Overseas Young Chinese Forum
Fourth Annual Retreat
May 24-26, 2002, Philadelphia, USA

WTO, Olympics & 9/11: A New China Facing A New World

Retreat Summary

Retreat Program

Friday, May 24, 2002

6:00pm: Registration, Check-in
10:00pm: Welcome Reception

Saturday, May 25, 2002

7:30am: Breakfast

8:00am: Opening Remarks, Bo Li, Chairman and Duan Wu, President

PART I. INSTITUTIONAL REFORM

8:10am: WTO and Institutional Reform in China

Moderator: Su Sun (Senior Economist, Economists, Inc.)
Speakers:
· Haizhou Huang (Senior Economist, IMF)
· Qunjian Tian (Assistant Professor, Connecticut College)
· Xiaolin Zhou (Attorney at Law, Partner, Jun He Law Office)

9:30am: Political Changes in China

Moderator: Junling Ma (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati)
Speakers:
· Qiang Li (Professor, Tsinghua University)
· Qingguo Jia (Professor, Beijing University)

10:50am: Coffee Break

11:00am: Law, Rule of Law and Constitutionalism

Moderator: Qi Li (J.D. Candidate, Columbia Law School)
Speakers:
· Shigong Jiang (Lecturer, Beijing University Law School)
· Bo Li (Attorney at Law, Davis Polk & Wardwell)

12:20pm: Lunch

PART II. US-CHINA RELATIONS: STRATEGIC PARTNERS OR COMPETITORS?
2:00pm - 4:30pm

Moderator: Duan Wu (Attorney, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault)
Speakers:
· James Lilley (Former Ambassador to China, the United States)
· Jacques de Lisle (Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania)
· David Weller (Assistant General Counsel, Office of U.S. Trade Representative)
· Bu Xu (Counselor and Director of Policy Research, China's Mission to the UN)
· Lei Guang (Assistant Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University)
· Qingguo Jia (Professor, Beijing University)

4:30pm: Reception with Speakers

6:00pm: Dinner

7:30pm:
· State of OYCF Report by the OYCF Board
· Honoring Perspectives Editors
· OYCF Annual Election

Sunday, May 26, 2002

7:30am: Breakfast

PART III. IDENTITY, VALUE AND CULTURE

8:00am: Olympics and 9/11: Patriotism and Nationalism

Moderator: Yu Wu (VP, Fleet Bank)
Speakers:
· Lei Guang (Assistant Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University)

9:20am: Reflections on 9/11: How Universal Are Liberal Democratic Values?

Moderator: Hao Zou (Fleet Bank)
Speakers:
· Tongdong Bai (Ph.D. Candidate, Boston University)
· Yan Sun (Associate Professor, CUNY)

10:40am: Coffee Break

10:50am: Overseas Chinese and Christianity

Moderator: Zili Zhuang (Economist, Fannie Mae)
Speaker:
· Fenggang Yang (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Purdue University)
· Qianli Wu (Portfolio Manager, Rydex Funds)

12:10pm -1:10pm: Lunch

1:10pm: Images and Reflections: Comparative Literature and Films

Moderator: Laura Diao (Project Leader, Wellesley College)
Speakers:
· Shuang Shen (Assistant Professor, English, Rutgers University)
· Zhiwei Xiao (Associate Professor, California State University, San Marcos)

2:30pm: Culture, Perception and Entrepreneurship

Moderator: Xiaojiang Hu (Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University)
Speakers:
· Yan Li (Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, Stanford University)
· Litao Zhao (Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, Stanford University)
· Lu Zheng (Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, Stanford University)

3:50pm: Concluding Remarks

4:00pm: Philadelphia Cup (Volleyball Team Competition)

