2002 A NNUAL R EPORT

N ATIONAL C OMMITTEE ON U NITED S TATES- C HINA R ELATIONS B OARD OF D IRECTORS *

Chair Carla A. Hills

Vice Chairmen William M. Daley Lee H. Hamilton William R. Rhodes J. Stapleton Roy James R. Sasser Ezra F. Vogel

Treasurer Herbert J. Hansell

Secretary Kathryn D. Christopherson

Michael H. Armacost William E. Frenzel Elizabeth S. MacMillan Nancy Kassebaum Baker Peter F. Geithner Richard H. Matzke Julia Chang Bloch Sam Gibbons Kathryn Mohrman Mary Brown Bullock Bates Gill Douglas P.Murray Gareth C. C. Chang Thomas M. Gorrie Elizabeth J. Perry Thomas J. Christensen Harry Harding Thomas R. Pickering Edward T. Cloonan Jamie P.Horsley Joseph W. Prueher Jerome A. Cohen David A. Jones, Jr. Henry P.Sailer Ken W. Cole John T. Kamm Matt Salmon Barber B. Conable, Jr. Virginia Kamsky Nicholas V. Scheele Charles J. Conroy Thomas H. Kean James R. Schlesinger Ralph A. Cossa Geraldine S. Kunstadter David K. Y. Tang Douglas N. Daft David M. Lampton Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Gary Dirks Nicholas R. Lardy I. Peter Wolff Martin S. Feldstein Kenneth Lieberthal Madeleine Zelin Barbara H. Franklin Henry Luce III

Chairmen Emeriti Directors Emeriti A. Doak Barnett (d.) Caroline L. Ahmanson W. Michael Blumenthal Robert O. Anderson Barber B. Conable, Jr. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Alexander Eckstein (d.) Carl F. Stover Lucian W. Pye Robert A. Scalapino Raymond P.Shafer Charles W. Yost (d.) *Effective December 6, 2001 – December 5, 2002 N ATIONAL C OMMITTEE ON U NITED S TATES- he National Committee on C HINA United States-China Relations T is a nonprofit educational R ELATIONS 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 international relations, economic development and management, governance and legal affairs, education administration, environmental and other global issues, and the media, addressing these issues with respect to the People’s Republic, Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan. The Committee’s programs draw strength from its members, who now number nearly 700 Americans from all parts of the country and about 70 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.

1 L ETTER FROM THE C HAIR AND P RESIDENT

n 2002 U.S.-China relations continued the improvement that I had begun the previous year with the resolution of the EP-3 incident and gained additional momentum following China’s support for America’s fight against terrorism. In February 2002 President George W. Bush paid a second visit to China, the first time a sitting American president had visited the country more than once. In late April China’s Vice President Hu Jintao, the heir apparent to the top party and state positions then held by Jiang Zemin, visited the United States. (The National Committee was the lead organization among several that hosted a dinner for Vice President Hu on May 1 in Washington, DC.) China’s 2001 accession to the World Trade Organization helped underpin growth in trade and investment this year, with Chinese exports to the United States rising 22.4% to $125.2 billion, and American exports to China rising 15.0% to $22.0 billion. Foreign investors, encour- aged by the prospects for China’s economy, increased foreign direct investment (FDI) in China to $52.7 billion, causing China for the first time to surpass the United States as the number one destination for FDI. China’s GDP continued to grow at an impressive rate (8.0%), but the country, well into its third decade of “reform and opening,” still faced major social, political, environmental and economic hurdles. A considerable number of the National Committee’s activities support China in its search for solutions to these challenges: in 2002 our programs addressed issues deal- ing with the economy (agricultural trade and sub-sovereign debt); governance (court specialization, legal aid and elections); the environment (hazardous waste manage- ment); the media (business and economic reporting); education (English teaching and special education); and international relations (international intervention, cross-

2 Strait relations, the Korean peninsula and and implementing labor laws and regula- crisis management). Regular readers of tions. This four-year project will begin in this report have undoubtedly noted that, 2003. We also designed a program to over the years, our programs increasingly help some of China’s future leaders broach sensitive subjects, something that understand how the United States makes is indicative of progress in China’s reforms and manages foreign policy. The U.S. as well as the growing maturity of U.S.- Foreign Policy Colloquium will bring 200 China relations. Chinese graduate students in the United The Committee also maintains a States to Washington, DC for an inten- number of ongoing programs. The oldest sive orientation program that we will put of them is the U.S.-China Dialogue, together with our partner, the Elliott which began in 1984, and is the longest- School of International Affairs at the running program of its kind in the bilat- George Washington University. We have eral relationship. The eleventh session received generous funding for the first of the Dialogue was held this year. The three years of this program from The high-level, Track II meetings organized Coca-Cola Company. since 1997 by the Committee and the The many differences between the Stanford-Harvard Preventive Defense United States and China, the rapidity of Project is another important, ongoing change occurring in both countries, and channel of communication. In 2002 the always-present potential for misun- meetings were held in Taipei, Shanghai derstanding and miscalculation ensure and Beijing. In addition, we have been that Sino-American relations will remain administering the AOL Time Warner complex for the foreseeable future. Given intern program for five years. the many advantages of cooperation—and This year we launched a new, sus- the high costs of confrontation—to both tained initiative to enable outstanding countries, programs that help the United young Americans and Chinese to develop States and China better understand and lasting relationships that will, we hope, manage their relationship constitute a help the two countries communicate and very wise investment. Those described in collaborate better in the future. The this report were designed with these goals enthusiasm of the participants in the first in mind; we believe that they represent meeting of this Young Leaders Forum is very good value indeed. encouraging for the long-term prospects of U.S.-China relations. Another long-term investment in the future of Sino-American relations is the U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program, Carla A. Hills which moved to the National Committee Chair this year from the American Council of Learned Societies, where it had been based since it was founded in 1996. What better way to build lasting bridges between China and America than through K-12 John L. Holden teachers and students? We are delighted President that this program, generously funded by the Freeman Foundation, has found a home at the National Committee, and that its excellent manager Margot Landman has joined our team. 2002 was a year of building for the National Committee. In addition to the two new long-term programs described above, we joined a consortium that suc- cessfully bid on a U.S. Department of Labor project to assist China in drafting

3 2002 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS E XCHANGES As China assumes a greater role on the world stage, there is greater scope for its interaction with the United States. This adds both benefits and strains to the bilateral relationship, as international issues have the capacity to underscore shared eople-to-people contact has interests as well as areas of disagreement. always been the foundation of It also creates new opportunities for the P the National Committee’s National Committee to bring together programs. By engaging American and Chinese and American specialists to discuss Chinese citizens in dialogues on topics of international and regional security issues shared professional interest, our exchange and the underlying concerns of both programs open the door to deeper under- countries. The U.S.-led war on terrorism, standing of each other’s history, politics, tensions on the Korean peninsula, contro- culture and society. Many people embark versies over humanitarian intervention and on National Committee-sponsored nation building, and the United Nations exchanges with misconceptions or outdat- debates on weapons of mass destruction in ed views. Our programs enable partici- Iraq were some of the examples in 2002 pants, Chinese and Americans alike, to that tested the depth and maturity of U.S.- recalibrate their perspectives, so that they China relations and that served as the more accurately reflect the dynamics and focus of National Committee programs. diversity of each country. The impending leadership change in The National Committee works to China added another dimension to inter- develop innovative programs that reflect action between U.S. and Chinese policy- the current shared interests of Americans makers and political analysts in both and Chinese. Program themes this year countries. Vice President Hu Jintao, the included local elections, legal aid, cooper- heir apparent to President Jiang Zemin, ation in counter-terrorism, and other began taking a more prominent public role topics that were unlikely grounds for Sino- in the run-up to the 16th Party Congress, American exchanges in the not-so-distant held in November 2002. His visit to the past. We recognize the irreplaceable United States in the spring of 2002 pro- value of firsthand experience and there- vided China watchers with an opportunity fore design itineraries that give program to assess his interaction with American participants opportunities to meet with policy-makers, parse his statements on their professional peers, spend time both China’s role in world affairs and the in modern cities and at historical land- Taiwan issue, and consider the implica- marks, and hear the opinions of everyday tions of his leadership for the future of citizens as well as senior officials. U.S.-China relations. Our work, in turn, has been greatly enriched by the participants in our INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION programs—more than 5,000 Americans and Chinese to date. Many of them As China becomes a more active remain engaged with the Committee by player in the international arena, it must providing us with ideas for subsequent weigh the balance between the principle programs or by hosting visiting delega- of state sovereignty and the need for the tions. And, by sharing their experiences international community to intervene with colleagues and friends, they extend within a country for security or humanitar- the impact of our work to countless oth- ian reasons. China traditionally has placed ers who thus indirectly benefit from it. supreme importance on state sovereignty, Further information on the following in part because of its own concern about programs can be found in Notes from the the potential for outside intervention in National Committee, in the China Policy what it regards as its internal affairs, such Series and on the Committee’s website. as Taiwan and Tibet.

