The New Reality of Doing Business In and With China
As the world’s largest economic superpowers, the U.S. and China often have very different perspectives when it comes to doing business both at home and abroad. However, the two countries are consistently the other’s largest trading partner and have historically always shared a significant business relationship. This May, the USHCA will partner with the World Affairs Council of St. Louis again to explore the New Reality of Doing Business in and with China.
This event will feature special panelists Liza Mark, who is an Administrative Partner and the Chief Representative for the Shanghai Office of Haynes and Boone, LLP, and USHCA board member; Diane Long, Advisor at Xanadu Enterprise Ltd., past chairman and governor of AmCham Shanghai, and USHCA member; as well as Peter B. Walker, author of “Powerful, Different, Equal: Overcoming the Misconceptions and Differences Between China and the US” and former partner at McKinsey and Company. To learn more about Peter’s book and where to buy it, please click here https://peterbwalker.net/book/
Moderator

Larry Taylor
Larry Taylor Co-founder of The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
Larry Taylor
Larry has 40+ years of experience developing agriculture business in Asian markets. Beginning with smallholder farm-credit at the Malaysian National Ag Bank, he had a 20-year corporate career with big ag living and working in 9 Asian countries. Experiences included product commercialization and strategic business responsibility with 2 Fortune 50 companies. Larry owned and operated a US-Asia consulting firm specializing in market entry strategies. Larry built businesses in global markets serving government, corporate and non-profit clients. Larry earned a degree in Agricultural Economics and Animal Science from Cornell University.
Panelist

Governor Bob Holden
Chairman and CEO of USHCA
鲍勃·霍顿
鲍勃·霍顿于2001至2005年间担任密苏里州第53任州长。在当选州长之前,霍顿曾担任过两任密苏里州财政部长和三任密苏里州众议员。
鲍勃·霍顿的一生都在为公众服务。除了担任公职,霍顿也曾为州财政部长James I. Spainhower和Mel Carnahan、美国参议员Thomas F. Eagleton和国会议员Richard A. Gephardt效力过。
霍顿州长在任期间,他曾担任中西部州长协会主席;开设了密苏里州在中国的第一个贸易办事处;成立了密苏里州第一个拉美裔外展委员会;将密苏里州在女性领导职位的排名从第41位拉升至第5位;任命了200多名非裔美国人担任重要领导职务;建立了该州第一个青年内阁;并在密苏里州建造了第一座获得LEED认证的州办公大楼。
鲍勃·霍顿目前是美国全球领导联盟(U.S. Global Leadership Coalition)的密苏里州联合主席,同时也是全国有色人种协会(NAACP)密苏里州分会的执行董事会成员。自2005年卸任公职后,霍顿创立了霍顿公共政策论坛,并在韦伯斯特大学担任了10年的教授。在韦伯斯特大学期间,他帮助建立了在密苏里州圣路易斯韦伯斯特大学的第一个孔子学院。
40多年来,鲍勃·霍顿一直是美国退伍军人协会密苏里州孩童项目的积极参与者。在他的领导下,第一批中国学生代表团成为这一历史性项目的参与者。自那第一批代表团的参与,他一直在努力推动中国学生前往密苏里州以及密苏里学生前往中国的学生代表团,并计划发起来自其他州的代表团。
鲍勃·霍顿认为,美中两国的长期经济成就必须建立在相互尊重、明确理解和坦诚对话的基础上。这点可以通过扩大我们的文化联系,创造更多的教育伙伴关系,以及为两国成功的企业铸造机会的桥梁来实现。
Gov. Holden was recently inducted to the Missouri Public Affairs Hall of Fame. Watch his honoree video here.
Panelist

Liza Mark
Administrative Partner and the Chief Representative for the Shanghai Office of Haynes and Boone, LLP, and USHCA board member
Liza Mark
Liza Mark于2013年成立了国际律师事务所Haynes and Boone, LLP,的上海办事处并担任该办事处的行政合伙人。她是资本市场和证券业务集团的合伙人,并定期在该公司的上海和达拉斯办事处工作。Liza在美国、香港和上海的美国公司工作了20多年。她熟悉这三个国家的法律环境,能够帮助她的客户在不同的商业环境中找到支点。她主要从事私募股权投资、证券和跨境并购业务。
她代表投资者、发行人和投资银行/金融中介机构进行各项融资交易业务,包括在香港、印度和美国的股票和债务公开发行和跨境私人配售。Liza对于债券和股票证券的私人配售、亚洲境内股票发行、144A规则发行、中期债券计划、SPAC收购、PIPEs和在香港发行IPO有着丰富的经验。她还定期为客户提供有关私募股权投资、并购、公司治理和美国上市公司证券法报告和合规方面的建议。
Liza在清洁技术、能源、运输和物流以及环境、社会和治理(ESG)影响行业有着丰富的经验。她与外国私人发行人在美国和香港市场的证券发行密切合作。
Liza also serves on the board of advisors of the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations and the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of the Ethics Committee of The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.
She holds a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 1998 and a B.S. in Accounting and Finance, Indiana University Bloomington, 1995, summa cum laude, with honors.
Panelist

Peter Walker
Peter Walker
Coming Soon
Panelist

Diane Long
Diane Long
For over three decades, Diane Long has had a ringside seat at what can only be described as an economic revolution. Diane’s unique & diverse skill set was developed in the cauldron of a forever changing landscape as China marched forward with reforms at a scale and a speed never before seen in history. She has experienced China as a teacher, business executive for corporations and start-ups. A social entrepreneur, Diane is founder of several non-profit organizations. Diane is eager to share insights to enable others to achieve their objectives in China.