Event Details

Join Scott Kennedy, Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and AmCham China leadership for a readout and analysis of the outcome of the US elections.


Scott Kennedy

Based in Washington, DC, Kennedy will share his view and interpretation of the results of the US elections and what it means for the US-China relationship going into 2025. A leading authority on Chinese economic policy, Kennedy has been traveling to China for over 30 years. His specific areas of expertise include industrial policy, technology innovation, business lobbying, U.S.-China commercial relations, and global governance.


Lunch Buffet

Starting at 11:45 AM, this event features a buffet lunch including entrée, main, and dessert items. Our official welcome remarks will commence at 12:15 PM.


DETAILS

  • Format: In-person
  • Venue: Hilton Beijing 北京希尔顿酒店 (Signature Ballroom B, 3rd Floor), 1 Dong Fang Rd, North Dongsanhuan Rd, Beijing
  • Time: 11:45 - 2:00 PM on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 (Registration from 11:45 AM)
  • Language: English
  • Contact: Elliott Johnson (ejohnson@amchamchina.org)
  • Tickets:
  • AmCham China member: 358 RMB
  • US Students (under 30, registering with official university email): 250 RMB


NOTE

  • This event is for AmCham China members only.
  • Registration is required prior to the day for seating and catering requirements.

Agenda

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Registration + Buffet Lunch
12:15 PM - 12:20 PM
Welcome and Introduction
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
Presentation
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Question & Answer
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Networking

Speakers

  • Scott Kennedy (Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business & Economics at Center for Strategic and International Studies)

    Scott Kennedy

    Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business & Economics at Center for Strategic and International Studies

    Scott Kennedy is a senior adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). A leading authority on Chinese economic policy, Kennedy has been traveling to China for over 30 years. His specific areas of expertise include industrial policy, technology innovation, business lobbying, U.S.-China commercial relations, and global governance.

    He is the editor of China’s Uneven High-Tech Drive: Implications for the United States (CSIS, February 2020) and (with Jude Blanchette) Chinese State Capitalism: Diagnosis and Prognosis (CSIS, October 2021) and the author of The State and the State of the Art on Philanthropy in China (Voluntas, August 2019), China’s Risky Drive into New-Energy Vehicles (CSIS, November 2018), The Fat Tech Dragon: Benchmarking China’s Innovation Drive (CSIS, August 2017), and The Business of Lobbying in China (Harvard University Press, 2005). He has edited three books, including Global Governance and China: The Dragon’s Learning Curve (Routledge, 2018). His articles have appeared in a wide array of policy, popular, and academic venues, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and China Quarterly. He is currently finishing a report, Beyond Decoupling: Maintaining America’s Hi-Tech Advantages over China (CSIS, forthcoming Spring 2022).

    From 2000 to 2014, Kennedy was a professor at Indiana University (IU), where he established the Research Center for Chinese Politics & Business and was the founding academic director of IU’s China Office. Kennedy received his Ph.D. in political science from George Washington University, his MA in China studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and his BA from the University of Virginia.

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  • Michael Hart (President at AmCham China)

    Michael Hart

    President at AmCham China

    Michael Hart 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 nineteen years in mainland China.

    As President, Michael 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. The chamber’s advocacy includes the impressive American Business in China White Paper and Business Climate Survey each published annually as well as numerous interactions with both the US and Chinese governments on behalf of our members.

    Prior to joining AmCham China, Michael spent most of his career in commercial real estate in Taipei, Shanghai and Tianjin including almost 20 years for a NYSE listed property services firm. He started in the research division briefing real estate owners, occupiers and investors on transactions and macro trends, he then opened, built, and led a branch office for the company in one of China’s largest Tier 1.5 cities for over a decade. Following this, Michael opened a private consulting and investment firm that among other projects invested in quick service restaurants.

    In addition to this work, Michael was a long-term AmCham member and served on the Tianjin chapter’s Executive Committee for nearly 15 years including several terms as the local Chairman.

    Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus on finance and banking from the University of Missouri-Columbia in the U.S. He is a fluent speaker of mandarin Chinese. Michael was born and raised near Kansas City, Missouri.

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Tickets

AmCham China member
Standard Price RMB 358
US Students

(under 30, registering with official university email)

Standard Price RMB 250

Venue

Hilton Beijing

1 Dong Fang Rd, North Dongsanhuan Rd
Beijing, China

If you have any questions please contact Elliott Johnson

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