4 Yet a five-member National Support for the program was provided Committee delegation of specialists on by the State Department’s Bureau of various aspects of international interven- Educational and Cultural Affairs and the tion found that China occasionally demon- Ford Foundation. strates some degree of flexibility on these The delegation report, Protecting matters. Discussions with Chinese poli- Sovereignty, Accepting Intervention: The cy-makers at conferences in Beijing and Dilemma of Chinese Foreign Relations in the Shanghai in January 2002 probed the 1990s, was written by Allen Carlson and reasons for China’s acceptance of interven- published in the Committee’s China Policy tion in Somalia and Rwanda, its outspoken Series. It is available in printed form upon criticism of action in Kosovo and its request and is posted on the National contribution of personnel to the East Committee website (www.ncuscr.org). A Timor peacekeeping mission. The compilation of the American and Chinese American delegation was particularly papers presented at the conference in interested in the subtle differences that Beijing has been published in Chinese by characterized Chinese colleagues’ views the China Reform Forum. on these sensitive issues and the implica- tions for China’s involvement in future humanitarian intervention efforts. Outside the conferences, hosted in Beijing by the China Reform Forum and in Shanghai by the Shanghai Institute for International Relations, the Americans had opportunities to compare Chinese and American attitudes on a wide range of subjects in meetings with Central Party School staff, members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, stu- dents and faculty at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies, and Chinese and western journalists. Retired Army General William L. Nash, currently director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Center for Preventive Action, led the delegation, which includ- 11TH UNITED STATES-CHINA DIALOGUE International Intervention Delegation members ed Allen Carlson, assistant professor of Sean Murphy, Tom Weiss, Adam Garfinkle government at Cornell University (who Major events marked Sino-American and William Nash toured the Great Wall, specializes in China’s views of sovereign- relations in the two years between the 10th accompanied by National Committee ty); Adam Garfinkle, editor of The U.S.-China Dialogue of January 2000 and vice president Jan Berris and Zhang Jia National Interest; Sean D. Murphy, pro- the 11th in June 2002: the election of of the China Reform Forum. fessor at George Washington University President George W. Bush; the collision of Law School and a former State Depart- an American reconnaissance plane and a ment lawyer who served at The Hague; Chinese fighter jet off the coast of China; and Thomas G. Weiss, presidential pro- the decision by the United States to offer fessor at the City University of New York a “robust” package of arms to Taiwan; Graduate Center and director of the President Bush’s statement that the United Ralph Bunche Institute for International States will do “whatever it takes” to help Studies. Professor Weiss was the co- Taiwan defend herself; the September 11 research director for the International terrorist attacks on the United States; Commission on Intervention and State Chinese support for America’s war on Sovereignty. The Commission produced terrorism; two visits to China by President a major report, The Responsibility to Bush; and the visit to the United States Protect, just one month prior to our pro- of then-Vice President Hu Jintao. These gram; the report provided a basis for events informed the agenda of the much of the discussions in China. 11th Dialogue, held June 14-16, 2002 at

5 the Pocantico Conference Center of the Center for Relations Across the Taiwan Rockefeller Brothers Fund in Tarrytown, Strait; Hou Gang, China Institute for NY. The U.S.-China Dialogue, known International Strategic Studies; Qiu as Zhong-Mei Zhiming Renshi Duihua in Shengyun, CPIFA; Fan Guoxiang, China Chinese, was initiated in 1984 by the Society for Human Rights Studies; former National Committee and the Chinese Ambassador to Canada Zhang Wenpu; People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs Ding Yuanhong, former Ambassador to (CPIFA) to facilitate frank and produc- the European Union and Belgium; Qian tive communication on sensitive issues in Wenrong, Xinhua Center for World Affairs the U.S.-China relationship. This year’s Studies; Ni Shixiong, Fudan University; program focused on how national inter- Zhang Kunsheng, Ministry of Foreign ests are reflected in domestic and external Affairs; Han Pingping, CPIFA; Hong Bing, strategies, perceptions and misconcep- CPIFA; and Jiang Xiaoming, CPIFA. tions, and means of reducing differences As in past Dialogues, there was general and frictions in the bilateral relationship. agreement about the importance of main- taining healthy relations between the United States and China, and it was noted that both countries had made significant efforts to do so in the wake of the EP-3 incident of April 2001. There was an exten- sive discussion of human rights issues that was notable for its civility. The discussion of matters relating to Taiwan was more sensitive, despite (or perhaps because of) the longevity of the issue in U.S.-China relations. In the days preceding and following the Dialogue, the Chinese delegation spent time in New York City, Washington, DC, Ambassador Mei Zhaorong of CPIFA and There were 13 American and 13 Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania sites. National Committee chair Carla Hills Chinese former and current government Among the highlights of their visits to (center) led the delegations that participated officials, academics, business people, these cities were briefings at the Lower in the 11th U.S.-China Diaologue. educators and non-governmental organi- Manhattan Development Corporation, zations representatives at the Dialogue Council on Foreign Relations, Foreign this year. The American contingent was Policy Research Institute and the U.S. led by National Committee chair Carla Institute for Peace; discussions with A. Hills and included Jeffrey Bader, several U.S. Senators and Congressmen; Stonebridge International; Mary Brown and tours of the Gettysburg battlefield Bullock, Agnes Scott College; Thomas J. and Pennsylvania Dutch country. Christensen, Massachusetts Institute of Funding for the program was provided Technology; Barbara Hackman Franklin, by the Ford Foundation. Barbara Franklin Enterprises; Andrew Kohut, Pew Research Center for the PREVENTIVE DEFENSE PROJECT People and the Press; Richard Madsen, University of California, San Diego; Domestic politics and the implications retired U.S. Navy Admiral Eric McVadon; for cross-Strait policy were the main topics Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch; of discussion for the Strategic Security Helmut Sonnenfeldt, The Brookings Delegation that went to Taiwan and the Institution; J. Stapleton Roy, Kissinger PRC in November 2002. The delegation Associates; and National Committee of security specialists—including former president John L. Holden and vice officials from the administrations of president Jan Berris. George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton— Ambassador Mei Zhaorong of traveled to the region for Track II discus- CPIFA led the Chinese delegation, sions under the auspices of the Preventive which included Tang Shubei, Research Defense Project (PDP) and the National

6 Committee. The PDP, a joint project of University; David M. Lampton, Johns Stanford and Harvard universities, was Hopkins University School of Advanced founded in 1998 by former Secretary of International Studies; Thomas O’Gara, Defense William J. Perry and former O’Gara Industries; Joseph Prueher, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Inter- Ambassador to China and former Com- national Policy Ashton B. Carter; the mander in Chief of the Pacific Command; National Committee has cooperated with former National Security Advisor Brent the PDP on six programs with interlocu- Scowcroft, now president of The Scowcroft tors from the PRC and Taiwan. Group; John Shalikashvili, former chair- In Taipei, the group found political man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Elizabeth gridlock caused by the inability of the Sherwood-Randall, Center for Interna- ruling Democratic Progressive Party tional Security and Cooperation, Stanford (DPP) to garner legislative majorities for University; John L. Holden and Jan Berris its agenda, and wide disagreement about of the National Committee; and Deborah how to deal with cross-Strait issues such Gordon of Stanford’s Center for Interna- as transportation and shipping links. tional Security and Cooperation. Discussions of these and other issues were held with President Chen Shui-bian and several of his cabinet members and advisors. The delegation also met with the two major opposition parties, the Kuomintang and the People’s First Party, which were well down the road toward joining forces to challenge President Chen in the 2004 elections. In order to shore up support within his own party, the president was perceived to be unlikely to make conciliatory moves toward Beijing. While the business community is eager to see progress in opening the “three links” with the mainland, the prospects for this seemed unlikely in the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Wang Jisi (left), director of the Institute of absence of a significant realignment of AND MANAGEMENT American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social political forces in Taiwan. Sciences and Zheng Bijian, former vice The delegation arrived in the PRC Policy analysts and business leaders president of the Central Party School, soon after the conclusion of the 16th have viewed China’s accession to the World discuss security issues with former Party Congress. As anticipated, Hu Trade Organization (WTO) as convincing Secretary of Defense Bill Perry. Jintao was designated Party Secretary; evidence of the country’s commitment to Jiang Zemin indicated to the group that continuing economic reform and strength- he would stay on as head of the Central ening its ties to the international commu- Military Commission. The group found nity. While the overall effects of WTO uniform agreement among its interlocu- membership are expected to be positive tors that the leadership transition would for China, the country’s leaders are also continue to be smooth. In addition to concerned about negative impacts on some cross-Strait issues, the delegation also had economic sectors. At the same time, the discussions about the situation on the international community is concerned Korean peninsula and crisis management. about China’s capacity to bring its system Dr. Perry led the delegation, which into compliance with WTO standards in included Michael Armacost, former relatively short order. Undersecretary of State for Political For the National Committee, China’s Affairs and former president of The WTO accession and continuing economic Brookings Institution; Kurt Campbell, expansion represent new opportunities for Center for Strategic and International ground-breaking exchanges. Our economic Studies; Dr. Carter, John F. Kennedy exchanges have always been on the “cutting School of Government, Harvard edge” of China’s development concerns—

7 whether the focus was on the development Workshops in Beijing, Harbin and of economic law (1983), inflation and Yangzhou focused on both domestic monetary policy (1990), or futures trading agricultural issues and international trade (1993). In 2002, our exchanges responded in agricultural products. The audiences to China’s ongoing need for information in the three venues were quite different. useful in formulating new economic poli- Researchers from universities and policy cies, as well as the growing nexus of inter- institutes made up a large portion of the ests between the Chinese and American 100-member audience in Beijing. In business communities. Harbin, many participants were cadres from provincial and local governments, AGRICULTURE AND WTO especially from the rural departments and agricultural bureaus. In Yangzhou, Accession to the World Trade Organi- the workshop became part of a weeklong zation has been a catalyst for change in agricultural expo, which enabled the China’s agricultural sector, with both ben- delegation to reach more than 500 people. efits and challenges for those who depend Despite the widely varying back- on agriculture and food industries for grounds of the participants, delegation members found a number of issues of Interpreter Harry Dai and common concern, such as slow growth delegation members Mechel in rural incomes; the need to reform rural Paggi, Wendy Tai, Isi Siddiqui, structures to meet domestic and foreign Fred Crook and Bob Anderson competition; market access for Chinese in front of the Russian Orthodox exports; problems in finding capital to Church of St. Sophia invest in agriculture and rural enterprises; in Harbin. and a shortage of trained personnel to administer quality standards, conduct foreign trade and deal with WTO admin- istration. The group also visited a soybean processing facility and an agricultural development zone in Harbin, saw the diversity of products on display at the Yangzhou expo, and discussed the outlook for agricultural trade with the staff of Shanghai’s Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Commission. The delegation included Robert B. Anderson, president of Sustainable Strategies, Inc.; Gary Chu, managing their livelihoods. While more open mar- director of General Mills China and kets will bring overall gains to the Chinese Wendy Tai, director of public policy at economy, there is concern about the short- General Mills headquarters; Fred Crook, term effects on rural areas. To address president of The China Group, an agri- some of these concerns, the National cultural consulting firm; Mechel S. Paggi, Committee developed a program to bring director of the Center for Agricultural together American and Chinese agricul- Business at California State University- tural and trade experts to discuss practical Fresno; and Isi A. Siddiqui, vice president ways that national, provincial and local of biotechnology and trade for CropLife governments and enterprises can mini- America. The group was hosted by the mize disruptions and maximize possible China Development Research Foundation, gains. A six-member American delegation an organization associated with the State traveled to Beijing, Harbin, Yangzhou and Council’s Development Research Council. Shanghai in October 2002 to participate The project was funded by the in workshops, roundtable discussions and Department of State’s Bureau of site visits. Educational and Cultural Affairs.

