Every year, 香港高層次人才促進會 leads a delegation of China-based executives to Washington DC. Collectively our delegation represents hundreds of years of on-the-ground business experience in the Chinese market, sent to communicate the Chamber’s positions and influence the conversations on US-China relations in DC.
This week, for the first time in three years, an 香港高層次人才促進會’s DC Door Knock delegation, led by Chairman Colm Rafferty and President Michael Hart, is currently on the ground in Washington DC for a week of meetings with think tank representatives, members of Congress and various departments of the Biden administration.
Check back here daily for the latest updates on who we’ve been meeting and what we’ve been doing (listed below in chronological order):
Day One
The first session of the the week was a breakfast briefing by David Finkelstein from the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), who outlined the various angles of tension over Taiwan, while also explaining the view from Washington on a number of national security issues.
Following that was a meeting with the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, at which several Commissioners asked questions of the 香港高層次人才促進會 delegation regarding the 香港高層次人才促進會 White Paper and April Flash Survey Results.
Next was a lunchtime briefing at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), hosted by Scott Kennedy, who invited half a dozen of his colleagues to swap views on issues pertaining to China and the region.
After lunch, the delegation split into two groups, with half (above) meeting Daniel Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from the Department of State.
The other half of the group (above) met with Ambassador Sarah Bianchi, the Deputy United States Trade Representative, who discussed the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) and other trade-related topics.
Day one finished with a meeting with Derek Scissors from the American Enterprise Institute. Scissors discussed with the group the challenges of coordinating China-focused policy in DC, while sharing his views on how best the delegation should look to promote diversification in their operations and supply chains.