U.S.- Policy Foundation in pictures

Celebrating Our 20th Anniversary

Ambassador James Sasser and then Vice President Xi Jinping at a welcome luncheon co-hosted by USCPF in February 2012.

A glimpse into the U.S.-China Policy Foundation’s history, activities, and work for the improvement of U.S.-China Relations.

About the U.S.-China Policy Foundation

The United States-China Policy Foundation (USCPF) is a 501(c)(3) non-partisan, non-profit, non-advocacy organization that promotes a greater understanding between policymakers, government officials, and researchers in the United States and China. The USCPF is the first and only public educational organization in the nation’s capital devoted exclusively to improving U.S.-China policy. In pursuit of this goal, the USCPF provides opportunities for students, researchers, and practitioners of foreign policy to interact in more diverse and substantial ways and seeks to inform the public through its publications and programs. The Foundation’s operational funds come exclusively from private donations. Prominent officials, distinguished scholars, and leading citizens comprise the organization’s governing board. The Foundation’s headquarters are located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. As a research-oriented organization, the Foundation undertakes the following activities to fulfill its educational mission:

COORDINATING research efforts on topics and issues related to U.S.- China policy

ORGANIZING exchanges and visits between specialists on U.S.-China relations, policymakers, and officials from both nations

FACILITATING opportunities for discussion between U.S. policymakers and senior Chinese leaders in an unofficial capacity

EDUCATING bright, young college graduates on U.S.-China policy and helping them pursue their professional aspirations

ACTING as a focal point for an informal network of American China specialists and Chinese America specialists

PROVIDING free consultative services to American scholars and policymakers on various U.S.-China policy issues

SUGGESTING or furnishing experts with information on issues related to U.S.-China policy

PROMOTING the development of China studies in U.S. institutions of higher education

MAINTAINING a collection of scholarly work and articles for research purposes

HOSTING seminars and conferences on issues related to U.S.-China relations

For more information, please visit the U.S.-China Policy Foundation’s website: www.uscpf.org An Introduction to the U.S.-China Policy Foundation

The founding members of USCPF in 1997.

The U.S.-China Policy Foundation was founded by Ambassadors John Holdridge, Arthur Hummel Jr., Charles W. Freeman Jr., and Dr. Chi Wang in 1995 to enhance the policymaking dialogue between the U.S. and China as well as further the understanding of China in the United States. All four founders have made enormous contributions to the establishment and growth of U.S.-China relations.

USCPF has worked for 20 years to improve mutual understanding and facilitate meaningful dialogue and exchange between the people of China and the United States.

The Foundation’s President, Dr. Chi Wang, has played a leading role in fostering improved economic, cultural, and political relations between the United States and China for more than 40 years. He has met frequently with noted Chinese and American leaders and officials over this period, and today the Foundation maintains strong ties with key figures in the U.S. and Chinese government, academic, and business communities. In 1992, he worked to help China achieve “Most Favored Nation” trade status. Dr. Wang worked in the Library of Congress Chinese and Korean Section for 47 years, and was the first Chinese American sent to China by the Library of Congress, State Department, and White House to participate in an official U.S.-China book and cultural exchange during the early years of the normalization of the Sino-U.S. relationship.

Ambassador John Holdridge traveled to China alongside then National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger as part of the secret trip in 1971 and assisted in drafting the Shanghai Communiqué in 1972. The Communiqué helped pave the way to establishing a diplomatic relationship with China in 1979. Ambassador Holdridge also served as U.S. Ambassador to Singapore and Indonesia, as well as Assistant Secretary for East Asia.

Ambassador Arthur Hummel Jr. was born and grew up in China. A child of Christian missionaries, he developed a deep knowledge of China and a passion for the country that led him to serve as the second U.S. Ambassador to China in 1981-1985. He also contributed to the aforementioned Shanghai Communiqué in 1972.

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman Jr. served as a the principal interpreter on President Nixon’s first trip to China in 1972. He later served as the Director of the China Desk and the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989-1992, as well as the Assistant Secretary for Defense for International Security.

All four founders were pioneers in developing U.S. China policy during the establishment of formal Sino-U.S. relations. A History of U.S.-China Relations

Dr. Chi Wang with former United States Ambassador to China Arthur Hummel in the latter’s office in Beijing in 1981.

Dr. Wang meets with the late Qiao Shi, former Chairman of the National People’s Congress in Beijing in 1996. Members of a 1997 delegation to Beijing commemorate the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Shanghai Communiqué. (Pictured: Front, 3rd from left: Marshall Green, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs; 4th: Dr. Wang; 6th: Barber Conable Jr., former Chairman of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations; 8th: Ambassador Arthur W. Hummel, USCPF Board Member; 9th: David Lampton. Back, 4th from left: former Secretary of Defense Robert MacNamara.)

Dr. Wang was invited to visit South Korea and discuss the future of U.S., China, and Korea relations. Dr. Wang is pictured here alongside South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan and Mrs. Chun at their house in Seoul in 1998. Dr. Wang meets with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 2000.