8 DEVELOPING MUNICIPAL Governmental Finances Services Company; FINANCE IN CHINA Hyman Grossman, an independent consul- tant; and Bartley Hildreth, professor of Chinese cities are looking for new public finance at Wichita State University. ways to finance water supply and waste- As a result of the trip and meetings in water treatment, district heating, local Shanghai with the Water Assets Operation and regional transportation, and other and Development Company, Mr. Appleton major infrastructure projects. To date, and Mr. Grossman are now working as cities have not been able to raise funds consultants on a major municipal financing by issuing municipal bonds, as China project there. prohibits sub-sovereign units of govern- Support for the National Committee’s ment from issuing bonds or otherwise work on this project was provided by the taking on debt. The National Committee U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of collaborated with the Woodrow Wilson Educational and Cultural Affairs. Center’s Environmental Change and Global Security Project to send a delega- GOVERNANCE AND tion of American specialists to China to LEGAL AFFAIRS explore the benefits and challenges associated with using municipal forms National Committee exchanges related of finance for environmental projects. to governance and legal affairs have proven Over the course of ten days in China, to be particularly fertile. Chinese and the American delegation met with national Americans may embark on National policy-makers, municipal bureaucrats Committee exchange programs with the responsible for infrastructure development, expectation that sharp differences in the provincial government authorities and two countries’ legal systems, electoral poli- managers, and academics who provide tics and economic development will leave advice and expertise to the government. little common ground for discussion. That China’s Institute for Spatial Development has not proven to be the case, however, as and Regional Economy, an entity under governance and law are dynamic issues in the State Planning Development both countries. Recently, we have found Commission, helped arrange the delega- that professional ethics, changes driven by tion’s itinerary in China. The Institute technology, budgetary constraints, and the plays a key role in approving major infra- relevance of legal precedence were subjects structure investments and development that had particular resonance for representa- policy, and has been considering allowing tives of both countries. experiments in municipal bond finance. Judges, university professors, municipal At workshops in Beijing, Shanghai leaders and national policy-makers have and Hangzhou, the specialists spoke shared their practical experiences through about the responsibilities of national and these programs. These exchanges have given local governments, and private and public China a wealth of information and models sectors in developing and implementing that can be used to strengthen the develop- various types of financial mechanisms; ment of the rule of law. financial instruments used by American cities and states to fund clean air and COURT SPECIALIZATION water projects; and the legal, political and financial dimensions of developing One of the many differences between a banking system that can support the judicial systems of China and the municipal finance. United States involves the adjudication of Members of the delegation were lesser disputes. While the United States Albert Appleton, senior fellow at the employs a wide range of strategies to handle Regional Planning Association; Angela these cases, including specialized courts, Chen, executive officer of the Iowa China does not. Meanwhile, the expansion Department of Natural Resources’ Energy of commerce, changes in social norms and and Waste Management Bureau; Robert an increase in new laws have caused a surge Doty, president of the American in the number of civil law cases in China.

9 If China’s judicial system is to become with the collegiality and hospitality shown more effective and efficient, streamlining to them by judges, attorneys, law profes- the handling of lesser disputes is an impor- sors and students. Much of the credit for tant area for China to examine. this is due to three American judges who The National Committee therefore had been participants in previous National invited a group of seven Chinese judges, Committee delegations to China. Ronald court administrators, academics and S.W. Lew, a federal district judge in officials to the United States in March California and a member of the Interna- to look at specialized courts. The delega- tional Committee of the U.S. Judicial tion began the study tour at the Federal Conference, accompanied the delegation Judicial Center in Washington, DC, throughout the Washington program and getting an overview of the administrative provided valuable assistance in clarifying structure of U.S. courts, training of judges some concepts that were new to the dele- and court personnel, and standards of gation. Judge Cynthia Baldwin opened judicial conduct. This set a framework her Allegheny County chambers and for their subsequent visits to specialized courtroom to the visitors and arranged courts, including the U.S. Tax Court and dinners for them in the homes of local the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in attorneys. Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange Washington, the Allegheny County Court graciously arranged programming in of Common Claims and the Family Court Oklahoma City; though she had to be in Pittsburgh, and the Small Claims out of town during the delegation’s visit, Court in Oklahoma City. During the her colleagues warmly welcomed the group’s final stop, in San Francisco, group in her absence. delegation members learned how private Funding was provided by the State organizations provide mediation and Department’s Bureau of Educational and alternative dispute resolution services Cultural Affairs and the Ford Foundation. C. Virginia Fields, Manhattan borough outside the court system and why people Delegation members were Xi Xiaoming, president, and Clarence Anthony, mayor use these services. Yang Wanming, Lu Guanglun and Wang of South Bay, FL entrance residents of Throughout the course of the pro- Zhiping of the Supreme People’s Court; Wuzhen with a digital camera. gram, delegation members were impressed Yuan Hanjun of the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate Court; Wu Zhaobang of the Shanghai High People’s Court; and Qiao Yan of the National Judges College Law Journal.

MUNICIPAL LEADERS DELEGATION

National Committee exchanges for municipal leaders have generally provided channels for American mayors and other city officials to impart information on urban planning and management to their Chinese counterparts. But China’s rapid economic development, the creativity of its urban planners, and the distinctive aspects of China’s political economy now mean that Chinese municipal leaders have much to share with their American counterparts, as the National Committee discovered during a March 2002 study tour of five Chinese cities by seven American city officials. The delegation’s preconceptions about China began to change immediate- ly upon arrival in Shanghai. The city’s

10 new airport, ultra-modern high rises and UNIVERSITY-BASED soon-to-be-opened high-speed rail LEGAL AID DELEGATION system made a strong impression on the group about the extent to which economic Legal aid is a relatively new concept development and investment have trans- in China, with the country’s first programs formed Chinese cities. In discussions put in place only in the mid-1990s. The with officials in Shanghai, Suzhou, Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Tongxiang, Hangzhou and Beijing, the Education have expressed strong interest delegation gained a sense of the magni- in strengthening and expanding legal aid tude of change taking place in Chinese services by organizing law school students society. to take part in clinical programs now being Group members were impressed by established at the university level. At the China’s proactive approach to planning. request of the Ford Foundation, the “Given the massive size of cities and National Committee hosted a delegation China’s population, [the] focus on com- of Chinese government officials, judges prehensive planning and development and professors involved in university- was most impressive,” one delegation based legal aid programs for a study tour member said. “The vision articulated for of the United States in April 2002. larger municipal centers and presentation of plans were among the best I have seen.” Others in the group were surprised at how readily many cities are embracing commercialism as a way of reducing costs to citizens and financial burdens on government. Delegation members noted that one reason Chinese cities can move relatively quickly on development projects is that officials do not face elections, public hearings or legal challenges—by contrast, accountability to constituents is what drives local-level American politics. The group expressed concern about the mass relocation often required to make way for municipal development in China. The purpose of the program was to Members of the delegation spent a day at The National Committee imple- provide delegation members with ideas Columbia University, meeting with law faculty mented this project in cooperation with and information they could use to expand and observing the legal clinic. the National League of Cities (NLC). clinical programs for legal students in Members of the delegation included their own communities. The delegation Karen Anderson, NLC president and spent two weeks in Boston, New York mayor of Minnetonka, MN; Clarence City and Washington, DC learning about Anthony, NLC past president and mayor the history, regulation and practice of legal of South Bay, FL; Leo V. Cheney, Jr., city aid in the American judicial system. The council member from Dallas; C. Virginia itinerary placed special emphasis on how Fields, Manhattan borough president, the U.S. system simultaneously trains and New York City; James Charles Hunt, uses law students in this field through councilman from Clarksburg, WV; Mary clinical legal education programs. Lou Makepeace, mayor of Colorado The group visited legal clinics associ- Springs; Joseph Moore, a Chicago alder- ated with the law schools of Harvard man; and Donald L. Borut, NLC’s exec- University, Northeastern University, utive director. Columbia University, City University of Funding was provided by the Depart- New York, Georgetown University and ment of State’s Bureau of Educational George Washington University. and Cultural Affairs and the National Discussions with faculty and students League of Cities. gave delegation members further insight

