Made in China 2025: The Policy Behind the Rhetoric
Wendy Cutler giving opening remarks on the state of US-China Trade
Wendy Cutler's opening remarks to the audience at Stanford's Huang Engineering Center
Max Zenglein, Senior Economist at the Mercator Institute for China Studies, a Berlin-based think-tank, presenting on a new paper on the Made in China 2025 Policy and the European perspective
Max Zenglein in conversation with Mary Kay Magistad on Germany-China relations and technology trade
Mark Cohen, Yabo Lin and Damon Matteo speaking on Intellectual Property rights and the Made In China 2025 policy
Damon Matteo, Mark Cohen, and Yabo Lin's discussion on Intellectual Property for MIC 2025
Jim McGregor, of APCO Worldwide China, and Jim Mendenhall, of Sidley Austin LLP, in an open discussion regarding US-China tensions and trade
Jim and Jim taking audience questions
Matt Sheehan, of the Paulson Institute and co-author of Kai Fu-Lee's new book, presenting on China's push into AI
Sho Guo, of ObEN, presenting on Personalized AI applications
Matt Sheehan and Sho Guo, of ObEN, in conversation about the practical uses of Artificial Intelligence
Executive Director of Asia Society Northern California, Margaret Conley, giving opening remarks welcoming conference attendees
Dan Wang, of Gavekal Dragonomics, presenting on the Semiconductor industry in China
The New Made In China Panel combined experts from Hardware, biotech, and China's innovation economy to discuss the differences between Silicon Valley and Shenzhen and entrepreneurship
Jack McCauley speaking about his time working in China
Chuck Ng moderating Jack McCauley, Yongwei Zhang, Greg Fisher and Dan Wang on China's innovation economy
Yongwei Zhang, of BGI Research, speaks on the growing Chinese Biotech industry
Elizabeth Economy and Mary Kay talk history, policy and the U.S. and China relationship
Jack Wadsworth, Asia Society Northern California Honorary Chair, giving closing remarks
Conference Attendee's networking session
Our one-day conference, Made in China 2025: The Policy Behind the Rhetoric, held at Stanford University on January 15th, brought together policy experts, technologists, and business leaders together to discuss China's Made in China 2025 industrial policy. The conference featured engaging discussion from bright-minded speakers and members of the audience and paved the way for a refined discourse on Chinese industrial policy and its impacts at home and abroad.
PBS Frontline's ‘Trump’s Trade War’ also featured six of our speakers, watch here.
Speaker presentations are available on the upper-right hand side of the webpage, and videos of the conference are available below.
Speakers included:
Wendy Cutler, Vice President, Asia Society Policy Institute and former Acting Deputy USTR
James McGregor, APCO Worldwide
James Mendenhall, Sidley Austin LLP, former General Counsel of USTR
Jack Wadsworth, Honorary Chairman of the Board and Chairman Emeritus, Asia Society Northern California, Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley
Elizabeth Economy, C. V. Starr Senior Fellow, and Director for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, Visiting Fellow at Hoover Institution
Global Perspectives
Max Zenglein, Senior Economist, MERICS
Mary Kay Magistad, UC Berkeley School of Journalism, former East Asia correspondent for NPR and PRI
Intellectual Property: Market Access for Technology
Mark Cohen, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
Yabo Lin, Partner, M&A, Sidley Austin LLP
Damon Matteo, CEO, Fulcrum Strategy
Artificial Intelligence
Matt Sheehan, Non-resident Fellow, The Paulson Institute
Sho Guo, VP of Marketing & Partnerships, ObEN, Inc
The New Made in China: From Hardware to Biotech
Dan Wang, Technology Analyst, Gavekal Dragonomics
Chuck Ng, founding President & CMO of Project PAI, venture partner at WI Harper
Yongwei Zhang, BGI Research
Greg Fisher, Founder/CEO, Berkeley Sourcing Group
Jack McCauley, Co-Founder, Oculus
Watch Wendy Cutler, Framing the Discussion (36 min., 9 sec.)
Watch Max Zenglein and Mary Kay Magistad, Global Perspectives, (49 min., 54 sec)
Watch Mark Cohen, Yabo Lin and Damon Matteo, Intellectual Property: Market Access for Technology (49 min., 49 sec.)
Watch James McGregor and James Mendenhall's Fireside Chat (38 Min., 15 sec.)
Watch Matt Sheehan and Sho Guo, Artificial Intelligence, (42 min., 8 sec.)
Watch Dan Wang, Chuck Ng, Jack McCauley, Yongwei Zhang and Greg Fisher, The
New Made in China: From Hardware to Biotech (47 min., 10 sec.)
Watch Elizabeth Economy and Mary Kay Magistad's Fireside Chat (28 min., 43 sec.)
Watch Jack Wadsorth's Closing Remarks (7 min., 45 sec.)