East Meets West at 2006 US-China Executive Summit

East Meets West at 2006 US-China Executive Summit

November 17, 2006

Participants at China Institute Event November 14 and 15 Included Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, and Husband-wife Team Behind China's Biggest Real Estate Company

    NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- China's
Ambassador to the United States, Zhou Wenzhong; Maurice R.
Greenberg, CEO of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.; Jim Rogers,
the investor and author; and Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin, the
husband and wife team behind China's leading real estate
company SOHO China, were among the more than 150 American
and Chinese business, government and academic leaders who
participated in China Institute's third annual US-China
Executive Summit, presented in conjunction with lead
sponsor Credit Suisse.

    The two-day, invitation-only event -- also supported by
AIG, IBM, HSBC, Lehman Brothers, Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom, LLP, Continental Airlines and Centenium
Capital Partners, and Shangri-La Hotels -- was a lively
forum for information exchange and open debate on the
trends and developments in Chinese and American business,
with a focus on energy, real estate and capital markets.
The theme of the 2006 Summit was The Future of US-China
Business Engagement.

    "China is a major power in both the Asian and
world economies, so it is especially important that there
be dialogue and communication between our two nations'
business, governmental and academic leaders," observed
Sara Judge McCalpin, President of China Institute. "By
bringing together key players from both countries, the 2006
Summit offered the opportunity for these leaders to share
their visions and discuss the future of the US-China
relationship. We were delighted to offer them a forum for
fostering better communication and greater understanding
between our nations."

    China Institute in America, based in New York City, is
a non-profit cultural and educational institution founded
in 1926 to promote understanding and appreciation for
Chinese civilization and contemporary China. In recent
years, China Institute has developed its corporate
offerings with programs addressing the needs of those
involved in US-China business.

    Other participants at the 2006 Summit included David
Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Carlyle
Group as the lunch keynote; Paul Calello, Chairman and CEO,
Asia Pacific Region, Credit Suisse; Brian Murray, Managing
Director, AIG; Al Lenzmeier, Vice Chairman, Best Buy
International; Tom Russo, Vice Chairman, Lehman Brothers;
and Virginia A. Kamsky, Chairman and CEO of Kamsky
Associates, Inc. and Chairman, China Institute.  The launch
of three China economic indicators, produced by Xinhua
Finance and the Milken Institute, was announced at the
Summit.

    For more information, please contact:

     Nancy Moon
     Moon & Company
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SOURCE  China Institute in America