11 into public service to the disadvantaged, Nanjing University; Zhen Zhen, Renmin development and operation of clinical University School of Law; and Chen legal aid programs, and management of Xiaojun, Zhongnan University of student practices. Visits to Greater Economics and Law. Boston Legal Services, Legal Aid Society This project was funded by the Ford of New York and the Asian American Foundation, which has initiated a number Legal Defense and Education Fund of programs aimed at furthering the helped provide a broader context for the development and expansion of legal aid provision of legal services in the United in China. States. The delegation also observed pro- ceedings at the Brighton District Court DEMOCRACY AND LOCAL ELECTIONS and Dorchester’s Domestic Violence IN GREATER CHINA AND THE Court, two venues where student practi- UNITED STATES tioners represent clients in court. The group benefited from discussions In recent years, Greater China has had with several law professors with expertise three very different sets of experiences in China’s legal development. Chinese with electoral processes. Taiwan is the law experts William Alford of Harvard, most dramatic example, having evolved from single-party political control to competitive, multi-party elections. Under its Basic Law, Hong Kong has allowed limited legislative elections, with suffrage to be expanded in 2007. The PRC has cautiously allowed elections to take place at the village level, but has not allowed candidates to run as representatives of competing parties. In November 2002, the National Committee combined forces with the Carter Center to bring a delegation of policy-makers, local-level officials and scholars from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to the United States for a ten-day study tour. The program had a dual purpose: to pro- vide participants an opportunity to learn about democracy and electoral processes in the United States and to give them a chance to discuss among themselves In Philadelphia, the democracy and local Margaret Woo of Northeastern and James elections in their own communities. elections delegation visited Independence Feinerman of Georgetown helped delega- The visit was timed to enable the Hall and observed three polling stations tion members gain a valuable comparative delegation to observe the November elec- on Election Day. perspective on legal education in the two tions in the United States, which vividly countries. illustrated the group’s briefings and dis- The variety of professional back- cussions on civic education; campaign grounds in this delegation encouraged practices and finances; voter registration dynamic discussions among group mem- and education; public opinion surveys and bers throughout the study tour. Delegation focus groups; and race, gender and class members were Sang Ning, Zheng Ziwen in electoral politics. In the Philadelphia and Zhang Jingyun of the Ministry of area, the group visited the campaign Justice; Judge Gao Shawei of the Supreme headquarters of a Congressional candidate, People’s Court; Wang Jianping of the attended a campaign rally for a guberna- Supreme People’s Procuratorate; Wang torial candidate and observed voting Yongsheng, Ministry of Public Security; procedures at several polling stations. Li Jing, Ministry of Education; Li Bin, Members of the delegation also made

12 presentations on their own elections at EDUCATION several points during the study tour, at programs hosted by the International The National Committee has spon- Republican Institute and the National sored exchanges between American and Democratic Institute in Washington, the Chinese educators since 1973. We have University of Pennsylvania Law School found that programs in this area provide and the Foreign Policy Research Institute opportunities for teachers and administra- in Philadelphia, and the Georgia Institute tors to learn much about all aspects of of Technology in Atlanta. A series of each other’s educational systems through closed-door seminars was held at the interactive, face-to-face exchanges of Carter Center, allowing participants to information and ideas. These programs engage in frank exchanges of views on also introduce teachers, principals and the sensitive subject of elections. education officials to the other country’s Differences in political systems and history, culture and society, which benefits views sparked some heated debates among their own understanding and, in turn, that participants over the course of the pro- of their students. gram. At the conclusion of the study Until 2002, most of the Committee’s tour, some participants acknowledged the work in the education field had been done tensions but emphasized that this type under the auspices of the U.S. Department of exchange program was extremely of Education, pursuant to a bilateral agree- important and worthwhile, and urged ment with China’s Ministry of Education. the National Committee to do more in This year, the National Committee signif- this area. icantly expanded its commitment to the Delegation members from the PRC education of future generations of were An Xiaoru, Chen Ying and Qi Americans and Chinese through the Lujiang, staff from the National People’s U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Program. Congress; Liu Feng and Wang Kai, This excellent program was based at the Ministry of Civil Affairs; Deng Minjie, American Council of Learned Societies Department of Civil Affairs, Guangxi for seven years, before joining its new Zhuang Autonomous Region; Li Sen, home at the National Committee in 2002. Shandong Provincial Civil Affairs The National Committee is delighted to Department; Wang Yinliang, Hunan have under its wing a project that brings Provincial Department of Civil Affairs; up to 24 Chinese teachers to the United Zhan Chengfu, Central China Normal States each year to teach Chinese lan- University; and Zheng Yanxiang, Tianjin guage and culture in K-12 classrooms, Municipal Department of Civil Affairs. and sends American K-12 teachers of Taiwan delegation members were Hsu any subject to teach English in secondary Tzong-Li and Lin Tzu-Yi, both from schools around China. This program has National Taiwan University and Tao been funded since its inception by the Yifeng and Yu Ching-Hsin, both of Freeman Foundation. National Chengchi University. Hong Kong participants were Chung Ting-yiu K-12 EDUCATION Robert, director, Public Opinion Programme, University of Hong Kong; The diversity of American elemen- Mark Lin, a district councillor and tary, middle and high schools is of contin- columnist for The Standard; Law Chun uing interest to Chinese teachers and Ngai, district councillor; and Tong Lik principals, who are eager for models that Kay Irene, assistant professor in the can be adapted for application in their Department of Politics and Public own K-12 education programs. The Administration at the University of National Committee hosted a delegation Hong Kong. of ten Chinese educators for a study tour Support for the National Committee’s of the United States in January-February work on this project was provided by the 2002, designed to provide a better under- State Department’s Bureau of Educational standing of the current issues and chal- and Cultural Affairs. lenges facing American K-12 teachers,

13 principals and education administrators. in Charlottesville, where each Chinese During stops in Washington, DC, guest sat with a group of ten students to Charlottesville and Richmond, VA, San answer their questions about China, and Antonio and Los Angeles, the group vis- the Palos Verdes Peninsula High School ited the U.S. Department of Education in Los Angeles, where Chinese-speaking as well as state bureaus of education and American student hosts explained what local school district offices, public and was taking place in the classrooms and led private schools, and educational associa- tours of the school. tions. While there were background Members of the Chinese delegation briefings that provided an overview of were Lin Shusen, Tianjin No. 47 Middle the roles that national, state and local School; Liu Jian and Yuan Qingkai, governments play in American education, Tianjin Education Commission; Liu the main focus was on curriculum devel- Shicheng, Beijing No. 12 Middle School; opment, teacher training and the use of Lu Fei, Zigong Teachers College technology in instruction. Meetings at (Sichuan); Ren Xuefeng, Leshan Teachers the National Association of Elementary College (Sichuan); Wang Xicai, Tianjin School Principals and the Association for No. 7 Middle School; Xie Guo, Supervision and Curriculum Development Chongqing Tongliang Middle School; were of particular help in those areas. Zhou Hui, Ministry of Education and Zhou Jing, Chongqing Nanping Experimental Private School. A grant from the U.S. Department of Education supported this project.

FULBRIGHT-HAYS SUMMER SEMINAR

Teachers become students during the annual Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar. This program brings American teachers to China for six weeks, giving them opportunities to expand their knowledge of China’s history, culture and society via lectures, related site visits, discussions with Chinese counterparts and time spent exploring Chinese cities. This year’s delegation of 16 high school teachers and college professors traveled to Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu and Shanghai, with an optional stop in Hong Kong, in late June and July 2002. The Chinese teachers especially enjoyed One of the keys to the success of the Lectures on China’s education system spending time in the classrooms, seen here program was the involvement of American provided the Fulbrighters common ground with students at Meriwether Lewis Elementary teachers who had participated in some with the Chinese presenters on standards School. past National Committee Fulbright-Hays for educating students and training Summer Seminars in China. Fulbrighters teachers; discussions of various aspects in San Antonio and Los Angeles coordi- of traditional culture and society shed nated visits in their school districts, which new light on contemporary mind sets; enabled the Chinese delegation to observe and presentations on contemporary classes and compare their experiences as challenges, such as women and children’s teachers, principals and parents in educat- issues, the economic development of ing children. western China and U.S.-China relations, Delegation members also enjoyed helped explain current realities. Perennial the interaction with students at the eight highlights of the Summer Seminar are schools they visited. Two highlights were visits with Chinese families and walking the Meriwether Lewis Elementary School tours of typical neighborhoods, which

14 give the Americans a first-hand sense of K-12 ENGLISH TEACHERS everyday Chinese life. All but three members of the group English teachers in China are not only opted for the three-day stay in Hong interested in learning about language Kong, which included discussions on teaching techniques, they also are looking business and the economy in the Special for ways to bring information about the Administrative Region, the role of the United States and other English-speaking press and current legal issues. One of the cultures into their classrooms. A two-week highlights of this year’s Hong Kong stop exchange program in July and August of was a tour of the harbor’s CSX Corpora- 2002 for Chinese K-12 teachers of tion’s cargo facilities. English provided useful information on The National Committee has admin- U.S. history, culture and society, as well istered the Fulbright-Hays Summer as the American education system. Seminar on behalf of the U.S. Depart- Over the course of the study tour of ment of Education for more than two Boston, Washington, DC, Montana and decades. Over the course of the years, San Francisco, the ten-member delegation the alumni of the program have devel- learned much about colonial history, oped into a valuable network for the Native American culture, the era of west- National Committee and this year we ward expansion and contemporary immi- were grateful to alumni in San Antonio grant communities. Another focus of the and Los Angeles who arranged excellent itinerary was the American system of programs in their school districts for our jurisprudence, with visits to the U.S. visiting Chinese education delegations. Supreme Court and the U.S. District The participants in the 2002 Court in Missoula, MT. Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar were Presentations at the U.S. Department Sandra Conlon, Steamboat Springs High of Education and University of Massachu- School, Steamboat Springs, CO; Michael setts Graduate College of Education high- C. Corey, Denver South High School, lighted key topics in American education: Denver; Donald F. Dickerson, Marjory the decentralized nature of the education Stoneman Douglas High School, system, public and private schools, teacher Parkland, FL; Marcia J. Frost, Wittenberg certification and language teaching pro- University, Springfield, OH; Nancy L. grams. The delegation particularly enjoyed Hazam, University of South Carolina- the opportunities to observe summer Lancaster, Lancaster, SC; James E. Kerr, school language classes and discuss method- Triad High School, Troy, IL; Marion A. ologies with teachers at Showa Boston Makin, Skyline High School, Issaquah, Institute for Language and Culture, WA; Maureen K. McCorry, Palo Alto Yorktown High School in Arlington, VA, High School, Palo Alto, CA; Roger W. Bigfork (MT) High School and the Purdy, John Carroll High University, Chinese American International School University Heights, OH; David P. in San Francisco. Ragan, Hammond School, Columbia, The nine teachers in the Chinese SC; Leah O. Renzi, Dundalk Middle delegation were Wang Guojin, Beijing School, Dundalk, MD; Judith Lynn No. 2 Experimental Primary School; Sebasta, University of South Dakota, Song Hexin and Zhang Guiying, Vermillion, SD; Curtis L. Thompson, Affiliated Secondary School of Renmin Thiel College, Greenville, PA; Matthew University; Lu Wei; No. 2 Affiliated S. Wernsdorfer, Patterson Senior High Secondary School of Beijing Normal School, Baltimore; Patricia A. Wine, University; Li Ling, Beijing Jingshan Madison Junior & Senior High School, Secondary School; Tai Jiating, Tianjin Madison, KS; and Wesley L. No. 1 Secondary School; Li Yanli, Tianjin Winterbottom, Gateway Community Yaohua Secondary School; Zhang Jie and College, North Haven, CT. Dr. Richard Zhang Jinming, Tianjin Experimental Belsky, associate professor of East Asian Secondary School. They were accompa- studies at Hunter College, served as nied by Du Ping of the Ministry of scholar-escort for the delegation. Education.

