2016 Summer China Seminar

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US Embassy Beijing ...... 3 Lenovo ...………………………………………………………………………………………..5 Ericsson Communications ...... 6 PricewaterhouseCoopers Beijing ...... 8 General Motors ...... 9 China Merchant Services (CMS) ...... 10 American Chamber of Commerce ...... 11 American Education Center ...... 12

US Embassy Beijing

The new U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, is a safe, secure, and functional state-of-the- art facility. The Beijing New Embassy Compound (NEC) is the second largest overseas construction project in the history of the Department of State.

The multi-building complex is on a 10-acre (4-hectare) site, creating a secure and pleasant environment for approximately 950 employees. The NEC buildings represent the best in modern American architecture, while the landscape design borrows heavily from Chinese planning principles.

The NEC consists of five buildings, each with their own specific functions: an 8-story main chancery, an adjacent 3-story Atrium office building, a Marine Security Guard Quarters, a consular building, and a parking and utility structure/ancillary guard structure. The compound is located northeast of the Forbidden City in Beijing's Third Diplomatic Enclave, in the Liang Ma He neighborhood just outside the Third Ring Road.

The NEC’s buildings are modern, yet the compound is rooted in traditional Chinese forms. The buildings are separate from each other, but are all connected by narrow hutong-like walkways lined with bamboo, and are linked by a series of landscaped gardens or "outdoor rooms" that tie the complex together. The NEC includes three "neighborhoods" modeled on the urban gardens and courtyards of China: a consular neighborhood to the east end of the site, a professional neighborhood in the center, and a community neighborhood at the west end. All the neighborhoods are joined together by gardens, courtyards, wooden bridges, and a lotus pond.

The centerpiece of the embassy is the 8-story chancery building wrapped in an outer scrim of transparent, translucent, and opaque glass, floating free of the main structure. The qualities of the floating glass envelope change as light changes throughout the day. At night the glass glows like a lantern – or beacon.

The adjacent 3-story building’s atrium is designed to foster a sense of community among the staff in a safe, secure, and functional environment.

In the area in front of the consular section, the perimeter wall shifts from concrete to thick transparent glass, allowing Chinese visitors to observe the reflecting pool and American artwork. Once inside, they will step on a wooden bridge across the reflecting pool that leads to the 50-foot outdoor terrace.

The NEC represents the best of 21st Century American architecture, woven into the Chinese earth and symbolically combining eastern and western traditions. The size and scope of the U.S. mission in China reflects not only the importance of the U.S.-China bilateral relationship, but also the breadth of issues in which the two countries are engaged as this new century progresses.

Robert S. Wang assumed duty as the Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassy Beijing in January 2011. He is a career Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. Department of State. Most recently, he was a visiting fellow with the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS from September 2009 to December 2010.

Dr. Wang was deputy director of the American Institute in Taiwan from August 2006 to September 2009. He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1984 and served abroad in Tokyo (1985–1987), Hong Kong (1987–1990), Shanghai (1994–1997), Singapore (1997–2000), and Beijing (2001–2005). He also served as Cambodia desk officer at the Department of State in Washington, D.C. (1991–1993).

Dr. Wang attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University (2000–2001) and was the State Department's diplomat in residence at the University of California, Los Angeles (2005–2006). He earned his Ph.D. in political science at the University of Iowa. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, he taught international relations at Whittier College in California (1977–1984).

