December 10 through 18, SIIS Vice President Chen Dongxiao leads a joint delegation of FMPRC and SIIS to visit San Francisco, Houston and Chicago of USA. The joint delegation visited the University of California at Berkeley,George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Asia Society Texas Center, James A·Baker III Institute for Public Policy, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs etc. and exchanged points of view on such issues as China-US relations, US"s 2012 presidential election, US economy situation. During the visit, the Delegation also paid visits to the Consul Generals of China in San Francisco, Houston and Chicago.

 

 

Meet with Shanghai Hua Hong International Inc. (San Francisco, US)

 

 

  Meet with Prof.Thomas Gold at the University of California at Berkeley

 

 

  Meet with Prof.Robert Reich (Labor Secretary under President Bill Clinton) at the University of California at Berkeley 

  

  

Seminar with George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University (TAMU)

 

 

  Seminar with George Bush School
 (Third from Left, first line：Andrew Card, chief of staff to President George W. Bush, acting Dean of the George Bush School) 

  Meet with XU Erwen, Chinese Consul General in Houston 

 

Breakfast Seminar with Charles C·Foster, Chairman of the Asia Society Texas Center 

 

  
Seminar with James A·Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University (Houston, US)

 

 

 
Seminar with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Seminar with the National Strategy Forum (Chicago)

 Visit Illinois Senate President John J·Cullerton

 

  Meet with YANG Guoqiang, Chinese Consul General in Chicago