15 Funding for the study tour was pro- how future special education teachers gain vided by the U.S. Department of practical experience, at Boston College’s Education. Lynch School of Education; and how associations and non-governmental organi- SPECIAL EDUCATION DELEGATION zations lobby for policy change, set standards and connect professionals to resources. The National Committee was pleased The group seemed most impressed—and when China’s Ministry of Education often, deeply moved—by the individual accepted its recommendation of an students they encountered over the course exchange program focusing on special of the program. They were inspired by education. As part of China’s education physically disabled students who rely on reform, greater effort is now being made computers to communicate; young adults to provide meaningful education options learning to live independently with the for student with special needs. Chinese support of the Living Skills Center for the educators are interested in establishing Visually Impaired; and Chinese students training programs for teachers, attracting enrolled at Gallaudet University, who compared living experiences in China and America. After two weeks of site visits and brief- ings, this enthusiastic delegation convened on the eve of their departure to discuss ways they could apply their findings upon return to their home institutions. They immediate- ly focused on the need for legislation to promote disabilities education and the prac- tical benefits of a national data-gathering system on needs and services. Delegation members also were eager to experiment with some of the inclusion models they had observed and to embark on a publicity cam- paign to attract more attention to this field. Support for this project was provided by the U.S. Department of Education. Delegation members included Xie Jingren, director of the Division of Special Education at the Ministry of Education; Yan Zhiyong, from the Ministry’s Office of International At the Special Olympics headquarters, the additional financial resources for special Cooperation and Exchanges; Wan Xuanrong, delegation met Timothy Shriver, President education, and raising social awareness vice president of the China Rehabilitation and CEO of Special Olympics (seated, right), about the importance of education for Research Center For Deaf Children; Hu and athlete Terrel Limerick (seated, center). children with disabilities. Pingping, deputy director general of Anhui The two-week study tour in October province’s Education Commission; Wang 2002 was designed to introduce Chinese Haiping, vice president of the College of educators to federal, state and local policies Preschool Education & Special Education on special education, show both special at East China Normal University; Wang needs and mainstream classroom settings, Kenan, principal of Beijing No. 2 School for discuss ways to incorporate new research the Deaf; Fan Yihu, deputy director of the findings into curriculum development Division of Basic Education, Education and teaching methodology, and consider Commission of Hubei Province; Gao Yan, means of using technology in special a teacher at Nanjing School for the Deaf; education. Jiang Chunying, vice principal, Hangzhou Delegation members had opportuni- School for the Deaf; and Tian Yong An, an ties to see how students’ individual educa- officer in the Division of Basic Education tion plans are put in place, during visits at the Education Commission of Inner to both large and small school districts; Mongolia.

16 U.S.-CHINA TEACHERS Chinese exchange teachers for the EXCHANGE PROGRAM 2002-2003 academic year and their host schools were Gao Chengchun and Wang The U.S.-China Teachers Exchange Xiuzhen, Bangor (ME) Public Schools; Program moved to the National Dai Qinghua, Snowden International Committee in June 2002. This innovative School, Boston; Jiang Yongmin, Belmont program, founded in 1996 and supported (MA) Public Schools; Liu Hong, Brookline by the Freeman Foundation, arranges for (MA) High School; Wei Xin, Quincy (MA) American teachers to spend a year teach- Upper School; Zhang Weimin, Lincoln ing in Chinese secondary schools and for School, Brookline, MA; Chen Zhiyun, Chinese teachers to spend a year teaching Poudre School District, Fort Collins, CO; in American elementary, middle and high Cao Junli, Central High School, La Crosse, schools. It is designed to help children WI; Li Caixia, School District of La and adults in both countries learn each Crosse, WI; Ma Yinghui, Academy of others’ languages and cultures, as well as Accelerated Learning, Milwaukee; Yang to provide teachers with opportunities to Shuping, Milwaukee School of Languages; improve their own language and teaching skills, develop a deeper understanding of another culture, and share new ideas and experi- ences in their home classrooms upon their return. Twenty-two Chinese teachers came to the United States for the 2002-2003 academic year, taking up teaching assignments at public and private schools in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon and Wisconsin. An orien- tation program, held in Beijing in July, gave the teachers an overview of what to expect during their year abroad and practical advice on teaching American students. In their American schools, the teachers generally conduct classes in Chinese language and culture or teach English as Luo Jinxin, Kearsarge Regional High Members of the 2002-2003 Teachers Exchange a second language. The teachers have School, North Sutton, NH; Wu Yanling, Program took part in an orientation program ample opportunities to learn about Garden School, Queens, NY; Yu Bo, before leaving for the United States. American culture and society through Benjamin Banneker Academy, Brooklyn, daily life in their host communities. NY; Zhang Jianming, Legacy High Experiencing American family life, tak- School, New York, NY; Zhao Jie, P.S. ing part in recreational activities and cel- 132, Queens, NY; Zhao Jinlong, Beacon ebrating holidays are among the high- School, New York, NY; Cai Hongyu, lights the Chinese visitors cite in their Woodstock Elementary School, Portland, reports to the National Committee. OR; Liu Junhong, Jackson Middle As members of the 2001-2002 School, Portland, OR; and Fan Duoxia Teachers Exchange Program wrapped up and Xu Qinhong, Westport (CT) Public their school year, the National Committee Schools. organized a two-week study tour that In the aftermath of 9/11, few focused on American history and society. American teachers applied for 2002-2003 The trip included visits to Colonial positions and so the China-bound por- Williamsburg, VA, Washington, DC tion of the program was suspended. That and New York City. program will resume in September 2003.

17 ENVIRONMENTAL non-governmental organizations (NGOs). AND GLOBAL ISSUES Over the course of two weeks, the delegation traveled to Washington, DC, Economic development can increase Baltimore, Houston, New Orleans, Baton incomes and opportunities for citizens, Rouge and San Francisco. These sites were but its impact on the environment can chosen because they represent some of have a detrimental effect on the quality America’s heaviest concentrations of of life. There is now a growing aware- hazardous materials and provide thought- ness of environmental issues in China, provoking examples of environmental particularly in urban centers, where the management, mitigation and clean-up. public and the government have become Participants met with federal, state and increasingly concerned about the effects local government representatives; corporate of pollution on health. environmental managers; the staff of National Committee exchanges in NGOs; environmental attorneys; and the environmental field take into account academic researchers. the conflicts and trade-offs among the The group was particularly interested imperatives of economic growth, jobs, in ways that government agencies, corpora- environmental protection and public tions and environmental NGOs interact. health by seeking balance in the compo- A visit to a Superfund site in Baton Rouge sition of its delegations, the topics provided an interesting illustration of both addressed and the institutions visited. the adversarial and cooperative nature of The result is that both Chinese and relations between government agencies American professionals hear the posi- and NGOs. The Louisiana Department tions of a range of stakeholders—busi- of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is ness, government and non-governmental conducting an experiment at this site that organizations—and consider steps that uses poplar and eucalyptus plants to draw can advance shared goals. toxic waste away from the water table. Often critical of DEQ, in this instance envi- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ronmental NGOs have praised the agency’s ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT innovative means of site remediation. Another highlight was a meeting with Managing and limiting the potential the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Working health risks associated with hazardous Group on China and the Environment, waste is a concern for China’s mainland, which gave delegation members the oppor- the Hong Kong SAR and Taiwan. With tunity to present information on their own this in mind, the National Committee respective responsibilities to an audience hosted a delegation of environmental of environmental professionals and China professionals from all three places on a specialists. The audience found the program study tour of the United States, June 22- particularly interesting because of the July 5, 2002, to look at American opportunity to hear perspectives from experience in hazardous waste manage- Greater China. ment and its relationship to economic Members of the delegation were Gao development. Nianping, Hunan Association of Environ- The National Committee has found mental Protection Industry; Michael Pang such delegations particularly effective, as Kin-hing, Hong Kong Environmental the different backgrounds, experiences Protection Bureau; Su Qingping, Chengdu and expertise of the delegation members, Hazardous Waste Disposal Center; as well as their shared heritage and lan- Lawrence Wong Wai-yin, Enviropace guage, provide informal learning experi- Limited (Hong Kong); Wu Tung-jye, ences outside of the planned program. Green Formosa Front; Yang Kai-hsing, The focus on issues of common interest Committee of Soil and Ground-water helps overcome political differences. Remediation Fund (Taiwan); Yang Yang, This eight-member delegation included Green Stone (Nanjing); and Zhang specialists with experience in government Yingling, Heilongjiang Environmental agencies, private sector companies and Protection Bureau.

