The National Committee co-hosts a luncheon for Vice President Xi Jinping. Widely expected to be named China's next president, Xi delivers his only scheduled policy speech of his Washington visit at the luncheon.

Peterson Institute scholar (and NCUSCR director) Dr. Nicholas Lardy demystifies China's recent economic policies and the impact they will have on the global financial rebound.

Anthony J. Spires, associate director of the Centre for Civil Society Studies and assistant professor of sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, discusses his survey research comparing local NGOs in Beijing, Yunnan, and Guangdong.