Chairman Circle Webinar: Key Concerns in US-China Relations

AmCham China

The American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China (AmCham China) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization whose membership comprises 4,000 individuals from 900 companies operating across China. The Chamber’s nationwide mission is to help American companies succeed in China through advocacy, information, networking, and business support services. In addition to our headquarters in Beijing, AmCham China serves Tianjin, Central China, and Northeast China through our Chapters in Tianjin, Dalian, Shenyang, and Wuhan. Across the five offices, AmCham China has more than 30 working groups, and holds more than 150 events each year.

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*This event is for Chairman's Circle members only

AmCham China cordially invites our Chairman Circle members to join this exclusive, small-scale webinar to discuss the key concerns in US-China relations. Christopher Johnson, Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and also an accomplished Asian affairs specialist, will join this closed-door discussion to exchange insights in the following aspects:

Domestic political pressures in China and the potential impact on further reforms
Possible wild cards in the bilateral relationship and risks to foreign businesses
Latest views in DC and how US businesses can credibly communicate the value of their China operations and push for rational policies
Distilling fact from fiction in the bilateral rhetoric

Date: July 2nd (Thu)

Time: 8:00 – 9:30 am Beijing time

Language: English

Platform: Microsoft Teams

Guests: Chairman Circle CEOs and 1 designated senior executive

Please register online in advance to reserve your slot. The Teams meeting link will be included in the registration confirmation email and also shared via email before the webinar.

If you have any questions, please email Rhine Yuan at ryuan@amchamchina.org.

Agenda

July 2, 2020

Main Schedule

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

Opening Remarks

Greg Gilligan (Chairman at AmCham China)

8:10 AM - 8:30 AM

Presentation

Christopher Johnson (Senior Fellow at CSIS)

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Audience Discussion

Speakers

Greg Gilligan

Chairman at AmCham China

Christopher Johnson

Senior Fellow at CSIS

Greg 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.

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.

Christopher K. Johnson is a senior fellow at CSIS. An accomplished Asian affairs specialist, Mr. Johnson spent nearly two decades serving in the U.S. government’s intelligence and foreign affairs communities and has extensive experience analyzing and working in Asia on a diverse set of country-specific and transnational issues. Throughout his career, he has chronicled China’s dynamic political and economic transformation, the development of its robust military modernization program, and its resurgence as a regional and global power. He has frequently advised senior White House, cabinet, congressional, military, and foreign officials on the Chinese leadership and on Beijing’s foreign and security policies.

Mr. Johnson worked as a senior China analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, where he played a key role in the analytic support to policymakers during the 1996 Taiwan Strait missile crisis, the 1999 accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, the downing of a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft on Hainan Island in 2001, and the SARS epidemic in 2003. He also helped shape senior officials’ understanding of the politics of the Jiang Zemin era, the successful leadership transition to Hu Jintao in 2002, and the preparations for the fall 2012 leadership succession. Mr. Johnson served as an intelligence liaison to two secretaries of state and their deputies on worldwide security issues and in 2011 was awarded the U.S. Department of State’s Superior Honor Award for outstanding support to the secretary and her senior staff. He also served abroad in a field site in Southeast Asia. Mr. Johnson graduated summa cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in history and political science from the University of California at San Diego (1994) and received his M.A. in security policy studies from the George Washington University (1996). He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.