Exchange Database
October 23, 2017
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson will visit China for the 3rd time since 2015 in a bid to increase foreign investment to the state. The state is home to a profitable rice and beef production and Governor Hutchinson hopes to ship these products to China starting in the spring of 2018.
August 1, 2017
The three-month long Creative China Festival, supported by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and The Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation, has concluded in the city of New York. The festival was previously in Boston and Los Angeles and was created to showcase Chinese movies, fashion, design, music and contemporary art.
October 11, 2017
A delegation of acclaimed Chinese musicians performed at the Lincoln Center in New York to showcase the guzheng, a stringed instrument. Yuan Sha, an acclaimed guzheng solois, not only explained the origins, basic structure, genres and techniques of playing the guzheng, but also the stories and the cultural spirit behind the music, strung together by a series of Chinese musical stories,
October 24, 2017
Tesla Inc has announced that it has begun negotiations to set up a wholly owned manufacturing facility in Shanghai's free trade zone. The US firm is exploring the possibility of establishing a manufacturing facility in Shanghai to better serve the Chinese market.
October 23, 2017
UGG, an American based footwear company, recently announced the expansion of its concept stores in China from one in 2017 to 45 in the next three years. This announcement comes after UGG signed Angelababy Yang, a popular Chinese celebrity/actress, as a brand ambassador.
June 1, 2017
20 students from the University of Illinois system will be selected in the spring for a summer trip to China. The trip is sponsored by the Wanxiang Fellows Program and will focus on the development of green technologies in China. Wanxiang began creating programs under the 100,000 Strong Initiative, announced by former President Barack Obama and former President Hu Jintao in 2009. The initiative aims to send 100,000 American students to study in China in an effort to build relationships between the citizens of the two superpowers.
October 25, 2017
U.S. government sponsored exchange between U.S. trained teachers and Chinese citizens majoring in, or interested in learning, English.
October 12, 2017
A group of award-winning Chinese teachers were selected to travel to the United States to teach innovative physical education in American schools.
November 16, 2017
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission announced their recommendations to require Chinese state-run media companies to register in the United States under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
November 18, 2017
Acclaimed Chinese pianist Zhang Haochen made his solo debut in New York at Carnegie Hall on November 18th.