May 28-29, 2004: International Conference on SOE-Governance Reform in China

The 1990 Institute and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences jointly hosted a conference in Shanghai on the reform of state-owned enterprise governance in China.

Currently, this is one of the prime policy subjects in China, with the top leaders pledged to push through a reform program in the next few years. A State-Owned Assets Supervisory and Administrative Commission (SASAC), reporting directly to the State Council, was established in March 2003 to prepare the way for the reform program, which was officially launched in February this year. The program calls for a nationwide structure of state-assets management commisions to supervise the operation of state-owned enterprises within their jurisdictions, and the enterprises to adopt a limited-liability, corporate form of governance, to be responsible for their profits and growth. It is marked as the next major step in the building of a socialist market economy.

The conference will focus on the implementation of the program. The 1990 Institute has agreed to bring foreign experts to discuss the issues with the experts in China invited by the Shanghai Academy. Out of the discussion, a policy paper summarizing the results of the conference will be submitted to the top leaders. In addition, the two co-sponsors plan to publish the papers and proceedigs of the conference. Participation in the conference is by invitation only.

April 28-29, 2000: "Women, Leadership & Sustainability," a forum to bring together women from the US and the PRC to share best practices and identify common concerns in the area of sustainable development. Sponsored by the All-China Women's Federation and The 1990 Institute in conjunction with the Univeristy of San Francisco's Center for the Pacific Rim.

April 24-25, 1995: An International Conference on Foreign Business Law in China, a follow-up conference to the March event in SF, takes place in Beijing. This conference is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation (MOFTEC) of China, Vision 2047 Foundation of Hong Kong and Western Returned Scholars Association of Beijing. Click here to see a detailed agenda.

March 24-25, 1995: An International Conference on Foreign Business Law in China is held in San Francisco. The conference is based on research done by Professor Pitman Potter of the University of British Columbia for the Institute and published by the Institute in early 1995. Specialists from China, United States, Hong Kong and Canada convene in San Francisco for the 2-day conference. Bank of America is the corporate sponsor of this conference. Click here to see a detailed agenda.

September 27, 1994: An eight-member delegation from China's State Economic and trade Commission led by Wang Zimu, the Deputy Director-General of the General Economics Affairs Department, met with representatives of the Institute and Brian Motley, Research Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The half-day seminar concentrated on "Business cycle Analysis and Macro Management."

April 12-15, 1994: An International Conference on Bank Supervision and Bank Management co-sponsored by The 1990 Institute and the Peoples' Bank of China was held in Nanjing, China. Representatives from the US included Hang-Sheng Cheng, president of the Institute, Vice President Merle Borchert of The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and five officers from Bank of America's Hong Kong branch. The Peoples' Bank of China sent 74 participants. 19 from the head in Beijing and 55 from 44 provincial and municipal branches including 27 presidents or vice presidents of their respective branches. The Chinese speakers from the Peoples' Bank of China included Yang Wenyou, Director of the International Department, and Chen Xiaoyun, Chief of the Division of Laws and Regulations in the Legal Department.

October 23, 1993: C.B. Sung and Hang-Sheng Cheng represented The 1990 Institute at the Western Returned Scholars Association's 80th Anniversary in the Peoples' Great Hall in Beijing. C.B. Sung spoke about the Institute to a crowd of over 6,000 and presented the Institute's first book, China's Economic Reform, to President Jiang Zemin and Vice premier Zou Jiahua.

September 3, 1993: A nine-member delegation from the State Economic and Trade Commission of China, hosted by the National Committee of United States-China Relation, visited the Institute and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The delegation, led by Vice Minister Xu Penghang, spent two weeks in the US to learn about American entrepreneurship and the role of public and private institutions in promoting growth, quality and productivity in American business.