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Gregory Gilligan
Chairman at AmCham ChinaGreg Gilligan joined the PGA TOUR in late 2013 as Vice President and is the lead executive in China serving as PGA TOUR China Managing Director. Currently Chairman Emeritus, Mr. Gilligan served in an elected capacity as Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, as an officer for four consecutive terms from 2011 – 2014. He served again in 2019 as Vice-Chairman and was elected Chairman in 2020.
Prior to the PGA TOUR Mr. Gilligan was the Managing Director of APCO Worldwide’s Beijing office. He joined APCO after serving as General Manager of Corporate Affairs for McDonald’s (China) Co., Ltd., where he developed and executed strategies to enhance McDonald's brand and corporate image among China’s regulatory bodies, consumers and other key stakeholders. Prior to that role he served as McDonald’s China’s General Manager for Southeast China.
Mr. Gilligan holds a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; a Master of Arts in Asian Studies and Juris Doctor degrees from Washington University in St. Louis; and a Bachelor of Arts in history from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has been a member of the Missouri Bar Association since 1995.
With more than twenty-two years in China, Mr. Gilligan is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Terry Branstad
US Ambassador to China at US Embassy in ChinaOn December 7, 2016, Governor Branstad announced that he had accepted the nomination from President-elect Donald Trump to serve as Ambassador of the United States to the People’s Republic of China. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 22, 2017, and was sworn in on May 24, 2017.
Ambassador Terry Branstad was born, raised and educated in Iowa. A native of Leland, Branstad was elected to the Iowa House in 1972, ’74 and ’76, and elected as Iowa’s lieutenant governor in 1978.
Branstad was Iowa’s longest-serving governor, from 1983 to 1999. As the state’s chief executive, he weathered some of Iowa’s worst economic turmoil, during the farm crisis of the ‘80s, while helping lead the state’s resurgence to a booming economy in the ‘90s.
At the end of his tenure, Iowa enjoyed record employment, an unprecedented $900 million budget surplus, and the enactment of historic government overhauls that led to greater efficiencies in state government. As a result of Governor Branstad’s hands-on, round-the-clock approach to economic development, Iowa’s unemployment rate went from 8.5 percent when he took office to a record low 2.5 percent by the time he left in 1999.
Following his four terms as governor, Branstad served as president of Des Moines University (DMU). During his 6-year tenure, he was able to grow the university into a world-class educational facility. Its graduates offer health care in all 50 states and in nearly every Iowa county. While there, he grew enrollment, increased the endowment and integrated new buildings, programs and initiatives.
In October of 2009, sensing a need for change in the way state government operates and wanting to “lead Iowa’s comeback,” Branstad retired from DMU and was elected governor in 2010.
During his second tenure as Iowa governor from 2010 to 2017, the Legislature passed, and Gov. Branstad signed, a two-year budget with a 5-year projection for the first time in decades. This budget provided Iowa businesses the predictability and stability they needed to grow. Gov. Branstad also signed historic investments in Iowa’s infrastructure into law, including Iowa’s roads and bridges, as well as the innovative Connect Every Acre Plan that expanded high-speed broadband internet to Iowa’s agriculture industry, schools, businesses and homes.
In April 2017, Iowa Workforce Development announced that the state of Iowa’s unemployment had fallen to 3.1%, well below the national average and 8th lowest in the country.
He and his wife Chris have three grown children: Eric, Allison and Marcus, and seven grandchildren, Mackenzie, Bridget, Sofia, Alexis, Estelle, Everett and Fitzgerald.
Qifan Huang
Vice Chairman at China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE)Mr. Huang Qifan, Researcher and MBA, was born in Zhuji County, Zhejiang Province in May 1952. He started his career in September 1968. He was the Mayor of Chongqing Municipality and the Vice Chairman of The Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of The National People’s Congress. He was also the Deputy to the 17th and 18th Congress of the CPC, Member of the 18th CPC Central Committee and Deputy to the 9th, 10th and 11th National People’s Congress.
