Participants at China Institute Event November 14 and 15 Included Ambassador
Zhou Wenzhong, and Husband-wife Team Behind China's Biggest Real Estate
Company
NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- China's Ambassador to the United
States, Zhou Wenzhong; Maurice R. Greenberg, CEO of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.;
Jim Rogers, the investor and author; and Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin, the husband
and wife team behind China's leading real estate company SOHO China, were
among the more than 150 American and Chinese business, government and
academic leaders who participated in China Institute's third annual US-China
Executive Summit, presented in conjunction with lead sponsor Credit Suisse.
The two-day, invitation-only event -- also supported by AIG, IBM, HSBC,
Lehman Brothers, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Continental
Airlines and Centenium Capital Partners, and Shangri-La Hotels -- was a
lively forum for information exchange and open debate on the trends and
developments in Chinese and American business, with a focus on energy, real
estate and capital markets. The theme of the 2006 Summit was The Future of US-
China Business Engagement.
"China is a major power in both the Asian and world economies, so it is
especially important that there be dialogue and communication between our two
nations' business, governmental and academic leaders," observed Sara Judge
McCalpin, President of China Institute. "By bringing together key players
from both countries, the 2006 Summit offered the opportunity for these
leaders to share their visions and discuss the future of the US-China
relationship. We were delighted to offer them a forum for fostering better
communication and greater understanding between our nations."
China Institute in America, based in New York City, is a non-profit
cultural and educational institution founded in 1926 to promote understanding
and appreciation for Chinese civilization and contemporary China. In recent
years, China Institute has developed its corporate offerings with programs
addressing the needs of those involved in US-China business.
Other participants at the 2006 Summit included David Rubenstein, Co-
Founder and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group as the lunch keynote; Paul
Calello, Chairman and CEO, Asia Pacific Region, Credit Suisse; Brian Murray,
Managing Director, AIG; Al Lenzmeier, Vice Chairman, Best Buy International;
Tom Russo, Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers; and Virginia A. Kamsky, Chairman
and CEO of Kamsky Associates, Inc. and Chairman, China Institute. The launch
of three China economic indicators, produced by Xinhua Finance and the Milken
Institute, was announced at the Summit.