Dr. Wang meets with then-President Jiang Zemin at a luncheon co-hosted by the USCPF in New York City in 2000. USCPF holds a breakfast meeting on Capitol Hill during the visit of the first Chinese wheat delegation to the United States in 2000 for senior Chinese officials to meet with Members of Congress and discuss bilateral trade. Pictured above are Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle (D-SD) and Sun Zhengyu, Chinese then Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. This visit facilitated the first shipment of American wheat to China, subsequently endorsing China’s entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001. Senator Tom Daschle, USCPF board member and former president of the U.S.- China Business Council Donald M. Anderson, Sun Zhengyu, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Nancy Patton, a board-member of USCPF, at a meeting for the Chinese wheat delegation and Members of Congress in 2000.

USCPF participates in a security studies delegation to China in 2004. USCPF has a long history of building US China military relations. Pictured (left to right): Andrew Morentz, USCPF staff; General Gong Xianfu, Vice Chair of the Chinese Center for International and Strategic Studies; Dr. Chi Wang; General Xiong Guangkai, deputy chief of General Staff; Ambassador Charles Freeman; General Cao Gangchuan, Minister of Defense; and Admiral Dennis Blair. Members of the security studies delegation visit a showroom at the Haier Group headquarters in Qingdao, China in 2004. Pictured from left: Ambassador Charles Freeman, Dr. Chi Wang, General Gong Xianfu, and Admiral Dennis Blair.

Dr. Chi Wang meets with Premier Wen Jiabao in the Purple Light Pavilion during a 2009 conference in Beijing to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-American diplomatic relations. More than 20 Americans were invited to celebrate major contributions to bettering Sino-U.S. relations, including former President Jimmy Carter and former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. USCPF Honorary Chairman Maurice R. Greenberg and Dr. Chi Wang lead the American delegation after meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao during a 2009 conference in Beijing to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-American diplomatic relations.

Professor Wang and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a dinner co-hosted by USCPF honoring Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo during the inaugural U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, DC in 2009. Dr. Wang with former U.S. Ambassador to China Sandy Randt in 2001; Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright is in the background.

The 2014 Gala Honorees, Senator Chris Dodd (left) and Ambassador Charles W. Freeman Jr. Delegations and Panels: Facilitating Meaningful Dialogue and Exchange

Delegates from Beijing meet with USCPF board members and American scholars at a conference organized by the USCPF and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-American diplomatic relations in December 1998.

A delegation of Congressional Staff and Dr. Ernestine Wang on USCPF’s annual Policymakers Trip to China in 2000. Professor Wang and Ambassador at the 2002 USCPF Gala Dinner. Ms. Long Yongtu, then Vice Minister of Commerce, gave the keynote address to celebrate China’s recent accession to the World Trade Organization.

Dr. Ernestine Wang and U.S. Congressional staffers in on a USCPF organized trip to observe the March 20, 2004 presidential election. The USCPF led American Teachers Delegation with Chinese teachers and Principal Jinghai at Qianmen Foreign Language School in Beijing in 2006.

USCPF with a congressional staff delegation in Inner Mongolia in Spring 2009. A visiting military delegation from the Chinese Institute for International and Strategic Studies meets with faculty and students of the Naval War College in Washington, DC. USCPF hosted the CIISS delegation during their visit in November 2010. The delegation was led by Liu Dongdong, a general from Jinan in Shandong province.

Dr. Robert Sutter speaks at a USCPF Public Roundtable on “The Outlook in Taiwan” in 2011. Pictured with panelists Dr. Richard Bush, Ambassador Chas W. Freeman Jr., Bonnie Glaser, and Douglas H. Paal. In May 2012, USCPF arranged meetings for Dr. Wei Yang, President of Zhejiang University, with members of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Congress to discuss higher education issues and U.S.-China relations.

Dr. Chi Wang meets then Vice President Xi Jinping on his trip to the U.S. in 2012. Mr. Maurice Greenberg, honorary chairman of the USCPF, greeted then Vice President Xi Jinping at a welcome luncheon that USCPF co-hosted in 2012.

The head table at the USCPF luncheon in 2012 included Dr. Chi Wang (center, at head of table) and Xi Jinping (sixth from the right). Celebrating the 17th anniversary of the U.S. China Policy Foundation in 2012. From left: Ambassador Charles W. Freeman Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; J. Ambassador Stapleton Roy, former U.S. Ambassador to China and the director of the Kissinger Institute on China; Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor; Ambassador , former Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. and secretary general of Boao Forum for Asia; Larry Lee, President and Editor in Chief of China Daily USA; and Dr. Chi Wang. General Qi Jianguo escorts Dr. Chi Wang through the hall of the Bayi Building during USCPF’s visit to Beijing and Qingdao for Track II Dialogues in 2013.

