Asia Society will release a new report that assesses the patterns and impacts of Chinese direct investment in California and provides policy and business leaders in the state with recommendations on how to attract further investment and maximize its benefits. This new report builds on a 2011 Asia Society study, An American Open Door? Maximizing the Benefits of Chinese Direct Investment, which looked at investment flows from China into the U.S. more broadly.
This half-day conference reports on the finding of the Asia Society study and brings together leading experts in China policy and FDI to help move California forward in this important economic development area.
Southern California Event Schedule
12:30-1:00 Registration
1:00-1:05 Welcoming Remarks
1:05-1:30 Report Findings: Overview of Chinese Direct Investment in California
Daniel H. Rosen, Founder and China practice Leader, Rhodium Group
1:30-1:45 Opening Keynote Address
Mickey Kantor, Partner, Mayer Brown and Former Secretary of Commerce
and USSTR
1:45-3:15 Panel One, Macro Overview: Political and Economic Implications
The first panel will focus on the macro trends, including:
Just how open is America's open door?
What are the prospects for further opening given growing protectionist
pressures in the US,the upcoming presidential election, and leadership
transition in the PRC? What is the State of California doing to lead the way?
Clayton Dube, Executive Director, USC US-China Institute (Moderator)
Jeff Brown, Senior Vice President, The Capital Group Companies
Mary Dent, General Counsel, Silicon Valley Bank
Mickey Kantor, Partner, Mayer Brown and Former Secretary of Commerce
and USSTR
Charles Wolf, Distinguished Corporate Chair in International Economics,
RAND Corporation; Professor of Policy Analysis,
Pardee RAND Graduate School
3:15-3:45 Break
4:45-5:15 Panel Two, Micro Overview: China's Investment in California
The second panel will focus on the micro trends, including:What is
driving the California investment boom? Which Chinese
investors — institutional, corporate and individual are leading
the trend and what deals are in the pipeline?
What do successes, and failures, to date teach us?
Richard Drobnick, Director, Center for International Business
Education and Research, USC Marshall School of Business(Moderator)
Bill Allen, President & Chief Executive Officer,
Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation
Jack Chen, Chairman & CEO, Transworld Capital Group
Dr. Zhihang Chi, Vice President & General Manager North America
Air China
Stella Li, Senior Vice President, BYD
5:15-6:00 Closing Reception
For more information or sponsorship opportunities, please contact John Windler, Executive Director, Asia Society Southern California Center jwindler@asiasociety.org.