Source: http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/index.html

Lenovo (聯想集團)

Lenovo was founded by a group of engineers from the Institute of Computing Technology at the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing in 1984 with RMB 200,000. Since its humble beginnings, Lenovo has grown to become a major player in the global personal computer market capturing over 16% of total market share while driving revenues upwards of $34 billion in 2013, much of which has materialized in the last decade. Much of this success has been driven by Lenovo’s acquisition of key businesses from IBM in recent years, the first of which was IBM’s personal computer business in 2005 for roughly $1.75 billion (taking all concessions into account) and most recently having purchased IBM’s Intel- based server lines in the beginning of 2014. This is a continuation of Lenovo’s initiative to become a greater player in the global computing industry following additional acquisitions of firms in Brazil, Germany, India, and the USA. The most recent acquisition is the purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.91 billion in January of 2014 in an attempt to enter the U.S. smartphone market. Lenovo is active in a handful of computing markets worldwide, including smartphones, tablets, smart televisions, personal and business computing and servers. The firm employs over 33,000 people and is aimed at expanding further into emerging markets, such as those found in South America and Africa.

Ericsson

Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and related services to mobile and fixed network operators globally. Over 1,000 networks in 140 countries utilize Ericsson’s network equipment and 40 percent of all mobile calls are made through their systems. They are one of the few companies worldwide that can offer end- to-end solutions for all major mobile communication standards.

Through their Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications joint venture they offer a range of mobile devices, including those supporting multimedia applications and other services allowing richer communication.

Ericsson invests heavily in R&D and actively promotes open standards and systems. Also it reflects an ongoing commitment to technological leadership, with one of the industry's most comprehensive intellectual property portfolio containing over 20,000 patents.

Ericsson origins date back to 1876. From the opening of his repair shop for telegraph equipment in 1876, Lars Magnus Ericsson envisioned the great potential of phones, and also saw the need to improve the technical quality.

Ericsson contributed to making Stockholm the world's most telephone dense city by the late 1800s. Ever since, it has been Ericsson's firm conviction that communication is a basic human need. Ericsson is the only company in the world offering systems for all major mobile communication standards, actively promoting standardization and open systems.

Follow the amazing story in which Ericsson starts off by repairing foreign-made telephones but soon starts making and selling his own telephones, then a few years later forms an agreement to supply telephones and switchboards to Sweden's first telecom operating company, Stockholms Allmänna Telefonaktiebolag.

That was only the beginning of Ericsson’s achievements in the area of telecommunications. L M Ericsson's repair shop is now a worldwide telecom supplier. Some periods have been characterized by struggles, economic crises, or conflict such as the Second World War. You will read about the first automatic switching system, the very popular all in one telephone set known as the Cobra, the revolutionary computer controlled-switch AXE, launched in 1975 and the mobile telephone breakthrough that has led to today's high-speed communication with UMTS technology.

Ericsson offers a complete portfolio of IP solutions, as well as system integration and support for network operators and service providers.

Ericsson had already established a presence in China in the early 1890s through the telephone sales of Gustaf Öberg in Shanghai. Orders increased after the turn of the century when Öberg became president of a telephone operating company in the city. In

1913, Ericsson supplied equipment for a telephone station in Guangzhou (Canton). A few years later, the company also hoped to win the telephone concession in the city, but World War I put a stop to these plans. Attempts were made again after the war but without success.

Many years would pass before Ericsson established operations in China. After the birth of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and until the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, the market was closed to Ericsson. In the late 1970s, however, the ruling Communist Party slowly began to open the enormous country to foreign companies.

At this time, Ericsson began sales of AXE stations to China. In 1985, the first representation office was opened in Beijing, and two years later, China signed what was its largest-ever telecom contract at the time for 200,000 lines of AXE.

But it was only in 1994, when Ericsson established its local company, Ericsson China Ltd, that things really took off. Just three years later, China was Ericsson's largest market with respect to order bookings.

Ericsson has several joint venture companies in China, including production companies, since the Chinese government demands local manufacturing. One important company is Nanjing Ericsson Communication Company Ltd., which was established with the electronics manufacturer Nanjing Panda Electronics. Nanjing Ericsson's accomplishments include the launch of an inexpensive mobile phone under the Panda brand that was specially developed for the Chinese market.

