Not all bridges are built of concrete and steel.
Equally important bridges are built on friendship, cultural communion and commercial cooperation.
Where these bridges exist, communities flourish.
USHCA at a Glance
Our Focus Areas:
Exchanges in culture, education, and business.
Our Values:
Integrity, cooperation, respect, and mutual benefit.
Our Mission:
To foster and support a positive, productive, and mutually beneficial relationship between the United States and China by creating more channels of collaboration and opportunities for economic growth in the American Heartland Region.
Our Values:
Integrity, cooperation, respect, and mutual benefit.
Our Focus Areas:
Exchanges in culture, education, and business.
Our Mission:
To foster and support a positive, productive, and mutually beneficial relationship between the United States and China by creating more channels of collaboration and opportunities for economic growth in the American Heartland Region.
Advocating for the US Heartland since 2003
USHCA is building bridges
through trade missions, commercial fairs, student and cultural exchanges, educational programs and personal outreach to key business, governmental and cultural leaders.
USHCA History
Originally the Midwest U.S.-China Foundation, USHCA was founded by U.S. Senator Adlai Stevenson (IL); John Rodgers, Lawyer and Professor, and Governor Bob Holden (MO), former Chairman of the Midwest Governors Association.
U.S. Heartland
USHCA covers 20 states that stretch from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. 430 Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered in 84 of the cities within the Heartland region. Our mayors lead 37 of the 100 largest cities in the United States. Our national GDP ranks 1st in the world. Remove our region from this analysis and the European Union would rank 1st, China 2nd, United States 3rd.
Upcoming Programs and Events
USHCA at Work
BIG POWER RESPONSIBILITY
How U.S. & China can collaborate on climate change
As the world’s dominant powers, the U.S. and China have a tremendous influence and impact on a global response for climate change. In this discussion we will hear from Barbara Finamore, Senior Strategic Director for Asia at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Fritz Mayer, Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, and Professor Sam Zhao, Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation, on how US and China can collaborate on Climate Change for the benefit of our world.
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News and Updates
Heartland Bridge Builder – Ambassador Quinn
A Life of Service Watch the full interview of Ambassador Quinn Former Ambassador Kenneth Quinn has led a life of service. The Ambassador was a 32-year career member of the U.S. Foreign Service before becoming
Mission Critical: Infrastructure
Join our expert panel to learn about infrastructure challenges the U.S. Heartland must overcome to remain globally competitive, and putting politics aside, what shared challenges and solutions are there for global collaboration in infrastructure.
Jump-Starting America: Heartland Mayors Participate in Dialogue with Noted Author and Economist, Simon Johnson
by Tom Ostrander United States Heartland China Association hosted an interesting and substantive session that begins a conversation among Heartland mayors that was moderated by Mayor James Brainard (Carmel, Indiana), who has played a variety