Essential Ingredients of Business Success in and with China – Session 2

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Business success depends on numerous factors, and those factors can change when interacting with foreign markets. When looking to begin business or expand your current business in China, traditional methods used in the U.S. may not be well-suited to Chinese markets. So, what are the basics of successful business in and with China today? How can you get involved in the ever-growing and expanding sectors available in the country? Where do you get started?

USHCA is honored to invite back the panelists from our January event, Essential Ingredients of Business Success in and with China – Part 1, for a second event in this series. Our esteemed panelists, career professionals with vast experience working in China and with Chinese audiences, will be discussing the essential ingredients to successful business in China today. Each guest will provide advanced insights into the do’s and don’ts of modern business practices in China.

Panelists

Amy P. Celico

Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG)

Amy Celico

Amy Celico is a Principal at Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG), part of Dentons Global Advisors. Ms. Celico co-leads the firm’s China practice, overseeing a team of 13 professionals in Washington, D.C. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience, Ms. Celico assists corporate and non-profit clients develop and expand business opportunities in China and navigate regulatory and policy changes in the China market.   

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Celico served as Senior Director for China Affairs at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, where she was responsible for developing negotiating positions on issues related to China’s non-financial services sectors and intellectual property rights policies. She was also involved in developing trade policy positions for bilateral discussions with China through the Strategic Economic Dialogue and the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade. Previously, Ms. Celico served as Deputy Director of the Office of the Chinese Economic Area at the U.S. Department of Commerce and head of Trade Facilitation Office at U.S. Embassy Beijing, where she monitored China’s compliance with its WTO commitments and developed U.S.-China trade policy to expand market access for U.S. companies in China. She also worked at the U.S. State Department, where she served as an intelligence analyst in the Bureau of Research and Intelligence, and as a Vice Consul for economic affairs at the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai. Prior to her government service, Ms. Celico was the Director of Development for the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies. She also worked at the International Monetary Fund as the bilingual assistant to the Executive Director for China. 

Ms. Celico serves on the Board of Directors of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and is a Senior Associate (Non-resident) to the Simon Chair in Political Economy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She has been interviewed on U.S.-China trade issues by news outlets including Bloomberg, CNBC, The Financial Times, National Public Radio, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, and speaks regularly about these issues at conferences and other forums.   

Ms. Celico earned her M.A. in International Economics and Strategic Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a B.A. with honors in Asian Studies from Mount Holyoke College. She is also a graduate of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center in China. She speaks Mandarin Chinese and spent seven years living and working in China. 

She is based in Washington, D.C. 

About Amy P. Celico

David S. Chen, Ph.D. 陈实 博士

Summit Bridge Group, Inc.

David S. Chen 陈实 博士

Dr. David S. Chen started his career in 1984 with General Motors Research Laboratory in

Michigan, developing AI computer software for manufacturing automation. From 1994 to 2004, he worked for GM in China, where he played a key role in areas of joint venture negotiations, merge/acquisition projects, product portfolio planning and development, and joint venture management. From 2004 to April 2011, Dr. Chen, as Vice President of GM China and General Manager of GM Beijing Operations, had the responsibility for public policy, government affairs, and corporate social responsibility for GM in China. 

In May 2011, Dr. Chen joined Microsoft. He serves as Vice President of Microsoft, General Manager of Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs for Great China Region (GCR), including China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.  His responsibility includes promoting cooperation between Microsoft and Chinese government, developing new business initiatives, implementing corporate social responsibility and philanthropy projects, and ensuring Microsoft’s business conduct complies with local law and regulations. 

During his 7 years with Microsoft, Dr. Chen has been instrumental to develop new business initiatives in China including public cloud services (Office 365 and Azure), personal entertainment system (Xbox), AI applications, merge/acquisition deals, and internet related business initiatives such as Skype and Bing search. Dr. Chen also plays a key role in supporting Microsoft deploying modern IT solutions in smart city projects to enable the digital transformation of the Chinese economy. He also facilitates US-China dialogues over cybersecurity and internet governance by creating a platform where candid discussions can take place among government officials, industry associations, companies, and academicians from US and China. Through a three-year tireless effort, Dr. Chen helped to place Windows 10 back to Chinese government procurement list after a rigorous cybersecurity review. Dr. Chen also led the Microsoft China team through the anti-trust investigations.

