Keenton Chiang is the First Secretary for Commercial Affairs at the Embassy of the United States of America in Beijing, China. In his current assignment, he leads a team of American and local Chinese trade professionals to increase U.S. exports and market access for American firms in the following industries: Advanced Manufacturing, Robotics, Safety & Security, Financial Services, Ports & Intermodal Transport, Construction, Engineering Services, and e-Commerce. In addition, his team covers cross-cutting issues such as the China Belt & Road Initiative and the SelectUSA program, which encourages foreign direct investment to the United States.
Most recently, he was a China desk officer at the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2016-2017. Prior to that, he was the Commercial Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea from 2012-2016. From 2009-2012, he was the Commercial Consul at the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai, China.
Prior to joining the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Keenton was an executive officer at a start-up investment bank in Pasadena, California. Prior to that, he worked as a small business consultant in Guatemala for two years. Before beginning his overseas experience, he was a senior manager of a 50-member team responsible for securitizing closed loans for the secondary market.
He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Humboldt State University. He received his MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies (now Middlebury Institute).
Keenton and his wife, Anne, met during their time as Peace Corps volunteers. Their hometown is in Los Angeles, California. They have two daughters, Maya Elise and Hana Therese.

Kelvin is a member of Standard Chartered Bank’s Greater China research team, with over 14 years of experience in economic analysis. He specialises in offshore Renminbi development, and provides research on the economies of Hong Kong and southern China and their integration. Kelvin co-authored the book The Offshore Renminbi: The Rise of the Chinese Currency and Its Global Future (Wiley, 2012). He was also instrumental in the construction of the Standard Chartered Renminbi Globalisation Index, the first industry benchmark that tracks the progress of the currency’s internationalisation. His views are frequently quoted by international and local media. He joined the Bank in 2000. Kelvin has a BSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dr. Beijie Tang (Ann) is Deputy Secretary-General of CCG. She is also part of the CCG research team as a fellow working on globalization studies and US-China economic relations. In her early career days, she worked as an import/export consultant in Shanghai. Since 2004, she had spent 10 years studying political science in the United States. She holds a BA from University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a Ph.D from University of California, Irvine. Her academic interests concentrate on international political economy, Chinese domestic politics, and US-China relations. Prior to joining the CCG, she worked as a journalist covering political and economic affairs of Southern Nevada, and advised heads of the regional economic development agencies on Chinese outbound investment. She has also authored several major research reports and policy papers.