From September 8th to 13th, 2014, Professor Jia Qingguo, Dean of School of International Studies, Peking University and Director of Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding (formerly known as Institute for China-U.S. People-to-People Exchange) led the 45th panel of experts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to visit Washington DC and New York. Associate Professor Yu Tiejun from School of International Studies, Peking University, Wang Dong, Deputy Secretary-General of American Studies Center and Wu Yibo, the Third Secretary of Department of North America and the Oceania of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs joined the visit.
During its visit to the U.S., the delegation visited several governmental bodies such as the U.S. Department of State and Department of Defence, the Senate, and the Brookings Institution, Council on Foreign Affairs, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Center for American Progress, Stimson Center, Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR), the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, U.S.-China Business Council, the Henry Luce Foundation, Committee of 100, Madeleine Albright Stonebridge Group, Armitage International Consultation Co., Ltd, Asia Group and some famous think tanks, universities and non-governmental organizations. The delegation has deep communications with officials, former politicians and experts and scholars on important topics such as China-U.S. relations, midterm election of the U.S. and “Xi Jinping-Obama Meeting”. At the same time, the delegation also participated in the meet-and-greet with New York Times, Bloomberg, the New Yorker and some mainstream media of the U.S. and some businessmen of the US organized by National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR), and introduced China’s stance and policies on various issues concerned by the U.S. The meet-and-greet allowed both parties to exchanges views, enhance trust and clear doubts.
Group photo of the delegation with Susan Thornton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of the U.S. Department of State
Group photo of the delegation with Armitage, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Group photo of the delegation with Campbell, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
During the visit, the delegation met with many incumbent and former officials and politicians, including Susan Thornton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of the U.S. Department of State in charge of East Asia affairs, David Helvey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence of the U.S. Department of State in charge of East Asia affairs and Drew Thompson, Director of the China-Inner Mongolia Office, Richard Armitage, Chairman of the Armitage International Consultation Co., Ltd and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Rudy deLeon , Vice President of Center for American Progress and former Deputy Secretary of Defence and Kurt Campbell, President of Asia Group and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State in charge of East Asia affairs. The delegation also met with Ken Lieberthal and Jeff Bader, Senior Researchers of the Brookings Institution and former Senior Directors of the U.S. National Security Council in charge of Asia affairs, Li Cheng, Director of John L. Thornton China Center, Jonathan Pollack, Senior Research of the Brookings Institution, Richard Bush, Director of Institute of East Asia Studies of the Brookings Institution, Douglas Paal, Vice President of Carnegie Endowment for international Peace, Melaine Hart, Manager of New Energy and China Policy project of Center for American Progress, Brian Harding, Manager of the Southeast Asia project, Randy Shriver, Vice President of Armitage International Consultation Co., Ltd and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in charge of East Asia affairs, Nirav Patel, CEO of Asia Group and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in charge of South Asia affairs, Stephen Orlins, Chairman of the National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR), Clarence Kwan, Chairman of the Committee of 100, Scott Snyder, Senior Research of Council on Foreign Affairs, John Frisbie, Chairman of U.S.-China Business Council, Alan Rombery, Director of Asia project of Stimson Center and former Deputy Spokesman of the U.S. Department of State, Professor David Lampton, Director of Johns Hopkins University Center of China Studies, Adam Tanga, Co-chair of U.S.-China Workgroup of the Senate and Senior Assistant of Senator Mazie Hirono, John Young, President of Pfizer Group, Edmund Lee, Vice President of AIG and Joseph Kahn, Editor-in-Chief of New York Times International Edition.
On September 11, the delegation left for New York. When in New York, the delegation the round-table conference jointly held by the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and Henry Luce Foundation, and exchanged views and opinions with Dr. George Schwab, Chairman of the Committee, Professor Donald Zagoria, Senior Vice-chairman, Evans Revere, Senior Consultant of Madeleine Albright Stonebridge Consultation Group, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Professor Gerald Curtis from Columbia University, Madam Helena Kolenda, Director of Asia project of the Henry Luce Foundation on some important issues such as the current and future China-US relations and East Asia security. After that, the delegation also communicated and exchanged views with Elizabeth Economy, Director of Council on Foreign Relations Asia Center and others.
During the visit, the delegation also visited the Chinese Embassy and Consulate in the United States and was warmed welcomed and received by local staff in the Embassy and Consulate. On behalf of Cui Tiankai, Chinese Ambassador to the US, Lu Kang, Envoy in the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. met with Dean Jia Qinguo and the delegation. Ambassador Liu Jieyi and his wife, Ambassador Zhang Qiyue, Permanent Representatives of China to the United Nations, and Cheng Lei, Deputy Consulate General of Chinese Consulate in New York, met with the delegation. On September 14, the delegation returned to Beijing after the fruitful and intense trip, successfully completing the foreign visit mission assigned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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