New York: CCG Delegation's First Stop in the US

Despite facing some of the greatest challenges in the past four decades, China-US relations will remain the world’s most consequential bilateral relationship for the foreseeable future. Strategic competition has already intensified, while emerging problems such as soaring inflation, a reeling stock market, and a slowdown in economic growth amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Ukrainian Crisis have exacerbated distrust. In these turbulent times, more and more people are calling for incresaed communication and building a consensus between the world’s two largest states to clear a path to global recovery. 

Now more than ever, it is imperative to strengthen people-to-people exchange, in particular Track II diplomacy between think tanks. CCG representatives started the US leg of their global tour on June 28th in New York. CCG Delegation members included Henry Wang, CCG Founder and President, Mabel Miao, CCG Co-Founder and Secretary-General and Mike Liu, CCG Vice President and Senior Fellow.

On June 29, CCG’s delegation visited the organizing committee of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Bloomberg’s headquarters where they met with Erik Schatzker, Editor-at-Large, Justin Finnegan, Senior Advisor; Nisid Hajari and Max Lu, Editors. Discussions covered the topics and future cooperation of the forum.

On June 30, CCG experts met with the National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR) and other veterans of the US think tanks. NCUSCR’s President and Vice-President, Steve Orlins and Jan Carol Berris, welcomed CCG’s representatives. They discussed how China and the US could cooperate on global issues, including sustainable development, economy, and trade.

During the day, the delegation visited the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and met with Ian Johnson, CFR Senior Researcher. Simultaneously, they discussed with the senior editors and Chinese Affairs manager of Foreign Affairs, CFR’s subsidiary publication.

Later that day, CCG experts were invited to the SupChina CEO Dinner where guests included John Thornton, Chair Emeritus of The Brookings Institution, Co-Chair of the Asia Society and the former President of Goldman Sachs and more than 20 panelists who exchanged views on China-US trade, economic globalization, investment in China, people-to-people exchanges and other issues. The CCG delegation received a warm welcome at the dinner and engaged in fruitful discussions on key global issues with the other distinguished guests. CCG President Henry Wang delivered a keynote speech on CCG's research on China-US economic interactions, trade relations and diplomatic communications in recent years.  

On July 1, CCG’s delegation visited Daniel Russel, Vice President of the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) and former Assistant Secretary of State. Their discussions revolved around China-US relations,  multilateral trade and the Indo-Pacific Strategy.

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Later that day, CCG experts attended a luncheon at the America China Public Affairs Institute (ACPAI) where participants included Shipeng Li, Vice Consul General of the Chinese Consulate General in New York; Xi Shen, Consul; Susan Elliot, NCAFP President and CEO and former US Ambassador to Tajikistan; Fred Teng, ACPAI Executive President; as well as Oscar Tang, Co-Founder of Committee 100. Discussions touched on the significance of China-US people-to-people exchanges and how these two countries can work to alleviate tensions.

In the same day, CCG’s delegation visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York and met with Assistant Secretaries-General Maria Francesca Spatolisano and Navid Hanif as well as Daniela Bas, Director of the Division for Inclusive Social Development at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. During the visit, CCG experts presented the ‘Global Young Leaders Dialogue (GYLD)’ program, CCG’s partnership with the UN in China and UN Women China regarding climate change, women’s rights and the development of young women, as well as the biennial World Migration Report released by CCG and the International Organization for Migration, which has been a staple for many years. The two Assistant Secretaries-General complimented CCG on its work as a leading global think tank and its UN NGO Special Consultative Status. They also recognized the CCG’s work under the UN Sustainable Development and Cooperation Framework and its efforts to facilitate global development. An invitation was also extended to CCG to carry out events and present research reports at the United Nations Headquarters.

CCG Delegation also met with Rick Niu, President of the Committee of 100 (NY), President & CEO of Starr Strategic Holdings, LLC.

On July 2, CCG experts visited and had a lunch engagement with senior members of the US media industry, including Norman Pearlstine, Time’s Chief Content Officer, Los Angeles Times’ Executive Editor, Wall Street’s Managing Editor, and Chairman of Bloomberg Businessweek. CCG President Henry Wang also accepted the exclusive interview with Russell Flannery, Senior Editor and the Shanghai bureau chief of Forbes magazine.

CCG is a leading non-governmental Chinese think tank ranked among the world’s top 100 think tanks in the University of Pennsylvania’s Global Think Tank Index. CCG was determined to undertake this ice-breaking trip with the goal of pushing forward Track II Diplomacy and communication in the US. This series of high-level dialogues and discussions in New York comes at a crucial point where both the economy and society are facing unprecedented uncertainties, and bilateral exchanges worldwide have been sharply curtailed in the shadow of Covid-19. CCG’s active engagement with international think tanks provides a critical window for us to express China’s concerns and help the international community better understand China. Many US organizations welcomed CCG on its first visit to the US since the outbreak of the pandemic and see this visit as a sign of a resumption of people-to-people bilateral exchanges between the US and China. Many individuals expressed the desire to visit China in person as soon as possible.

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