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Xia Bin
Mr. Xia Bin is the forerunner of Chinese financial reform and the establishment of
China’s financial market. He took the position as the Director-General of the Transaction
Department of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in the
early 1990s. Prior to his current position Mr. Xia was the head of the Policy and Research Department
of the PRC where he worked on various regulations for China’s financial system during the aftermath of the
financial crisis in 1997. He has published several articles including “A Report on China’s Privately Issued
Fund” and “The Financial Conglomerate in China.”
Nelson Dong
Mr. Dong is a partner at Dorsey & Whitney, a large international law firm with years of
experience in high technology businesses in China. Mr. Dong was part of U.S. government
legal team to defend President Carter’s 1979 decision to reestablish full diplomatic relations
with China, and he is Director of the Committee of 100, a New York-based non-profit group working
on U.S.-China issues. Mr. Dong is a frequent writer and lecturer on U.S.-China relations.
Charles Freeman
Charles Freeman joined the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on April 15, 2002,
as Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative responsible for the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan,
Hong Kong, Macau and Mongolia. In April 2004, Mr. Freeman was named Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative
for China Affairs, leading USTR’s newly formed Office of China Affairs. An attorney by training, Mr. Freeman
has had a wide-ranging career, much of it engaged with Asia-Pacific business and economic development issues.
Immediately prior to joining USTR he served as legislative counsel for Senator Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK). He
has previously been the director of the Asia Foundation’s economic reform programs in China, Hong Kong and
Taiwan; before that he was the director of the International Herald Tribune’s Asia-Pacific program of
international trade and investment conferences.
John L. Holden
Mr. Holden has been president of the National Committee on United States-China Relations since 1998,
following an eighteen-year business career focused primarily on China. Mr. Holden was chairman/general
manager of the China holding company of Cargill, Inc., where he was employed from 1986 to 1998. At this
American agribusiness firm Mr. Holden was responsible for establishing its China operations, which grew to
include oilseed crushing, animal feed, hybrid seed, fertilizer, malt, and commodity trading businesses.
He also served as the manager of Cargill’s energy futures brokerage in Geneva, Switzerland. From 1980 to 1986,
Mr. Holden was general manager of BankAmerica World Trade Corporation’s PRC business, general manager of the Asia
subsidiary of Alimenta S.A., China trading manager of Unison International, and marketing manager of a
translation company. He also served as interpreter for National Geographic teams researching the Yellow River
and Tibet for six months in 1981.
Yukon Huang
Currently Senior Advisor East Asia Region, World Bank, was formerly Director of the
World Bank's China Program, based in Beijing from 1997-2004. As Director, he managed the
largest country portfolio of investment projects and economic policy research in the World Bank.
Over the last two decades, the Bank has lent China $38 billion in support of over 220 projects.
Prior to his China assignment, he was Director for Russia and the other Former Soviet Union Republics
in Central Asia from 1992-97. His prior experience included assignments as Lead Economist and Country
Operations Division Chief for South and East Asia and Chief for Bank Assistance Policies. Prior to joining
the World Bank, Dr. Huang worked at the US Treasury and taught economics at various universities in the
US and in Asia/ Africa. He received his B.A. in economics from Yale University and his Ph.D from Princeton
University., currently Senior Advisor East Asia Region, World Bank, was formerly Director of the World Bank's
China Program, based in Beijing from 1997-2004. As Director, he managed the largest country portfolio of
investment projects and economic policy research in the World Bank. Over the last two decades, the Bank has
lent China $38 billion in support of over 220 projects. Prior to his China assignment, he was Director for
Russia and the other Former Soviet Union Republics in Central Asia from 1992-97. His prior experience included
assignments as Lead Economist and Country Operations Division Chief for South and East Asia and Chief for
Bank Assistance Policies. Prior to joining the World Bank, Dr. Huang worked at the US Treasury and taught
economics at various universities in the US and in Asia/ Africa. He received his B.A. in economics from Yale
University and his Ph.D from Princeton University.
Dr. Zhao Jingping
Dr. Zhao Jingping is a Senior Research Fellow for the Development Research Center
of the State Council, PRC. His prior experience includes teaching for the Department
of Economics at Shanxi University. Dr. Jingping received his Ph.D. in Economics from
Rikkyo University in Japan, where he also was a Research Assistant. Dr. Zhao became a
senior research fellow in 1995 and since 2001 he has been the Vice Director-General of
the Research Department of Foreign Economic Relations. He has done extensive research
China’s economic structure, its management system and international capital flow policies.
