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Professor Shiyi Chen receives award on behalf of PKU from the Committee of 100 for contributions to Sino-US relations
点击:   2014-05-27

Peking University and Stanford University were awarded “Outstanding Contributions Award to Sino-China relations” on the award banquet of the 23rd annual meeting of the Committee of 100, which took place recently in San Francisco. Shiyi Chen, vice president of Peking University and professor in the College of Engineering received the award and delivered a speech on behalf of Peking University (PKU). John Hennessy, president of Stanford University received the award on behalf of Stanford.

The Committee of 100, headquartered in New York, is an international, non-profit, non-partisan membership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia, and the arts, currently totals up 130. For 25 years, the Committee has served as a substantive bridge in the U.S.-China dialogue by fostering regular exchanges with the leadership of Beijing, Taipei, and Washington.

With theme “Seeking Common Ground While Respecting Differences”, the 23rd annual meeting gathered elites from US and Chinese government, business and academia to attend five workshops. Issues of discussion were related to the core of Sino-US relations, including China's consumption via Internet, the Sino-US strategic mutual trust, new relations among major powers and Silicon Valley innovation.

Professor Qingguo Jia, Dean of the School of International Studies of PKU attended the meeting as a distinguished guest and delivered a keynote speech on the topic of the China-US strategic mutual trust.


Shiyi Chen (left) and John Hennessy (right)

 
 
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