Mark your calendar! The Committee of 100 will hold its First Greater China Conference from January 12-14, 2005 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Hong Kong.

The Conference – Bridging the Pacific– will commence with a Gala Dinner on Wednesday, January 12 and is followed by a full day of panel discussions on Thursday, January 13. A specially designed half-day mentoring program, which requires separate registration, will be held for university students on Friday, January 14.

Topics to be discussed at this conference include:
• The U.S. presidential election and its implications for Greater China
• China’s venture capital market and investing in the mainland
• Public healthcare infrastructure and the AIDS epidemic in China
• Asia’s entry into Hollywood
• The geopolitical outlook for the region

The Committee of 100
First Greater China Conference

The Committee of 100 is pleased to invite you to attend our First Greater China Conference, entitled, “Bridging the Pacific.” The objective is to facilitate an open dialogue and exchange of views on the U.S.-China relationship and other economic and social issues of importance to the region’s future.

Each panel session is designed to be an interactive and substantive discussion. Top officials, policy makers, business executives, and scholars from the Greater China region and North America will gather to examine the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November 2004 and its implications for Greater China, the geopolitical outlook for Asia, China’s business and economic development, and the AIDS epidemic in the region. Speakers include David Ho, a leading AIDS researcher and 1996 TIME magazine’s Person of the Year; William Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense; Jerry Yang, Co-founder of Yahoo! Inc.; and John Zogby, a leading independent pollster in the U.S.

We are bringing to Asia a tradition of the Committee of 100 – The Mentoring Program – for promising university students and young adults, which is scheduled for January 14, 2005. We are also including a session on Asia’s entry to Hollywood, featuring local stars and players who will share their thoughts and personal experiences on breaking into the entertainment and film world in the U.S.

The Committee of 100 is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of Chinese-American leaders in a broad range of professions. Founded in 1990, the Committee seeks to enhance U.S.-China relations and address policy, social, and public interest concerns of the Chinese-American community.

We hope you will join us.

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