The National Committee believes that forthright dialogue between American business, policy, and civic leaders and senior Chinese government leaders benefits Americans and creates opportunities to promote U.S. interests.
Senior leaders from the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations met for an off-the-record discussion with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 25, 2024.
The meeting included business executives from NCUSCR member companies.
The off-the-record conversation was frank with both sides focusing on areas of agreement and disagreement, and proposing ways to break some of the logjams in the relationship.
NCUSCR President Stephen A. Orlins and Executive Vice Chair Evan Greenberg gave remarks, along with the other participants
Ambassador Barshefsky is best known globally as the architect and negotiator of China’s WTO agreement, which opened China’s economy as a worldwide market
Mr. Liu and his delegation stopped in New York on their way to San Francisco from the May 8-9 Washington, D.C. meeting of the bilateral Working Group on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s.
The briefing was part of an INDOPACOM initiative to provide its leadership with views from American experts outside the government on various domestic aspects of China, U.S.-China relations, and Chinese foreign policy.
Participants stressed the importance of engagement and dialogue between leaders of the two countries, discussed the importance of rebalancing China's economy, and underscored the value of shared regulatory norms and the role of China's private sector in improving consumer confidence and attracting foreign business and investment.
The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR) and the US-China Business Council (USCBC) hosted the event for President Xi on November 15, 2023.