Ericsson has also invested heavily in research and training in China, which not only has its own benefits, but also provides a competitive advantage. In Shanghai, the Ericsson Communication Software Research and Development Center was established in 1997. In the same year, the Ericsson China Academy was founded in Beijing. Some 30 students are admitted each year for a two-year part-time program leading to a Master's Degree in business administration with a focus on infocom companies. Ericsson's training center in Beijing also offers shorter courses for Ericsson employees and customers.

Ericsson is assisting China in the transition from the existing digital mobile network to third-generation mobile systems. In 1999, Ericsson and the China Academy of Telecommunications Technology opened a research and development center for WCDMA technology. Together with the Beijing Institute of Technology, Ericsson has also opened a research center for mobile communication.

Ericsson is particularly strong in mobile communications in China, capturing nearly half the market share for mobile systems. With respect to fixed networks, the company's market share is about ten percent.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS

PricewaterhouseCoopers was formed by the merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand. More than 140,000 people are employed within 152 countries. PricewaterhouseCoopers provides a full range of business advisory services to leading global, national and local companies as well as public institutions. The services include audit, accounting and tax advice; management, information technology and human resource consulting; financial advisory services including mergers & acquisitions, business recovery, project finance and litigation support; business process outsourcing services; and legal advice through a global network of affiliated law firms.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is the only global professional services organization with a unified global leadership structure that allows them to invest and assemble resources as they are needed, which encourages the development of individuals with a broad overview of the marketplace and understanding their own industries and markets.

With a focus on world-class knowledge management, PricewaterhouseCoopers tackles the collective power of a globally dispersed workforce to bring value to clients. They create bi-directional knowledge among their people, clients and business associates. They are focused on capturing national and cultural differences and adapting their services to clients’ local customs and work styles. A good example is the high-quality audit and accounting services they provide to companies headquartered in critical emerging markets around the world. Also PricewaterhouseCoopers intends to be the leading professional service organization in Russia, the Former Soviet Union, India, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Latin America.

PricewaterhouseCoopers will deliver industry expertise to some 22 market sectors and group these market sectors into five clusters consistent with effective delivery to the marketplace: Consumer and Industrial products, Energy and Mining, Financial Services, Service Industries, and Technology Info-Com and Entertainment. They have developed multi-disciplined teams to work with clients in these sectors – teams with extensive industry knowledge and experience.

Another aim of PricewaterhouseCoopers is to become an employer of choice, known for its commitment to work/life effectiveness. They will continue and expand initiatives already in place, such as telecommuting, flexible work arrangements and paid parental leave, and develop new ones, including unpaid leaves of absence up to six months with a job guarantee and paid sick time for emergency care of immediate family.

PricewaterhouseCoopers branch in China is located in Beijing.

General Motors

The company was first founded on September 16, 1908, in Flint, Michigan, as a holding company for Buick, then controlled by William C. Durant. GM's co-founder was Charles Stewart Mott, whose carriage company was merged into Buick prior to GM's creation. Over the years Mott became the largest single stockholder in GM and spent his life working with his Mott Foundation that has benefited the city of Flint, his adopted home. It acquired Oldsmobile later that year. In 1909, Durant brought in Cadillac, Elmore, Oakland and several others. Also in 1909, GM acquired the Reliance Motor Truck Company of Owosso, Michigan, and the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company of Pontiac, Michigan, the predecessors of GMC Truck. Durant lost control of GM in 1910 to a bankers' trust, because of the large amount of debt taken on in its acquisitions coupled with a collapse in new vehicle sales.

The next year, Durant started the Chevrolet Motor Car Company and through this he secretly purchased a controlling interest in GM. Durant took back control of the company after one of the most dramatic proxy wars in American business history. Durant then reorganized General Motors Company into General Motors Corporation in 1916. Shortly after, he again lost control, this time for good, after the new vehicle market collapsed. Alfred P. Sloan was picked to take charge of the corporation and led it to its post-war global dominance. This unprecedented growth of GM would last into the early 1980s, when it employed 349,000 workers and operated 150 assembly plants.

