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• President of Harves Investment Group
• Founder of The Wade Group
• Former Senior Vice President and Head of China Operations at Green Tech Automotive

• Summitted Mount Everest at 25
• World Press Photo winning photographer and film maker
• Inspirational father who solo travels with his toddler children
• Co- Founded The Poverty Line, a global poverty project that was highlighted by the World Bank and exhibited internationally

• Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s top advisor on China.
• Designed and managed the U.S.- China Strategic Economic Dialogue, highest level dialogue between the two countries governments.
• Architect of the U.S-China Ten Year Cooperative Framework on Energy and the Environment, which continues to serve as the foundation of the bilateral relationship on energy and environmental issues. Launched the EcoPartnership dialogue.
• A leading advisor to international companies and governments looking to engage in China.
• Founder and CEO, The Green Trust, a platform for innovation in environmental and clean energy technologies.

• Correspondent, Beijing Bureau of The Economist

• President and Chief Executive Officer of Barbara Franklin Enterprises
• An expert in corporate governance, auditing, and financial reporting practices
• The 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce for President George H.W. Bush

• Professor at School of International Studies, and the Director of the Center for International Political Economy, Peking University, China.
• Professor at Party School of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Member of Economic Diplomacy Expert Working Group, Ministry of Commerce(MOFCOM).
• Member of World Economic Forum (WEF)Global Agenda Council (GAC) on the Global Trade System.
• Commissioner of Asia Pacific Regional Trade Architecture Commission (organized by Asia Society, USA).

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• Journalist based in Beijing
• Author of Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China
• Co-editor of While We’re Here, an anthology of stories from China
• Founder and editor of the Anthill, a ‘writers’ colony’ of stories from China

Alex WONG served in senior positions at the U.S. Department of State overseeing high-stakes negotiations and initiatives at the forefront of U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. Alex was nominated by the President and unanimously approved by the Senate Foreign … Continued

Frank Lavin is active in U.S.-Asia policy, U.S. domestic politics, and trade policy matters. He serves as a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution as well as a Trustee of the Asia Foundation and as a Director of the Asia … Continued