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Photos & Videos: 2017 U.S.-China Film Summit & Gala Dinner

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From left, Feing Xiaogang, Writer, Director and Actor, Janet Yang, Chair, U.S.-China Film Summit, Yan Geling, Novelist and Screenwriter and Jonah Greenberg, President, Motion Pictures, CAA China during the U.S.-China Film Summit on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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Director and writer Zhang Yang speaks at the Asia Society Film Summit on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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Charles Rivkin, CEO of the Motion Micture Association of America, speaks at the Asia Society Film Summit on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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Stephen Salesman, Chair of Asia Entertainment and Media, Chris Bremble, founder and CEO of Base Media, actress Celina Jade, LV Jianmin, CEO of Spring Era Films, and Rob Cohen, Director of The Fast and The Furious during the Asia Society Film Summit on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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Janet Yang, Chair of the U.S. China Film Summit and Donald Tang, Founder and CEO of Tang Media, speak at the Asia Society Film Summit on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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Barbara Robinson and Yu Dong, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Bona Film Group during the U.S.-China Film Summit on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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From left, Feing Xiaogang, Writer, Director and Actor, Yan Geling, Novelist and Screenwriter and Jonah Greenberg, President, Motion Pictures, CAA China during the U.S.-China Film Summit on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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Thomas E. McLain, Chairman, Asia Society Southern California during the U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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The dinner during the U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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The crowd during the Asia Society Film Summit on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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Actor Celina Jade during the U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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From left, Jin Wang, Man-Fang Wu, Yu Dong, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Bona Film Group and Bennett Pozil, Exec VP, East West Bank during the U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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Dawn Hudson, CEO, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences during the U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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From left, Janet Yang, Chair, U.S.-China Film Summit, Charles Coker, Managing Director Dasym Media, Stephen L. Saltzman, Chair, Asia Entertainment and Media Loeb and Loeb, Feing Xiaogang, Writer, Director and Actor and Dr. Seagull Haiyan Song, Professor Loyola Law School during the U.S.-China Film Gala Dinner on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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Janet Yang, Chair of the U.S. China Film Summit, speaks at the Asia Society Film Summit on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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Jonathan Karp, Executive Director of Asia Society Southern California, speaks at the Asia Society Film Summit on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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