Whitney MacMillan
Whitney MacMillan is the retired Chairman and CEO of Cargill, Inc., an international
marketer, processor, and distributor of agricultural, food, financial, and industrial
products and services around the world, where he served for more than forty years.
Whitney MacMillan is a director of the Salzburg Seminar, the Rural Development Institute,
The American Assembly, The Trilateral Commission, the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public
Affairs, the International Peace Academy, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Dr. Ding Ningning
Dr. Ningning is a member of the Development Research Center of the State Council, PRC.
He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Economics. In the early 1990s
he studies at Oxford University. He is a member of the China Energy Research Society, the
China Securities Regulatory Commission and the China Labor Association. Dr. Ningning’s research
topics include “There Must Be a Capital Market in a Socialist Economy” and “How to Improve Social
Expectation for the Future.”
Tom Robertson
Associate General Counsel
North Asia
Microsoft Corporation
Daniel Rosen
Daniel Rosen is a visiting fellow at the Institute for International Economics.
From 2000-2001 he was a member of the National Economic Council Staff where he served as
Senior Advisor for International Economic Policy. His work has focused on the economic
development of East Asia, particularly Greater China. He is the author of Behind the Open Door:
Foreign Enterprises in the Chinese Marketplace (1998). Other areas of focus include telecommunications
negotiations, trade and environment linkages, and the limits of economic sanctions as a foreign policy tool.
Li Shangtong
Li Shangtong is the Director General of the Department of Development Strategy and
Regional Economy for the Development Research Center of the State Council, PRC, which
she joined in 1981. In the late 1980s she worked for the World Bank in Washington DC where
she participated in several large international joint research projects regarding industrial
policies. She has written/published many papers and books domestically and abroad that
range from mathematical modeling applied to economic development and economic regional
development policies. She holds an MS in mathematics.
Lu Wei
Lu Wei is a Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director General of the Department
of Technological and Economic Policy for the Development Research Center
of the State Council, PRC. Ms. Lu graduated in 1981 with a degree in Engineering.
She has been a Visiting Scholar at Minnesota University in the department of Economics.
Ms. Lu works primarily with research in the field of development and industrial
organization policy. Her main projects focus on “Intellectual Property Protecting
Systems and their Related Market Environment” and “The Equipment Manufacturing Industry
– Policy Research.”
Xu Xiaoqing
Xu Xiaoqing is a Research Fellow and Deputy Director General for the Department
of Rural Economy, for the Development Research Center of the State Council,
PRC. He graduated from the Department of Industrial Economy at the Ren Min
Univeristy of China in 1985. He also worked for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture from 1995-1996 as an economic research visiting scholar. His research
focus is in agricultural economic policy.
Jiang Xiheng
Jiang Xiheng is a Deputy Division Director for the International Cooperation Department
of the Development Research Center of the State Council, PRC. Ms. Jiang began working
at the International Cooperation Department in 2000 after graduating from Lanzhou
Unviersity with a degree in English. She also has her Master’s degree in American
Culture. She became an Assistant Research Fellow of economics in 2002.
Min (Amy) S. Xu
Min (Amy) S. Xu is an attorney at Dorsey & Whitney practicing in Information
Technology and Intellectual Property law areas including patents, trademarks,
domain names, copyright, Internet E-commerce related prosecution, merger & acquisition,
and technology licensing, representing clients from U.S. and China.
Jay J. Yan
Mr. Yan manages Dorsey & Whitney's Shanghai office. Practices in the areas of
cross-border investment, including establishment of wholly foreign owned enterprises
and joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, debt restructuring, financing,
intellectual property, real estate, government affairs, labor issues and litigation,
with respect to China and the United States.
Lu Zhiqiang
Lu Zhiqiang has been the Vice President of the Development Research Center of the
State Council, PRC, since 1995. He was born in Xian County and graduated from the
Tsinghua University in 1968. He has worked at the Anshan Iron and Steel Company and also
as a Technician for the Kunming General Machinery Plant. After graduating from
Tsinghua University with a Master’s degree he joined the Technical Economic Research
Center of the State Council. In 1992, he became the Director of the General Office of the DRC.
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