1968.09-1974.09 Worker, Coking Oven Plant, Shanghai Coking Factory
1974.09-1977.09 Studying in Automation and Instrument Major, Department of Instruments and Apparatus, Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering
1977.09-1990.06 Technician, Engineer and Vice Manager, Shanghai Coking Factory; Deputy Director, Division of General Planning of Shanghai Municipal Working Committee of Economy and Informatization; Director, Shanghai Information Center
1990.06-1994.09 Deputy Director, Shanghai Municipal Office of Pudong Development; Deputy Head, Shanghai Pudong New Area Administration
1994.09-1998.04 Deputy Secretary-General and Director of Research Office, Shanghai Municipal CPC Committee; Deputy Secretary-General, Shanghai Municipal Government; Vice Chairman, Shanghai Municipal Structural Reform Commission
1998.04-2001.10 Deputy Secretary-General, Shanghai Municipal Government; Chairman, Shanghai Municipal Working Committee of Economy and Informatization; Deputy Secretary for Industrial Affairs, Shanghai Municipal Party Commission of CPC
2001.10-2002.05 Deputy Mayor, Chongqing Municipal Government
2002.05-2009.11 Member of the Standing Committee, Chongqing Municipal CPC Committee; Executive Vice Mayor, Chongqing Municipal Government
2009.11-2010.01 Deputy Secretary, Chongqing Municipal CPC Committee; Acting Mayor, Chongqing Municipal Government
2010.01-2016.12 Deputy Secretary, Chongqing Municipal CPC Committee; Mayor, Chongqing Municipal Government
2017.02-2018.03 Vice Chairman, the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress
2018.10- present Vice Chairman, China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE)
Alan Beebe
President at AmCham ChinaAlan Beebe is President of the American Chamber of Commerce in China based in Beijing. He has over twenty-five years of business experience in Asia, including seventeen years in mainland China.
As President, Alan oversees all advocacy, programs, partnerships and insights provided by the Chamber to support the business growth of nearly 900 foreign corporations operating in China, including most of the U.S. Fortune 500. He leads major advocacy initiatives related to trade tariffs, market access, cybersecurity, Made in China 2025, China’s NGO law and structural imbalances in U.S. – China trade and investment.
In 2018, he launched AmCham China’s Technology & Innovation Initiative, focused on the business and policy implications of disruptive digital technologies - such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and cloud computing – for U.S. companies in China.
Prior to joining AmCham China, Alan held various senior executive positions in China with EY, IBM, and management consulting firms AT Kearney and PRTM. He also led a Beijing based start-up for five years, the China Greentech Initiative, which merged in 2014 with the Paulson Institute, founded by Hank Paulson.
Alan has advised a wide range of corporations and global investors on investing and operating in China. His clients have included global private equity firms, high technology companies, energy related companies, and major state-owned and private Chinese enterprises.
He holds a Master’s degree from Yale University in International Relations and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the U.S. He is a Board of Advisor of the Yale Club of Beijing and in that capacity promotes academic and cultural exchanges between the U.S. and China. He is a fluent speaker of mandarin Chinese, and reads and writes Chinese. Alan was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska.
Dr. Henry Wang
Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG)Dr. Huiyao (Henry) WANG is the Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), the leading Chinese non-government think tank that ranked among the top 100 think tanks in the world. Dr. Wang was appointed as a Counselor of China State Council, China’s cabinet in 2015. In addition, he is the Vice Chairman of China Association for International Economic Cooperation Association of the Ministry of Commerce; the Dean of Institute of Development Studies of China Southwestern University of Finance and Economics; Vice Chairman of China Western Returned Scholars Association (WRSA) and also Honorary Chairman of WRSA Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Wang is a steering committee member of Paris Peace Forum initiated by French President Macron. He also sits on the Migration Advisory Board of International Organization of Migration (IOM) of United Nation. He is a member of Yale University Asia Development Advisory Council and a member of Duke Kunshan University Advisory Council, an advisory board member of Richard Ivey Business School Asia and a member of the Supervisory Board of DOC Research Institute.
Dr. Wang served as an official in Chinese Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade in charge of international investment. He had also worked as Director for greater China at SNC-Lavalin in Montreal and also served as Chief Trade Representative of Canada Quebec Government office in Hong Kong and greater China.
Dr. Wang pursued PhD studies at University of Western Ontario and University of Manchester and obtained his PhD’s degree in international business and global management. He was a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and a Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution as well as a Senior Fellow at Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He has also authored and edited over 70 books in both Chinese and English on global trade, doing business in China, global migration, China outbound and inbound investment, Chinese diasporas overseas.
Dr. Wang is also frequently invited to speak at international conferences, such as Davos World Economic Forum, Munich Security Conference, Paris Peace Forum, China Development Forum, Munk Debates, Berlin Policy Forum, Bloomberg New Economic Forum, Fortune Global Forum and so on.
Dr. Yukon Huang
Carnegie Asia Program Senior Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceYukon Huang is a senior fellow with the Asia Program. He was formerly the World Bank’s country director for China and earlier director for Russia and the Former Soviet Union Republics. He is an adviser to the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and various governments and corporations. His research focuses on China’s economy and its regional and global impact.