18 MEDIA provided translation services at the maga- zine’s Global Forum in Washington, DC. Technological advances and changes The interns shared their impressions of have accelerated the flow of information Americans and their lifestyles in regular between China and the United States, communication with National Committee enabling citizens to develop more staff and in public programs. They were detailed and nuanced pictures of each impressed with Americans’ interest in poli- other’s societies. Recognizing the signifi- tics, the role of religion in American life, cant role played by the media in U.S.- the widespread availability of “user-friendly” China relations, the National Committee products and services, the preservation of develops programs that bring journalists historical sites and the uninhibited expres- together in professional exchanges, and sion of opinions and ideas in the media and give aspiring Chinese journalists exposure ordinary conversations. to the American media system. Through The young women spoke at public its public education programs, the engagements, demonstrating remarkable National Committee provides reporters poise and candor as they talked about their with information that can deepen their experiences in the United States and their understanding of important issues in the lives in China. The three New York-based bilateral relationship. interns addressed members and friends of

AOL TIME WARNER INTERNS

Six Fudan University students gained valuable experience in the American media business and firsthand insights into everyday life in the United States through a three-month internship pro- gram sponsored by AOL Time Warner Inc. The National Committee adminis- ters this program, which marked its fifth year in 2002. This year’s class of interns included students with majors in journalism, English, humanities and business: Bai Xue spent her internship at Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles; Wu Dandan at CNN in Atlanta; Xiao Jin at AOL Time the National Committee and the China Senator Max Baucus of Montana met with Warner’s government affairs office in Institute at an evening panel program AOL Time Warner interns (l-r) Xuan Jie, Washington, DC; and Shen Si at and talked to international relations and Zhou Li, Bai Xue, Shen Si, Wu Dandan, Xiao Fortune, Xuan Jie at HBO and Zhou Li Asian civilizations classes at Hunter Jin and program officer Kathryn Gonnerman. at TIME in New York. High School. Wu Dandan, the Atlanta Work assignments vary from one intern, met with students of National office to another, but all are intended to Committee board member Mary Brown give the interns broad exposure to the Bullock at Agnes Scott College. In mission of each entity as well as practical Washington, Xiao Jin took part in a experience. For instance, Bai Xue rotated Voice of America panel discussion about through several Warner Bros.’ depart- study abroad programs. As part of the ments, learning about TV production, interns’ wrap-up session in early movie trailers and marketing. At CNN, December, all six women spoke to a class Wu Dandan was given the assignment of at Burbank High School; the presenta- developing a television piece over the tions were of great interest to the stu- course of her internship: selecting the dents and also provided an excellent topic, researching the subject and filming opportunity for the full group of interns the segment. Shen Si worked closely to hear about each other’s experiences with Fortune’s international editor and over the previous three months.

19 THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA comparisons between corruption charges IN A MARKET ECONOMY against Chinese companies and recent corporate governance scandals at Enron, The Chinese government has been WorldCom and other U.S.-based corpo- encouraging the growth of the business rations. Discussants said these examples press in recent years and giving such demonstrated the need for reporters to media outlets more leeway than others to develop the skills to determine a compa- do investigative reporting. The National ny’s true value, and not to accept its Committee therefore decided to make financial reports at face value. business and economic reporting the Participants were American and focus of a conference that compared the Chinese journalism professionals and roles of the Chinese and American members of the foreign press based in media; the program, “The Role of the China. Members of the American dele- Media in a Market Economy,” was held gation were Peter Ennis, U.S. bureau November 14-15, 2002 at Tsinghua chief of Toyo Keizai (The Oriental University in Beijing. Economist); Robert Keatley, former editor This conference aimed to replicate of the South China Morning Post and the frank exchange of views that charac- Asian Wall Street Journal; Sheridan terized the National Committee’s 1998 Prasso, senior news editor at Business media conference in Washington, DC, Week; Martha Steffens, professor of busi- which focused on how the United States ness and economic reporting at the and China portray each other, and the University of Missouri; and Christopher bilateral relationship, in the media. The Ulllman, vice president of corporate objective of this recent program was to communications at The Carlyle Group examine the role the media plays in dis- and former spokesperson at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Fifteen Chinese journalists and journalism pro- fessors and six members of the foreign press corps also participated, and Tsinghua journalism students observed several sessions. Dr. Christian Murck, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing and managing director of APCO Worldwide/China delivered the keynote presentation, “What Financial Professionals Need from the Media.” The American delegation spent several days prior to the conference in Shanghai, developing firsthand impres- sions of China’s financial markets during a tour of the stock exchange and meet- ings with financial professionals. The The media conference included American and closing, disseminating and analyzing group also spent a half-day at Fudan Chinese journalism professionals and members information about financial markets in University in discussions with journalism of the foreign press based in China. the United States and China, and how professors and students. markets and consumers respond to media The host of the conference was the reports. Over the course of the two-day Center for International Communications, program, conference participants exam- a graduate journalism program at ined factors that influence business news Tsinghua University led by Prof. Li coverage, competition among news orga- Xiguang. Support for the conference was nizations, ethics, the influence of new provided by the John D. and Catherine media and the government’s relationship T. MacArthur Foundation, the Ford with the media. Discussions of case Foundation and the Sun Media studies enabled participants to draw Holdings Group.

20 SPECIAL PROGRAMS team cooking competition led by television chefs Leann and Katie Chen, an evening YOUNG LEADERS FORUM cruise and a private pre-release screening of the Warner Bros. film Insomnia. Twenty-five dynamic young American and Chinese leaders from a range of disciplines began to develop a network of personal relationships through the National Committee’s Young Leaders Forum. The goal of this pro- gram is to facilitate ongoing communica- tion that can help reduce misunderstand- ings and tensions and open new fields of cooperation between the United States and China. The inaugural Forum was held in Santa Barbara in May 2002 with the support of American International Group, AOL Time Warner Inc., Goldman Sachs, PepsiCo and BP. The theme of the four-day program was “The Creative Process,” which set the framework for discussions among the Fellows about creative elements in their The overwhelmingly positive evalua- The Young Leaders Forum brought together own work, as artists, architects, environ- tions of the program were one gauge of 25 dynamic American and Chinese mental leaders, financial professionals, the initial Forum’s success. A more professionals from a variety of fields. journalists, corporate and small business important indicator has been the contin- managers, academics and other careers. uing contact among the Fellows— Panel presentations focused on innovative through a listserv, informal gatherings, approaches to developing civil society, or exchanging advice on work-related building the cities of the future, adjusting topics. Bill Perry’s visit to Beijing in to changing security concerns, managing November 2002 provided an occasion global economic growth, and investing in for some of the Chinese Fellows to business and technology. reunite for an evening. Distinguished guest speakers The Forum will move to China for brought additional insights to the pro- its second year, with a gathering planned gram. Former Secretary of Defense for Hangzhou and Huangshan in William Perry spoke about security issues October 2003. and former Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative Mickey A. DOAK BARNETT ESSAY CONTEST Kantor talked about the global economy and trade; the two former officials illus- The second year of the A. Doak trated their remarks with fascinating Barnett Essay Contest prompted dozens examples from their years of government of American and Chinese graduate stu- service. Two renowned creativity experts dents to take a critical look at the state of shared their insights with the Fellows: U.S.-China relations and consider ways Ken Robinson, a senior education advisor to improve it. The National Committee to The Getty Trust, spoke about creativi- initiated this annual competition in 2001 ty in education and Mihalyi to honor the memory of A. Doak Csikszentmihalyi, director of Claremont Barnett, an internationally renowned Graduate University’s Quality of Life scholar, journalist and teacher who was Center, talked about creative people and one of the National Committee’s the contexts in which they work. founders. The group also enjoyed a number of This year’s competition challenged social activities, including a cocktail essayists to identify a source of strength reception with Santa Barbara’s mayor, a in U.S.-China relations and consider

21 ways that both sides could build on this January 14 strength to further cooperation, reduce Roundtable Discussion tensions or avoid potential problems. “Cross-Strait Relations” The winning American essay, written Speaker: Zhou Mingwei, Vice Minister, by Alexander Brenner of Johns Hopkins Taiwan Affairs Office of the State University School of International Studies, Council of the PRC. was “Can’t We Think Bigger? Prospects for Fostering Rule of Law in China by January 31 Expanding Sino-American Legal Panel Discussion Exchanges.” Huang Jinxin, a Ph.D. can- “Is China Becoming a Productive Global didate in political science at the University Citizen? A Post-9/11 Re-examination” of Wisconsin, was the winning Chinese Speakers: Elizabeth Economy, Council on essayist with her piece on “Building U.S.- Foreign Relations; Bates Gill, Brookings China Relations Through Educational Institution; David M. Lampton, Johns Exchange.” Mr. Brenner and Ms. Huang Hopkins University School of Advanced both received awards of $1,000. Two International Studies. other essayists were recognized with Cosponsored with Philadelphia World honorable mention citations: Cheng Sijin, Affairs Council. of Boston University and Andrew Sven Philadelphia Erickson, from Princeton University. All four essays were published in the February 5 National Committee’s newsletter. The Roundtable Discussion two American essays caught the attention “Is China’s New Land Reform the of a reader at the Institute of Current Most Important Ever?” World Affairs, who encouraged Mr. Speakers: Roy Prosterman and Brenner and Mr. Erickson to apply to Brian Schwarzwalder, the Institute’s fellowship program. Mr. Rural Development Institute. Brenner was subsequently awarded a fel- lowship for research in China. February 6 The essay contest is supported by Roundtable Discussion contributions to the A. Doak Barnett “Is China’s New Land Reform Memorial Fund. the Most Important Ever?” Speakers: Roy Prosterman and PUBLIC EDUCATION Brian Schwarzwalder, AND OUTREACH Rural Development Institute. Cosponsored with the Cato Institute. Through conferences, seminars, panel Washington, DC programs, publications and e-mail briefings the National Committee provides infor- February 18 mation about the major issues in U.S.- E-mail Broadcast to Members China relations directly from policy-mak- “President Bush’s Asia Trip” ers and opinion leaders on both sides of Contributors: Donald Gregg, Korea the Pacific. The Committee’s website Society; John L. Holden, National provides another channel for public out- Committee on U.S.-China Relations; reach. Summaries of program events, George Packard, U.S.-Japan Foundation. reports in the China Policy Series, recent articles and speeches on U.S.-China rela- February 26 tions, and links to useful resource materi- Corporate Members Briefing als are among the features posted on the Speaker: Tong Daochi, China Securities website (www.ncuscr.org). Regulatory Commission. Programs were held in New York City, unless otherwise indicated.