Ambassador Chas Freeman, Admiral William Fallon, and Admiral Yang Junfei talk on board the Shenyang (North Sea Fleet, Qingdao Harbor). The USCPF Military Delegation visited Beijing and Qingdao for Track II dialogues in April 2013. USCPF staff and policymakers delegates with Ambassador Baucus at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing in August 2014. Dr. Yukon Huang speaks about economic issues in the Sino-U.S. relationship at a USCPF panel discussion on Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S. in September 2015. Honoring Contribution to U.S.-China Relations

Professor Wang visits Houghton Freeman and his wife Doreen at Mr. Freeman’s office at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2003. Mr. Freeman was the former chairman of the Freeman Foundation and a long-time supporter of USCPF.

Professor Chi Wang with President Bill Clinton at an event in 1997. USCPF holds a farewell luncheon for Ambassador prior to his return to China in January 1998. Pictured (from left to right) are Ambassador Li Daoyu, Ambassador John Holdridge, Dr. Chi Wang, Dr. David M. Lampton, and Douglas Murray, former president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong welcomes Maurice R. Greenberg and his wife to the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in 2007. In honor of Mr. Greenberg joining the USCPF board as Honorary Chairman, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon at the embassy attended by USCPF board members, embassy officials, and representatives from the Foundation’s sponsoring companies. USCPF co-chair Ambassador James Sasser presents Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong with a gift at a farewell luncheon held by USCPF for the Ambassador prior to his return to China in February 2010.

Dr. Chi Wang meets then Premier Wen Jiabao in New York in September 2010. USCPF President Dr. Chi Wang, USCPF Director of Programs Dr. Ernestine Wang, Ambassador Chen Naiqing, and Ambassador at USCPF’s 15th Annual Gala Dinner, 2010.

Hershey International President, Thaddeus Jastrzebski, is awarded the U.S.- China Business Leadership Award by USCPF Board Member Ambassador Stapleton Roy at the 2010 Gala Dinner. Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yesui greets U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye at the 2011 Gala Dinner.

His Excellency Zhang Yesui and the Honorable James Sasser present the International Business Leadership Award to Mr. John S. Chen, Chairman and CEO, Sybase, Inc. at the 2011 Gala Dinner. The Honorable Charles W. Freeman Jr presents the China Business Leadership Award to Dr. Zhihang Chi, Vice President and General Manager of the North America division of Air China, at the 2011 Gala Dinner.

Dr. Chi Wang, USCPF board members, and China Daily staff gather around a birthday cake celebrating China Daily’s 30th Anniversary at a luncheon hosted by USCPF in May 2011. President Hu Jintao (left) shakes hands with Dr. Chi Wang at a welcome banquet in 2011.

Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH) (left) chats with Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA) (right) at the 2012 Gala Dinner. Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski delivers the keynote remarks at USCPF’s Gala Dinner in 2012.

Representative Grace Meng speaks at the USCPF Gala Dinner in 2013. Ambassador Chas Freeman (right) presents Dr. Lien Chan with his award for service in Cross-Strait relations in 2013.

Rep. Rick Larsen speaks at USCPF’s Gala Dinner in 2013. View of the head table at the 2014 Gala Dinner.

(Left to right) Senator Dodd, Ambassador Sasser, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Thornton look through the gala program in 2014. (Left to right) Senator Chris Dodd, Mrs. Mary Sasser, Admiral Dennis Blair, Mrs. Diane Blair, and Ambassador Jim Sasser at the 2014 Gala Dinner.

Ambassador Max Baucus (center) with Professor Chi Wang (left) and Ambassador Jim Sasser (right) at a reception in the Ambassador’s honor before taking up his new post in China in 2014. Educating the Public on U.S.-China Relations

China scholars discuss China’s legal reforms with USCPF Research Associate Shannon Tiezzi on a recent episode of “China Forum.” “China Forum”, a televised panel discussion on U.S.-China relations produced by the USCPF, is broadcast on WNVC/MHz in the Washington, DC area.

The Foundation regularly publishes a number of periodicals, including the biannual Washington Journal of Modern China, a policy-oriented journal on China; The U.S.-China Policy Review, the Foundation’s newsletter outlining its activities; and the USCPF Annual Report. A selection of Dr. Chi Wang’s books Thank You to Our Sponsors

The USCPF would like to thank our longtime sponsors.

Without their generous support, our work would not be possible.

The Hershey Company Starr Foundation The Freeman Foundation Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office China Daily USA J.R. Simplot FedEx Micron United Airlines Wanxiang America China Telecom Americas Air China The Coca-Cola Company The Boeing Company New York Life This booklet was compiled and edited by Rachel Peniston. It has been prepared for information and reference purposes and is for your personal or organization use only. It is not to be reproduced or distributed without the expressed written consent of the U.S.-China Policy Foundation. The U.S.-China Policy Foundation 316 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Suite 202 Washington, DC 20003 Phone: (202) 547-8615 • Fax: (202) 547-8853 [email protected] • http://www.uscpf.org Prepared by the USCPF for non-commercial purposes.