On April 10, 2018, "Going Global: Chinese and Jewish Cross-Border Relationships in Technology & Innovation"Workshop was held at the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco. Consul General Luo Linquan delivered a speech. Deputy Consul General Ren Faqiang, Chair of the Committee of 100 Professor Frank Wu, General Manager of TechCode Accelerator Mr. Luke Tang and founder of MizMaa Venture Mr. Isaac Applbaum had a panel discussion and answered audience's questions. Nearly 100 businessmen from the San Francisco bay area attended the event.

Consul General Luo Linquan delivers a speech

Luo emphasized that Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his speech to the Boao Forum for Asia, pointed out that China will open wider to the outside world. First, China will launch a number of landmark measures to significantly broaden its market access, including further accelerating the opening-up of the insurance industry, easing restrictions on the establishment of foreign financial institutions in China and expand their business scope, etc. Second, China would step up intellectual property law enforcement. Third, China will further improve the investment environment for foreign investors. We will complete the revision of the negative list on foreign investment and implement the management system based on pre-establishment national treatment and negative list. Last not least, China will significantly lower the import tariffs for vehicles and reduce import tariffs for some other products this year. All these measures are very good news for the world economy, including the United States.

Luo said, "I hope we could keep in mind how the China-US relations in past 40 years have served our fundamental interests, and we should keep a clear vision of what we should do together to build an even stronger relationship for the benefit of our two peoples and the entire world. In this regard, I hope and I am convinced that the business communities of both countries will continue to play a leading role."

Panel discussion(from the left: Ren Faqiang, Frank Wu, Luke Tang and Isaac Applbaum)

The event was hosted by Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco, the Committee of 100 and American Jewish Committee.