The Kissinger Institute on China and the United States is a non-profit research organization dedicated to promoting greater understanding of issues in the relationship between the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and the

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and its impact on both countries and the world. It was inaugurated in 2008 and is part of the

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. Its current director is Robert Daly.

Founding Council Members

American Co-Chairman

* Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and

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Chinese Co-Chairman

Xu Kuangdi Xu Kuangdi KmstkNO FREng (; born December 1937) is a Chinese politician and scientist, best known for his term as Mayor of Shanghai from 1995 to 2001. He supervised the transformation of Shanghai during his administration into a center for in ...

, former President of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

and

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Vice Chairman

Philip Falcone Philip A. Falcone is an American businessman and the founder of Harbinger Capital and LightSquared.ForbesProfile of Philip Falconeas of March 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013 Early life and education Philip Falcone grew up in Chisholm, Minneso ...

, Senior Managing Director,

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American Founding Council Members

Richard Adkerson Richard Adkerson is the current president, CEO and vice chairman of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. with an established career in the mining sector. He has been in this role since December 2003. He is also known for his past role as chairman ...

, President and CEO,

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* Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, chairman and CEO, C.V. Starr and Company * Hon.

Barbara Hackman Franklin Barbara Hackman Franklin (born March 19, 1940) is an American government official, corporate director, and business executive. She served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992–1993 to President George H. W. Bush, during which she le ...

, President and CEO, Barbara Franklin Enterprises; former

US Secretary of Commerce The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to commerce. The secretary rep ...

* Hon. Carla A. Hills, chairman and CEO, Hills & Company, International Consultants; former

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; former US Trader Representative *

David Metzner David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

, Managing Partner,

American Continental Group David Urban (born March 6, 1964) is an American lobbyist, political operative and political commentator for CNN, and Executive Vice President for North American corporate affairs at ByteDance. He served as a senior advisor to the 2016 Donald Trum ...

* Dr.

Alexander Mirtchev Alexander Mirtchev (April 28, 1957) is an American business executive, academic, author, and philanthropist working in the areas of global economic security, political risk analysis, and geo-economics. He is a vice chair of the Atlantic Council ...

, Founder and President,

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. *

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, chairman and CEO,

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, Inc. * David O'Reilly, former chairman and CEI,

Chevron Corporation Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation. The second-largest direct descendant of Standard Oil, and originally known as the Standard Oil Company of California (shortened to Socal or CalSo), it is headquartered in S ...

* Hon.

Robert Rubin Robert Edward Rubin (born August 29, 1938) is an American retired banking executive, lawyer, and former government official. He served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton administration. Before his government s ...

, Co-chairman,

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; former US Secretary of the Treasury and Director of the National Economic Council * Hon. George P. Shultz, Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution; former

US Secretary of Labor The United States Secretary of Labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and as the head of the United States Department of Labor, controls the department, and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all ot ...

, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State

Chinese Founding Council Members

Tung Chee-hwa Tung Chee-hwa (; born 7 July 1937) is a Hong Kong businessman and politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He is currently a vice-chairman of the Chin ...

, former Hong Kong Chief Executive, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and President of the China-US Exchange Foundation in Hong Kong * Zhou Wenzhong, former PRC Ambassador to the United States * Yang Wenchang, President of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to Singapore * Chen Yonglong, Vice President of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, former PRC Ambassador to Jordan and Israel * Yang Jiemian, President of the

Shanghai Institutes for International Studies Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the ...

and brother of PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi *

Gao Xiqing Gao Xiqing () (born September 1953) is the former Vice Chairman, President and Chief Investment Officer of the China Investment Corporation, one of China's sovereign wealth fund. Early life and career Gao obtained a bachelor of arts (1978) and a ...

, Vice Chairman, President, and CIO of China Investment Corporation (CIC), the PRC's principal sovereign wealth fund with over $200 billion under management *

Fu Chengyu Fu Chengyu () is the Chairman of China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec), the largest Asian refiner. He previously worked at the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), which foresaw a five-fold increase in its profits during his p ...

, President of

China National Offshore Oil Corporation China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC Group (Chinese: 中国海洋石油总公司 Pinyin: ''Zhōngguó Háiyáng Shíyóu Zǒnggōngsī''), is one of the largest national oil companies in China, and the third-largest national oil c ...

(CNOOC) *

Wei Jiafu Wei or WEI may refer to: States * Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), Wei in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the bigger Wei of the Warring States * Wei (state) (魏, 403–225 BC), one of the seven major states of the Warring States per ...

, Executive President and CEO of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO), one of the largest liner shipping companies worldwide and the largest dry bulk carrier in China *

Xu Lejiang Xu Lejiang (; born April 1959) is a Chinese politician and former state-owned company executive. For nearly ten years, between 2007 and 2016, Xu was the chairman of Baosteel Group. He is currently serving as deputy head of the United Front Work D ...

, Chairman of

Baosteel Group Corporation China Baowu Steel Group Corp., Ltd., commonly known as Baowu, is a state-owned iron and steel company headquartered in the Baosteel Tower in Pudong, Shanghai, China. The company was formed by Baosteel Group absorbing its smaller state-owned p ...

, China's largest iron and steel conglomerate and the third largest steel producer in the world

Scholars

Martin Dimitrov Martin Dimitrov ( bg, Мартин Димитров, born 13 April 1977 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian politician and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) from 2008 to 2012. Biography ...

References

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External links

Kissinger Institute on China and the United States – Official site
2008 establishments in Washington, D.C. China–United States relations Organizations established in 2008 Henry Kissinger