Exchange Database
July 11, 2014
China and the United States have signed a preliminary agreement to cooperate on strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) marking the first such effort between the world's top two oil consumers. The International Energy Agency (IEA), the energy watchdog for developed nations, has long pushed for China to be more transparent in sharing its stockpile data, even though China is not an IEA member. Both the government and oil firms have guarded the details on stock levels amid worries that giving away data would put China at a disadvantage in the market.
July 10, 2014
Senior delegations from the U.S. and China signed eight partnership agreements to cut greenhouse gasses. The agreements are collaborations between businesses and research institutions to develop demonstration projects and technology sharing.
May 19, 2014
The new U.S. ambassador to China kicked off his first investment forum on the job with the hard sell: The U.S. is open for business and wants China to invest in what is expected to be an $8 trillion spending spree on upgrading its infrastructure, Max Baucus told a packed conference room at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
June 23, 2014
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced last week that Shandong Tranlin Paper Co Ltd, a Chinese pulp and paper company, will invest $2 billion over five years to establish its first US manufacturing operation in Chesterfield County, Va. Virginia beat out several other states for the project, which will generate 2,000 new jobs by 2020. The investment, announced on June 18, represents the largest Chinese investment and job creation project in Virginia history and is the largest Chinese greenfield economic development project in the US.
September 30, 2014
The exhibition, Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion will feature more than 200 pieces of artwork, photographs, and other historical documents that trace the long history of Chinese integration into American society. It chronicles their immigration, the lives they made in the US and the families and communities they eventually built.
July 21, 2014
U.S. Adm. Jonathan. W. Greenert, chief of naval operations, visited China to explore new areas of cooperation, despite recent maritime tensions and the presence of an uninvited Chinese spy ship at naval drills off Hawaii.
June 14, 2014
On June 14, the U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) hosted its first alumni reception in Shanghai.
June 24, 2014
The Procedural Law Research Institute of the China University of Political Science and Law hosted five visitors for lectures and meetings on the topic of “Criminal Wrongful Convictions and Safeguarding Against Wrongful Convictions.”
June 7, 2014
The Harvard China Student Internship 2014 Program is offered in partnership with Chinese corporations, NGOs/NPOs, and multinational companies in China. The structure of the program includes a nine-week internship, a week-long field trip, and numerous cultural events. Interns will work in leading multinational and Chinese companies in various industries.
June 8, 2012
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and a group of 50 Minnesota business, agricultural and academic leaders departed for China on a 10-day trade mission that will include stops in Shanghai, Beijing and Xian.