GM led global sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker. In 2008 and 2009, GM has ranked as the second largest global automaker by sales.[

Fostering Global Partnerships and Consumer Relationships GM is the majority shareholder in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea, and has product, power train and purchasing collaborations with Suzuki Motor Corp. and Isuzu Motors Ltd. of Japan. GM also has advanced technology collaborations with Chrysler LLC, Daimler AG, BMW AG and Toyota Motor Corp. and vehicle manufacturing ventures with several automakers around the world, including Toyota, Suzuki, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. of China, AVTOVAZ of Russia and Renault SA of France.

The Global Reach of GM Parts and Accessories Genuine GM Parts and accessories are sold under the GM, GM Performance Parts, GM Goodwrench and ACDelco brands through GM Service and Parts Operations, which supplies GM dealerships and distributors worldwide. GM engines and transmissions are marketed through GM Powertrain.

China Merchant Services (CMS)

CMS (China Merchant Services) uses expertise in smart cards to digitize merchant benefits, deploys technology to manage transactions and gather that data. They feed this activity back into a CRM system where finance, operations and marketing teams can review performance. By helping businesses visualize their transaction data and customer habits CMS solutions drive customer retention and increased profits. The CMS platform serves the hospitality, retail, education, event, and facility markets. It is coupled with an easy to use bilingual product interface. Their SaaS pricing model as this is still new and very innovative in China.

Mike founded CMS in 2009 in the hopes of replacing the business school experience he was abandoning to stay in China with a wonderful girl he had recently met (and with whom he has since settled down with.) Prior to CMS he led a team of thirteen sales, marketing, and project managers as Global Sales & Marketing Director at Blue Bamboo, an international payments company based in Shanghai. The term "led" is used loosely as the library of mistakes he made as 28 year-old foreign manager in China is extensive and continues to guide him in his follow-on projects. Mike began his career at Advanced Micro Devices in technical marketing covering the U.S, Greater China, and Southeast Asia. Working in Silicon Valley, seeing the bubble at its peak and watching it burst was a very humbling experience early in his career. Mike holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees in Applied Physics from Cornell University.

American Chamber of Commerce

The American Chamber of Commerce in the People's Republic of China (AmCham- China) is a non-profit organization which represents US companies and individuals doing business in China.

AmCham-China's membership comprises more than 2,600 individuals from over 1,200 companies.

It has more than 40 industry- and issue-specific forums and committees, offers unique services such as the Business Visa Program, holds a wide range of networking and informational events, and meets with US and Chinese officials to discuss challenges and opportunities facing US firms doing business in China.

The Chamber's mission is to help American companies succeed in China through advocacy, information, networking and business support services.

AmCham-China is a member-led organization. Members of AmCham-China's Board of Governors are elected on an annual basis by AmCham-China members with voting rights.

AmCham-China has a long history of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and giving back to communities around China, and in 2010 the organization successfully expanded its efforts by organizing events in every chamber Chapter. Beijing and Tianjin each have years of charity events under their belts and now recently organized Chapters in Central China and Dalian have completed initiatives. In both cases, the events were the first of their kind ever organized by a foreign business community in that location.

In 2013 and beyond, AmCham-China remains committed to contributing to the sustainable development of the communities and to the positive development of Chinese peoples and society.

American Education Center

American Education Center has been authorized by the US-China High Education Alliance to promote education in China and the United States. They possess ten learning centers and have a presence in more than 30 top and major universities throughout China.

American Education Center, which was established in 1999 at the World Trade Center in New York City, and is devoted to international education exchange and education alliances.

AEC aims to provide marketing and consulting services to targeted education institutions in USA and China. Go-China Center offers educational institutions, education companies, organizations, and individuals reliable, high-quality, and cost-effective consulting services for various purposes. AEC services include education development, market development, market intelligence, educational sectors analysis, and channel development on a global scale, as well as sales assistance for education institutions and companies in the China market.