Trade and Services are important bi-lateral issues between China and the US. Hong Kong has been instrumental to the economic reform of China since the very beginning through the introduction of new business concepts as well as products and services to Chinese consumers. C.Y. Leung will speak on the continuing importance of Hong Kong and the opportunities it presents.

Since 1997, Leung has been a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and is currently the Convenor of the non-official members. In 2003, he was elected a member of the National Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He is a founder and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Coalition of Professional Services and Chairman of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute. Leung actively contributed to the development of a framework for land-use policies and real estate development in the mainland of China since 1978. In 1980, he was officially appointed as an adviser to the land and housing reform committees of the governments in Shanghai, Tianjin and Shenzhen. In 1988, shortly after the amendment of the Chinese Constitution, he assisted the Shanghai Government in conducting the first sale of land since 1949. Asia Society is proud to host C.Y. Leung for a conversation about Hong Kong's role in Chinese economic development.

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12:30-2:00 pm - Luncheon and presentation

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