Lounsbury Stover

Patricia Stranahan *Gerald StrykerRoger W. SullivanRobert G. SutterDonald J. Swanz

Jay TaylorHarry E.T. ThayerStephen C. ThomasAnn Connolly Tolkoff +Lorraine Toly

Seymour ToppingKellee S. Tsai *Peter Van NessDavid W. ViknerMark V. VlasicAlex Wang

Jeffrey N. WasserstromKatherine WhitmanRichard L. Williams *

Sue Williams *Margaret S. WilsonWei-ling Wu +Pamela YatskoAlice Young *Professor Renqiu YuAnnie Yang ZhouEric and Andrea Zinn +

Contributors (below $100)

William Armbruster *Papa Assane Ba +

David M. BachmanWilliam BoerumJames H. CarterRobyn Crispe +Robert and Janet Davidson +Carmen De Yoe +Christopher Fray +

James T. HarrisJamie P. Horsley *Franklin W. Houn

J.J. JohnstonFrank KehlKaren Levin +

Helen McCabe *Ben McDermott +Scott Menscher +A. Douglas Robbins +

Janet Schoor +John Shanks +Mary Ellen Somerville +William M. SpeidelAnthony J. SpiresRonald SuleskiKathy WangRebecca Weiner

Norton Wheeler *Madeleine Zelin *

+ All or a portion of contributiondesignated for the U.S.-ChinaTeachers Exchange Program* All or a portion of contributiondesignated for the Jan Berris ProgramFund, established in honor of her fortyyears at the National Committee.



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T

he 85th Meeting of the Board of Directors was held in New York City on May 24, 2011.The 45th Annual Members Meeting was held on May 23, 2011. Members present (or by

proxy) elected the Board Class of 2014.

Nine Directors rotated off the Board as of May 23, 2011. These were Lorne W. Craner, MichaelL. Ducker, Charles W. Freeman, III, Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Lee H. Hamilton, David A. Jones, Jr.,Geraldine S. Kunstadter, Cheng Li, and David R. Malpass.

At the 85th Meeting, Jeffrey A. Bader, David Cunningham, Jr., and Muhtar Kent wereapproved for appointments to the Board. Directors also elected the following officers of the

Committee: Carla A. Hills, chair; Maurice R. Greenberg, Thomas H. Kean, Henry A. Kissinger,Nicholas R. Lardy, Joseph W. Prueher, William R. Rhodes, J. Stapleton Roy and James R.Sasser, vice chairmen; Keith W. Abell, treasurer, and I. Peter Wolff, secretary, and Stephen A.Orlins, president.

At-large Board Members Jerome A. Cohen, Nelson Dong, Richard Edelman, Herbert J. Hansell,David M. Lampton, and Kenneth Lieberthal joined the officers to comprise the ExecutiveCommittee.

Keith W. Abell was appointed chairman of the Audit & Budget Committee; Carla A. Hills,chair of the Compensation Committee; Nelson Dong and Richard Edelman, co-chairs of theDevelopment Committee; David M. Lampton, chair of the Management Committee; I. Peter

Wolff and Kathryn D. Christopherson, co-chairs of the Nominating Committee; and Mary B.Bullock and Peter F. Geithner, co-chairs of the Program Committee.

On November 17, 2011, at the 69th Meeting of the Executive Committee (held in Washington,D.C.), John S. Chen was appointed to the Board.

Madeleine K. AlbrightDennis C. BlairRay BracyBarbara H. FranklinPeter F. GeithnerCarla A. Hills

Henry A. KissingerDavid M. Lampton

Terrill E. LautzDouglas H. PaalJoseph W. PrueherWilliam R. RhodesJ. Stapleton RoyJames R. Sasser

Jan F. van EckI. Peter Wolff

Governance & Membership


Class of 2014


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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

3,350,2251,313,1634,663,388

3,000,1157,663,503

$ 7,828,641

Cash and cash equivalentsInvestmentsGrants and contributions receivable, net

Other 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

$ 428,880969,783

----

(2,261,148)(862,485)

--------

(862,485)3,000,115

$ 2,137,630

Unrestricted

$ --135,756

1,488,429240,637

2,261,1484,125,970

2,311,8431,162,208213,776

3,687,827

438,1434,663,388

$ 5,101,531

December 31, 2011Total

$ 428,8801,105,5391,488,429

240,637--

3,263,485

2,311,8431,162,208213,776

3,687,827

(424,342)7,663,503

$ 7,239,161

Condensed Statement of Activities for Year Ended December 31, 2011

Condensed Statement of Financial Position January 1 December 31, 2011

December 31, 2010Total

$ 521,215557,330959,316369,392

--2,407,253

2,483,473974,853209,894

3,668,220

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

$ 7,663,503

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

Statement of Financial Position

December 31, 2011$ 766,752

4,978,0631,227,415

409,17967,1635,792

35,023

$ 7,489,387

$ 250,226

250,226

3,213,3921,888,1395,101,531

2,137,6307,239,161

$ 7,489,387



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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

COMMUNICATIONS AND PROGRAM OFFICERMarc A. Berger

PROGRAM OFFICERSKatherine D. ForshayHaini GuoHu DiDaniel Murphy

PROGRAM ASSOCIATELee Anne Shaffer

PROGRAM ASSISTANTSara Gavryck-Ji

PROGRAM AND TRAVEL ASSISTANTNick McBurneyEmily Tang

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER

Daya Martin

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTJessica L. Bissett

ASSISTANT CONTROLLERPatricia M. Gilani

INTERNSTianhui (Tiffany) ChenMarc DevensSini FuPeter HarrisKatharine LeeLora Ngai

Bin OuyangZiyue (Kimi) ShaoSaji Sheerazi

Jane SunZhifeng (Jeff) TaoDucis ViardBinbing Xiong

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