22 February 27 March 20 Panel Discussion Panel Discussion “The U.S.-Japan Alliance and Building “China’s Changing Foreign Policy: Security Relations with China” Public Opinion, WTO and Taiwan” Speakers: Masahiro Akiyama, Ship and Speakers: Joseph Fewsmith, Boston Ocean Foundation; Harry Harding, University; Margaret Pearson, University George Washington University; of Maryland; Michael Swaine, Carnegie Derek Mitchell, Center for Strategic and Endowment for International Peace. International Studies; Mike Mochizuki, Cosponsored with China Research Center. George Washington University; Koji Atlanta Murata, Doshisha University; Benjamin Self, Henry L. Stimson Center; March 25 Chris Twomey, Harvard University. Panel Discussion Presider: William Clark, Jr., Japan Society. “China and the ‘Stans’: Cosponsored with Japan Society. Forging Regional Cooperation” Speakers: Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group; March 5 Scott Horton, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Panel Discussion Tyler, LLP; and Peter Sinnot, “The Press Corps Recalls Nixon’s Columbia University. Trip to China” Moderator: Morris Rossabi, Queens Speakers: Stanley Karnow, Ma Yuzhen, College and The Graduate Center, Jerrold Schecter, Av Westin, Gerald City University of New York. Warren and Yao Wei. Cosponsored with China Institute Moderator: Ted Koppel. Cosponsored with National Press Club. April 23 Washington, DC E-mail Broadcast “Hu Jintao: China’s Presumptive March 6 Next Leader” Book Discussion Contributor: Ezra Vogel, Fairbank Center Speaker: Nicholas R. Lardy, Brookings for East Asian Research, Harvard University. Institution, author of Integrating China into the Global Economy. May 1 Cosponsored with Asia Society. Dinner Address Vice President Hu Jintao March 12 Cosponsored with America- Panel Discussion China Society, Asia Society, “New WTO Round: What Does China Committee of 100, Mean for Japan?” Council on Foreign Relations, Speakers: Noburo Hatakeyama, Japan U.S.-Chamber of Commerce, External Trade Organization; U.S.-China Business Council, Naoko Munakata, Research Institute U.S.-China Policy Foundation. of Economy, Trade and Industry; Washington, DC National Committee chair Carla A. Hills and Wendy Cutler, Office of the U.S. Trade president John L. Holden greet China’s vice Representative; Bruce Stokes, May 9 president Hu Jintao. National Journal. Conference Presider: Gillian Tett, Former Tokyo “Investing in China’s Capital Markets: Bureau Chief, Financial Times. Where Will WTO-Sparked Cosponsored with Japan Society. Reforms Lead?” Cosponsored with Asia Society.

June 4 Discussion Speaker: Antony Leung, Financial Secretary, Hong Kong SAR. Cosponsored with Asia Society.

23 June 11 October 18 Luncheon Speech Seminar Speaker: The Hon. Clark T. Randt, Jr., “Sino-American Cooperation U.S. Ambassador to China in World War II” Cosponsored with Asia Society. Cosponsored with China Foundation for International Strategic Studies. Washington, DC

October 28 E-mail Broadcast “Bush-Jiang Crawford Summit” Contributor: John L. Holden, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

November 16 E-mail Broadcast “The 16th Party Congress: U.S. Ambassador to China Clark T. Randt, Jr. June 12 Continuity and Incrementalism Prevail” discussed recent developments in U.S.-China Corporate Members Briefing Contributor: Joseph Fewsmith, relations with National Committee corporate Speaker: The Hon. Clark T. Randt, Jr., Boston University. members. U.S. Ambassador to China. December 3 September 25 AOL Time Warner Interns Conference Panel Discussion “China in Transition: “Youthful Voices: A Candid Discussion A Look Behind the Scenes” with Chinese University Students” Cosponsored with Freeman Chair in Speakers: Shen Si, Xuan Jie and China Studies, Center for Strategic and Zhou Li, Fudan University. International Studies; Asia-Pacific Moderator: Dorinda Elliott. Research Center, Stanford University; Carnegie Endowment for December 5 International Peace. Annual Members Program Washington, DC Members Address “China and the Future of October 8 U.S.-China Relations” Panel Discussion The Hon. Richard N. Haass, “Three Parties, Three Views: Director, Policy Planning Staff, Cross-Strait Policy in Taiwan” U.S. Department of State. Speakers: King-yul Chang, Chinese Panel Discussion Eurasian Education Foundation; “Ideas to Improve U.S.-China Relations” Bi-khim Hsiao, Legislative Yuan; Panelists: Thomas J. Christensen, Da-nien Liu, Chung-hua Institution for Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Economic Research; and Raymond Rui- Charles J. Conroy, Milbank, Tweed, kuo Wu, Fu-Jen Catholic University. Hadley & McCloy, LLP; Jamie Horsley, China Law Center, Yale Law School; October 9 John Thomas Kamm, The Dui Hua Conference Foundation; David M. Lampton, Johns “Taiwan and U.S. Policy: Toward Hopkins University School of Advanced Stability or Crisis?” International Studies; and James R. Sasser, Cosponsored with Asia-Pacific Research former U.S. Ambassador to China. Center, Stanford University; Carnegie Moderator: Carla A. Hills. Endowment for International Peace; and Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies. Washington, DC

24 G OVERNANCE AND M EMBERSHIP

he 76th Meeting of the Board At the 76th session of the Board, of Directors was held in New Edward T. Cloonan was appointed as an T York City on December 6, interim Director in the Class of 2003. 2002. The 36th Annual Members’ Also at the 76th session, the following Meeting was held on December 5, 2002. were elected officers of the Committee: Members present (or by proxy) elected Carla A. Hills, chair; William M. Daley, the Board Class of 2005. Lee H. Hamilton, Maurice R. Greenberg, William R. Rhodes, J. 2005 Stapleton Roy, James R. Sasser, vice Michael H. Armacost chairmen; Herbert J. Hansell, treasurer; Dennis C. Blair Kathryn D. Christopherson, secretary; Gerald R. Ford and John L. Holden, president. John Foster At-large Board Members Michael William E. Frenzel H. Armacost, Dennis C. Blair, Thomas J. David R. Gergen Christensen, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Maurice R. Greenberg William E. Frenzel, Thomas H. Kean, Lee H. Hamilton Geraldine S. Kunstadter, David M. Robert A. Levinson Lampton, Nicholas R. Lardy, Robert A. D. Bruce McMahan Levinson, D. Bruce McMahan, Robert S. Robert S. McNamara McNamara, Douglas P. Murray, and Kevin J. O’Brien Joseph W. Prueher, joined the officers James R. Sasser to comprise the Executive Committee. Nicholas V. Scheele Herbert J. Hansell was appointed Nancy Bernkopf Tucker chairman of the Audit Committee; Carla I. Peter Wolff A. Hills, chair of the Compensation Committee; Peter F. Geithner and Ten Directors left the Board through D. Bruce McMahan, co-chairmen of the rotation or retirement as of December 5, Development Committee; Kathryn D. 2002: Gareth C. C. Chang, Barbara H. Christopherson, chairman of the Franklin, Peter F. Geithner, Sam Gibbons, Membership-Nominating Committee; Henry Luce III, David A. Jones, Virginia David M. Lampton, chairman of the Kamsky, Elizabeth S. MacMillan, Program Committee; Carla A. Hills, Elizabeth J. Perry and Ezra F. Vogel. chair of the Strategy Committee; and James R. Sasser, chairman of the Government Relations Committee.

25 F INANCES New York Stock Exchange, Inc. The News Corporation Nike, Inc. PepsiCo, Inc. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Benefactors Barbara Franklin Enterprises he activities of the National The Blackstone Group L.P. Committee are made possible The Boeing Company T by the support of U.S. Chevron Corporation government agencies, particularly the Contigroup Companies Inc. United States Department of State Dow Chemical Company and United States Department of ExxonMobil Corporation Education, foundations, business firms, Foamex International, Inc. Members and friends. This support General Motors Corporation enables the Committee to maintain Hills & Company service to the public at large and to Johnson & Johnson undertake exchanges and special Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue programs that contribute to the Kamsky Associates, Inc. advancement of knowledge and Marriott International Inc. strengthening of relationships on Marsh & McClennan Companies both sides of the Pacific. McKinsey & Company, Inc. We are indebted to those who Morgan Stanley made financial contributions during Pfizer, Inc. FY 2002 and to the many individuals The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. who gave so much of their time, Sullivan & Cromwell creativity and in-kind assistance. Toy Industry Association, Inc. Financial contributors are listed Triarc Companies, Inc. below and on succeeding pages. Watson Wyatt Worldwide

MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS Patrons AND GRANTS TO THE American Express Company NATIONAL COMMITTEE FedEx Corporation Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office CONTRIBUTORS Hong Kong Trade Development Council HSBC USA Inc. Leaders J. Walter Thompson Company American International Group, Inc. Kekst & Company AOL Time Warner Inc. KPMG Peat Marwick Archer Daniels Midland Company Levcor International, Inc. Argent Financial Group Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy BP Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Citigroup Inc. O’Melveny & Myers, LLP The Coca-Cola Company Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Computer Associates International, Inc. Philip Morris Companies Ford Motor Company United Technologies Corporation Frank Russell Company Waste Management, Inc. General Cologne Re Goldman, Sachs & Co. Associates J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Ernst & Young LLP Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. Praxair, Inc. New York Life Insurance Company Sit Investment Associates, Inc.

