U.S.-China 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 Yang Jiechi 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 Taiwan on a USCPF organized trip to observe the March 20, 2004 presidential election. The USCPF led American Teachers Delegation with Chinese teachers and Principal Zhang 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.