Huang has published widely on development issues in both professional journals and the public media. He is a featured commentator for the Financial Times on China, and his articles are seen frequently in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Foreign Affairs, the National Interest, and Caixin. His books include East Asia Visions, Reshaping Economic Geography in East Asia, and International Migration and Development in East Asia and the Pacific. His latest book, Cracking the China Conundrum: Why Conventional Economic Wisdom Is Wrong, was published by Oxford University Press (2017).
He has a PhD in economics from Princeton University and a BA from Yale University.
Bing Zhou
Vice President, Government Affairs at Dell Greater China- Panel 2: Steadying the Ship - The Role of GA in a Time of Unprecedented Global Uncertainty
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Bing Zhou serves as the Vice President of Dell Greater China. As the leader of Greater China Government affairs team, he is responsible for Dell’s communication and cooperation with governments in Greater China region. Currently he serves as the Chairman of AmCham China Government Affairs Committee.
Prior to Dell, Bing served at senior management positions of Government affairs at GE, Novartis and other MNCs. Bing was the Deputy Director of Bo’ao Forum for Asia (BFA) and is an expert on Asian Economic Integration. Bing has also served at MOFCOM for a long period of time.
Bing earned his master degree at University of International Business and Economics and bachelor degree at Wuhan University.
David Hoffman
Senior Vice President Asia and Managing Director of The Conference Board China Center for Economics & BusinessDavid Hoffman is Senior Vice President Asia and Managing Director of The Conference Board China Center for Economics & Business. In this role he is responsible for The Conference Board thought leadership, programming, and engagement in China and throughout Asia. He leads numerous research projects and outreach activities, oversees a team of researchers in China and New York, and coordinates a network of local and global advisors, research peers, and scholars who engage in or contribute to China Center research programs.
Prior to joining The Conference board, Hoffman led the Technology-InfoComms-Entertainment Advisory practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in China for 21 years. Hoffman has spent 30 years as a resident analyst and business practitioner in China, and as a thought leader, strategy advisor, and top management consultant on a wide range of China and Asia business issues.
He is a lifelong student of contemporary Chinese political science and economics and a graduate of UC San Diego.
Li Wan
Vice President, Government Affairs at Audi ChinaLi joined Audi China as Vice President for Government Affairs April 2019. Her main responsibilities are focusing on establishing and developing solid partnership with China authorities, think-tank, association and chambers, embassy in China to support Audi business in China; she leads on tracking, interpreting and advocating China policy and regulation to ensure a levelled playfield and support Audi business strategy success in China.
Prior to join Audi China, Li worked for Cummins China Investment Co., Ltd. for 10 years as Executive Director for Corporate Affairs and Strategy. Before that, Li also worked for Caterpillar and Rockwell
Automation.
Li is active in Women development and Gender Diversity. She was elected to be Vice Chair in Government Affairs Committee in EU Chamber and served as Board member for AmCham for 4 consecutive years and Chair for China Government Affairs Committee (CGAC) at AmCham before.
Dr. Jie Li
Executive Vice President Government Affairs & Alliance Office at Jaguar Land Rover (China) LtdMr. Jie Li graduated with a master degree of the Beijing University of Foreign Studies in 1985 and obtained his Doctor title from the University of Tuebingen in Germany. With an academic record of several years, he joined Daimler AG in 1997. In 2003, he was appointed as the Head of External Affairs & Public Policy at Daimler Greater China. In 2017, he joined Jaguar Land Rover (China) Ltd. In the past decades he has witnessed the rapid development of China’s auto industry as well as the shaping process of the related policy and regulation.
Ling Su
Vice President, Public & Government Affairs at ExxonMobil (China) Investment Co., Ltd.Ms. Su Ling joined the company in 1996 and holds a master’s degree in English language and literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Over the last 24 years, Ms. Su has been working in the Public & Government Affairs function with increasing responsibilities.
From March 1996 to October 2008, Ms. Su was Government Affairs Manager. She built and maintained positive relationships with key government agencies and the three major Chinese National Oil Companies (NOCs). She played a constructive role in facilitating the company’s mega projects development in China.
In November 2008, Ms. Su took on the current position, leading the Public & Government Affairs team of ExxonMobil China affiliate to facilitate the growing footprint of the company’s multiple business lines. The overall responsibility is to plan, develop and implement a strategic and effective external relations plan encompassing regular government, industry associations, the Chinese NOCs, the media, community and other key stakeholder outreach as well as internal employee communications.
Based in Beijing, Ms. Su is a member of AmCham China.