Celebrating the US-China bright future
| From left: Peggy Gelfond, wife of IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond (second from left); Chairman and CEO of Alcoa Klaus Kleinfeld and his wife Birgit Kleinfeld; Stephen Orlins, president of the National Committee on US-China Relations; and Carla Hills, chair of the committee and chair and CEO of Hills & Company. The National Committee hosted its annual gala on Wednesday night in New York, where Klaus and Gelfond were honored for their efforts of promoting a constructive US-China relationship. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily |
| Author and journalist Kati Marton (left), introduces the Philadelphia Orchestra before its performance to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the National Committee-arranged 1973 tour of China. Marton covered the 1973 tour, which was the first-ever visit of a Western orchestra to China. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily |
| From left: David Lampton, National Committee director and professor of China Studies at Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University; John Holden, former National Committee president and nonresident senior associate of Carnegie Asia Program; China's Consul General in New York Sun Guoxiang; and National Committee President Stephen Orlins. Elsa Ruiz / NCUSCR |
| Tang Jiaxuan, former state councilor and former foreign minister of China, speaks about China-US relations at the National Committee's gala on Wednesday night. Elsa Ruiz / NCUSCR |
| China's Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai reads a congratulatory letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping to the National Committee's gala. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily |
| Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state, introduces Alcoa CEO Klaus Kleinfeld, who was honored at the committee's gala. Elsa Ruiz / NCUSCR |
| Entrepreneur and television personality Yue-Sai Kan (left) and Linda Wong, chairman of Yihai Group, a Chinese real-estate company, are among guests celebrating the committee's annual gala on Wednesday in New York. Zhang Yuwei / China Daily |
(China Daily USA 10/18/2013 page14)