Dr. Chen founded The Summit Bridge Group in 2018, leveraging his rich experiences, to help MNCs to expand and grow business in China as well as to help Chinese companies to expand business overseas. Dr. Chen has a doctor degree in computer science from the University of Michigan, master degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering from Purdue University, and a Sloan master degree of management from Stanford University. He earned his bachelor degree in mathematics from East China Normal University.

陈实博士于1984年加入通用汽车，在其全球总部底特律研究实验室从事研制汽车制造人工智能(AI)计算机视觉的研发工作。他的科研成果在多家著名杂志上发表。在1994年至2004年间，他在通用汽车(中国)有限公司担任总经理职务，在通用汽车(中国）合资公司的企业谈判、项目并购，和产品规划与研发，以及合资企业管理发挥了重要作用。在2004年至2011年4月，陈实博士担任通用汽车(中国)有限公司副总裁及通用汽车(中国)北京运营部总经理，负责通用汽车中国的公共政策、政府关系和企业公民事务。  

      陈实博士于2011年5月加入微软公司，出任微软公司全球副总裁及大中华区公共及法律事业部总经理，全面负责中国大陆和香港、台湾地区的相关工作。他的工作职责包括推动微软与当地政府的合作，开拓新型业务模式，推行企业社会责任和公益项目，以及确保微软业务符合当地法律法规的要求。

      在微软公司工作的7年里，陈实博士在中国新业务开发领域，比如公有云计算服务

(Office365和Azure），个人娱乐系统 (XboxOne) ，人工智能(AI)应用，并购/收购（M&A）交易，以及如 Skype 和必应搜索等多项互联网相关的新业务开展，起到了重要的作用。陈实博士积极支持微软在现代智慧城市项目中部署现代IT解决方案，以推动中国经济数字转型。他还通过搭建能在中美政府官员，行业协会，公司及学者之间公正讨论的平台，实现中美双方网络安全和互联网治理的对话。经过三年的努力，通过严格的网络安全审查，陈实博士成功帮助Win10操作系统进入中国政府采购。

      陈实博士于2018年3月创建峰桥集团公司。利用其丰富的实践经验，帮助跨国公司在中国发展开拓业务，帮助中国公司在中国和美国发展开拓业务。

        陈实博士拥有密执安大学计算机科学博士学位，普渡大学数学及及电子工程学硕士学位，及斯坦福大学管理学硕士学位。他毕业于上海华东师范大学数学系，理科学士学位。

About David S. Chen

Daniel B. Wright

GreenPoint Group

Daniel B. Wright

Dr. Wright advises executives of leading global companies through his nearly four decades of China experience building bridges between people, resources, and public policy. He founded GreenPoint Group, a boutique strategic advisory firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and Beijing.

Wright was formerly Senior Vice President and China practice head of the Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm based in Washington, D.C. He also served at the U.S. Treasury Department as Managing Director for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED), where he provided strategic counsel to the Secretary of Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr. for this Cabinet-level economic exchange with China.

Prior to his Treasury Department appointment, Wright served as Vice President and Washington D.C. Office Director of the National Bureau of Asian Research and as the Executive Director of the Hopkins- Nanjing Program of Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He has been a visiting scholar at Qinghua University’s School of Public Policy and Management.

Dr. Wright is a nonresident senior fellow with the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution and a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. from Johns Hopkins University SAIS, his M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary, and his B.A. from Vanderbilt University.

From 1997 to 1999, Dr. Wright held a fellowship with the Institute of Current World Affairs, during which he lived in southwest China’s Guizhou Province and wrote monthly reports from the perspective of grassroots societies in the country’s hinterland, with particular focus on governance and socioeconomic development issues. 

About Daniel B. Wright

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