26 Other David A. Jones, Jr. Alliance Capital Management LP Virginia Kamsky The Artley Group, Ltd. Geraldine S. Kunstadter AutoNation, Inc. David M. Lampton Dana Corporation Henry C. K. Liu GC3 & Associates International Elizabeth S. MacMillan LLC William F. Miller Thomas R. Pickering FOUNDATIONS AND David Rockefeller SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS Henry P. Sailer James R. Sasser The Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson Matthew J. Stover Foundation Christopher J. Szymanski America-China Society John C. Whitehead Jeanne Badeau Barnett Trust Mrs. Charles W. Yost C. E. and S. Foundation Inc. The Ford Foundation Patrons The Freeman Foundation Charles W. and Ann C. Bailey Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Gareth C. C. Chang The Jeanne and Herbert Hansell Lee Cullum Fund Martin S. Feldstein The Henry Luce Foundation Harry Harding The Huang Hsing Foundation, Inc. Richard A. Herold Jeremiah Charitable Trust Jack D. Hidary The Kettering Foundation Merit E. Janow Albert Kunstadter Family David E. Jeremiah Foundation Thomas H. Kean The LWH Family Foundation Winston and Bette Bao Lord National League of Cities June Mei The Paturick Foundation, Inc. Douglas P. Murray Smith Richardson Foundation Dorothy H. Osborn United States Department of Dorothy Rostov Education J. Stapleton Roy United States Department of State Richard J. Schager, Jr. Wang Yu Fa Foundation Carl F. Stover WEM Foundation Donald J. Swanz Harold Wolchok INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS Sponsors Benefactors Andrew J. Andreasen Caroline L. Ahmanson Peter H. Antoniou Michael H. Armacost William Armbruster Norton Belknap Nancy Kassebaum Baker Shirley Temple Black I. Allen Barber II W. Michael Blumenthal Jeanne B. Barnett Brian T. Chang Suzanne Reynolds Bennison Kathryn D. Christopherson Lucy Wilson Benson Jerome A. Cohen William Block Barber B. Conable, Jr. Peggy Blumenthal William M. Daley P. Richard Bohr Barbara H. Franklin Carol Borut Bates Gill Donald J. Borut Herbert J. Hansell John Brademas Loren W. Hershey Robert P. Brannigan John L. Holden J. Alan Brewster

27 David D. Buck Terrill E. Lautz Mary Brown Bullock Damon Lawrence Janet A. Cady Stanley B. and Judith Lubman Winberg Chai LaRue R. Lutkins Frank Ching Richard W. Lyman Bob L. Ching John T. Ma Thomas J. Christensen Edward S. Ma Joan Lebold Cohen Melanie Frances Manion Ralph A. Cossa Francis George Martin Charles T. Cross G. Eugene Martin Deborah Davis James Martinsen William A. Delano William C. McCahill, Jr. Yong Deng Tun-Hsu McCoy David B. H. Denoon Adrienne Medawar Katha Diddel Michael M. Mihm Leigh-Wai Doo W Mitchell William F. Dorrill Kathryn Mohrman Harold L. Enarson Michael W. Murtaugh John R. Evans Robert L. Nichols Nicholas W. Fels Peter D. Nickerson Charles C. Foster Kevin J. O’Brien William E. Frenzel Lois Oksenberg Gloria Garfinkel Michael J. O’Neill Barry Garfinkel Roberta and Charles Paturick Peter F. Geithner Dwight H. Perkins David R. Gergen Christopher H. Phillips William H. Gleysteen, Jr. Steven E. Phillips Sidney J. Gluck Nancy T. Pickford George J. Green David W. Plant David Gries Jonathan D. Pollack Ann M. Grossman Gerard A. Postiglione Lee H. Hamilton Joseph W. Prueher Rupert J. Hammond-Chambers Julie Reinganum Arthur A. Hartman William R. Richardson Richard G. Heggie Thomas W. Robinson A. Elgin Heinz Lester Ross Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Martha A. Rubin Ruth G. Hinerfeld William R. Schultz Frederick W. Hong Brent Scowcroft Jamie P. Horsley Mervyn W. Adams Seldon Chun-tu Hsueh Jeffrey A. Smith Lyric Hughes Scott Snyder Betty Lou Hummel Carl J. Spector Mary Ann Hurst Mrs. Carl W. Stern Bobby R. Inman Jeremy J. Stone Alastair Iain Johnston Leslie Stone Sidney R. Jones Patricia Stranahan Debra Kam Roger W. Sullivan John Thomas Kamm David S. Tappan, Jr. Irving J. Karp Fred S. Teng William C. Kirby Harry E.T. Thayer Donald W. Klein Stephen C. Thomas Elizabeth D. Knup John C. Thomson John A. and Nancy H. Koltes Seymour Topping John D. Langlois, Jr. Nancy Bernkopf Tucker

28 Ezra F. Vogel William W. Scranton Richard L. Walker Mark L. Sheldon John A. Wallace Mark Sidel Charles Pei Wang William M. Speidel Leon J. Weil David Rich Staats Rebecca Weiner Edward S. Steinfeld Roy A. Werner Gerald Stryker Lewis M. Weston Phillips Talbot Margaret C. Whitman Richard L. Thornburgh Laurence F. Whittemore Jan C. Ting Richard L. Williams Ann Scott Tyson S. B. Woo Guy Vander Jagt Donald E. Woodward David W. Vikner John Young Kung-Lee Wang William H. Yu Wan-go H. C. Weng Renqiu Yu Tyrene White Donald S. Zagoria Miss Fay Willey Margaret S. Wilson Members Daniel B. and Guowei Wright * Donald Anderson Louise C. Yang L. Desaix Anderson Madeleine Zelin David M. Bachman David S. Zweig Carol Edler Baumann Richard Belsky Other Contributors Robert L. Bernstein Albert E. Dien Catherine Cameron Thomas C. Gettelfinger J. Chester Cheng Carol A. Giacomo Gaye Christoffersen Frank Kehl J. Donald Cohon, Jr. Dorothy A. Moore William J. Cunningham Donald J. Senese Lawrence Daks Ronald Suleski Albert Feuerwerker Molly Read Woo Alan Geyer Kelly T. Zagrzebski Bonnie S. Glaser Melvyn C. Goldstein John T. Goodhue * A. Doak Barnett Memorial Fund Donna M. Guenther James T. Harris Franklin W. Houn Michael H. Hunt William M. Kupec Tovah LaDier Chris R. Lanzit Gloria A. Levien Laurence J. C. Ma John S. Major Michael A. McDevitt Richard D. Nethercut Virginia L. P’an Walter E. Parham Sheridan T. Prasso Hector P. Prud’homme Carl Riskin Daniel H. Rosen William M. Roth

29 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION September 30 2002 2001 ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,813,820 $ 1,381,616 Investments -- -- Grants and contributions receivable, current portion 249,544 269,748 Other receivables 13,156 15,533 Program advances, exchanges and other assets 12,600 33,166 Grants and contributions receivable, long-term portion -- -- Security deposits 4,613 4,613 Fixed assets, net 60,093 76,784

TOTAL ASSETS $ 2,153,826 $ 1,781,460

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Accounts payable and sundry liabilities $ 118,342 $ 35,411 Refundable advances -- 866,100 Deferred rent 40,568 51,895 TOTAL LIABILITIES 158,910 953,406

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted 778,374 388,025 Temporarily restricted 1,216,542 440,029 TOTAL NET ASSETS 1,994,916 828,054

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 2,153,826 $ 1,781,460

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 Totals Temporarily Unrestricted Restricted 2002 2001

REVENUES: U.S. Government grants $ -- $ 461,874 $ 461,874 $ 383,193 Contributions 179,868 1,676,243 1,856,111 597,016 Special events (net) 950,308 -- 950,308 -- Investment income and other 148,273 1,300 149,573 102,555 Net assets released from restriction 1,362,904 (1,362,904) -- -- TOTAL REVENUES 2,641,353 776,513 3,417,866 1,082,764

EXPENSES: Programs 1,654,081 -- 1,654,081 1,389,656 Management and administration 522,594 -- 522,594 487,264 Fund-raising 74,329 -- 74,329 129,059 TOTAL EXPENSES 2,251,004 -- 2,251,004 2,005,979

Change in net assets 390,349 776,513 1,166,862 (923,215) Net assets beginning of year 388,025 440,029 828,054 1,751,269

Net assets end of year $ 778,374 $ 1,216,542 $ 1,994,916 $ 828,054

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

30 S TAFF 2002

President John L. Holden

Vice President Jan Carol Berris

Vice President for Administration and Development Rosalind Daly

Senior Director for Education Programs Margot E. Landman

Director, Corporate and Public Programs Anne Phelan

Senior Program Officers Shenyu Belsky Sean Molloy

Program Officer Kathryn Gonnerman

Program Assistant Sara Bush Charles Donohoe

Associate for Logistics Kimberly Catucci

Administrative Manager Daya Martin

Administrative Assistant Meredith Champlin Anne Wang

IT Manager Guy Kimboko

Accountant Barbara Reiter

Interns Mae-Lee Browning Peter Mackenzie Nicholas Sheets Allie Vining Ting Wang

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