Breakfast Honoring CPIFA Vice President Amb. Chen Yonglong
May 12, 2010
(The Monocle Restaurant, Washington, DC)
On May 12, 2010, the USCPF hosted a breakfast meeting at the Monocle Restaurant on Capitol Hill in downtown Washington, DC, to welcome Ambassador Chen Yonglong, vice president of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA), and his delegation during their visit.
The Foundation invited current and former participants in the Policymakers program to meet with the delegation and current discuss developments in Sino-American relations. The CPIFA has collaborated with the USCPF to arrange our annual Policymakers Trip to China program for the past few years, and will be working to plan our trip for congressional chiefs of staff during the 2010 August recess.
Amb. Chen was accompanied Ms. Ma Hong, deputy director of the Department of North America and Oceanic Affairs, CPIFA and Mr. Liu Min, CPIFA staff member. Congressional chiefs of staff attending the breakfast included Maura Keefe (Shaheen, D-NH); Phil Karsting (Kohl, D-WI); John Sandy (Risch, R-ID); and Steven Schrage, (Brown, R-MA). Minister Counselor Xu Erwen and First Secretary Shen represented the Embassy of the People's Republic of China. USCPF board members Amb. Herbert Horowitz and Donald Anderson also attended the breakfast.
Founded in 1949, CPIFA is one of the most important foreign policy organizations in China and has a long history of hosting Heads of States, high-ranking U.S. government officials, as well as scholars. CPIFA hosted Presidents Nixon, Carter, Clinton, and Bush when they visited China. Ambassador Chen is responsible for CPIFA's North American affairs.