6:00pm: Dinner

7:30pm: End-Retreat Party

List of Participants

Bai, Tongdong Boston University, Boston
Cai,Xueen New York University, New York
Cao, Li International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
Chan, Margaret Citigroup, New York
Chi, Hai Brandeis University, Boston
de Lisle, Jacques University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Deng, Yong Brandeis University, Boston
Diao, Laura Wellesley College, Boston
Du, John Junhe Law Office, New York
Gong, Lefan LLGM, New York
Guang, Lei San Diego State University, San Diego
Guo, Jessica Merrill Lynch Private Bank, Boston
Hu, Xiaojiang Harvard University, Boston
Huang, Haizhou International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
Jia, Qingguo Peking University, Beijing
Jiang, Hao Villanova University Law School
Jiang, Shigong Columbia University, New York
Li, Bo Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York
Li, Kefei Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York
Li, Qi Columbia University, New York
Li, Qiang Tsinghua University, Beijing
Li, Xin United Technologies, Hartford
Li, Yan Stanford University, Stanford
Li, Yong MIT, Boston
Li, Zhuowei Wilson Sonsini, Palo Alto
Lilley, James American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC
Liu, Jianping Washington University, St. Louis
Liu, Jun Cahill Gordon, New York
Liu, Yuan ABN AMRO Bank, San Francisco
Lu, Ting UC Berkeley, Berkeley
Ma, Junling Wilson Sonsini, Palo Alto
Ni, Yongjun Ernst & Young, New York
Qian, Jiang Harvard University, Boston

Shen, Shuang Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Shi, Tingting Cravath Swaine & Moore
Sit, Po Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York
Sun, Su Economists Incorporated, Washington DC
Sun, Yan CUNY, New York
Tang, Hao University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
Tian, Qunjian Connecticut College, New London
Wang, Huan New York University, New York
Wang, Tao MIT, Boston
Weller, David U.S. Trade Representative Office, Washington DC
Wu, Duan Testa Hurwitz, Boston
Wu, Jiaqi Boston University, Boston
Wu, Qianli Rydex Funds, Washington DC
Wu, Yu Fleet Bank, Philadelphia
Xia, Ming CUNY, New York
Xia, Qinhai Harvard China Review, Boston
Xiao, Zhiwei California State University, San Marcos
Xu, Bu China's Permanent Mission to the UN, New York
Xu, Yuncheng Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Yang, Fenggang Purdue University, West Lafayette
Yin, Peng Duke University, Durham
Ying, Catherine Harvard Law School, Boston
Yu, Fan Duke University Law School, Durham
Zeng, Min MA Dept. of Public Health, Boston
Zhang, Junfu Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco
Zhang, Junni Harvard University, Boston
Zhang, Naigong George Washington University, Washington DC
Zhang, Xuan New York, New York
Zhao, Litao Stanford University, Stanford
Zheng, Lu Stanford University, Stanford
Zhou, Xiaolin Junhe Law Office, New York
Zhuang, Zili Fannie Mae, Washington DC
Zou, Hao Fleet Bank, Philadelphia

Overseas Young Chinese Forum (OYCF)
Fourth Annual Retreat

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Financial support from the following institutions and individuals in 2002 are gratefully acknowledged.
Donation from an anonymous donor in 2002 is also gratefully acknowledged.

Benefactor/Donors to OYCF Teaching Program

Ford Foundation
Zack Liu and Jan Li
Junhe Law Office
Jiping Zhang and Jie Lan
Junling Ma
Po Sit

 

 

 

Sponsors

Sung-Kwok Foundation
C. J. Huang
Li Li
Po Sit

Anonymous

Patrons

Lawrence Lau
Harvard China Review
Hart Fessenden
Stephen Lee
Xin Li
Bo Li
Ian Zhao

Contributors

Duan Wu
Junling Ma
Charles Wang
Acadian Asset Management
Jing He/Shuang Jiao
Lefan Gong/Yuncheng Xu
Min Zeng
Yuan Liu

Seymour Chalif
Weiheng Chen
Shirley Chin
Wei Dian
Melvin Garbow
Peter Geithner
Lei Guang
Jessica Guo
William Mingsing Lee
Qi Li
Peter Ni
Jun Qian
Hua Sheng
Tingting Shi
Su Sun
Sandy Wang
Xiaodong Yi
Yihong Zhang
Zili Zhuang
Shihao Zhuo

OYCF 2002 Annual Retreat
Organization Committee

Laura Diao (Boston, MA)
Xiaojiang Hu (Boston, MA)
Hao Jiang (Philadelphia, PA)
Bo Li (New York, NY)
Hu Li (Boston, MA)
Qi Li (New York, NY)
Yu Liu (New York, NY)
Junling Ma (Palo Alto, CA)
Yang Su (Stanford, CA)
Su Sun (Washington, DC)
Charles Wang (Boston, MA)
Hai Wang (Beijing)
Duan Wu (Boston, MA) (Co-Chair)
Lu Zheng (Stanford, CA)
Zili Zhuang (Washington, DC)
Hao Zou (Philadelphia, PA) (Co-Chair)