Congratulations to Newly Elected CGCC Leadership

Congratulations to Newly Elected CGCC Leadership

总商会会长徐辰（左）与前任会长袁宁

During the CGCC 2015 Annual Members Meeting held on March 23, 2015 in Washington, D.C., several leadership changes took place. CGCC would like to congratulate all who were elected to a position within the organization!

22 new Board Members were elected, making the total number of Board Members 80. In addition, 20 Executive Board Members were elected for a total of 49 Executive Board Members.

Six new Vice Chairmen were elected, making a total of 20 Vice Chairmen within the organization. Current Vice Chairmen include:

President of China Construction America Inc. Ning Yuan,

President of China Ocean Shipping Company Americas Inc. Hanbo Liu,

President of Hua Hong International Americas Inc. Yong Wang,

President of Sinochem American Holdings, Inc. Yu Chen,

President of China Telecom Americas Zhuo Han,

Chief Representative of SINOPEC USA Representative Office Sujuan He,

President of Wanxiang America Corporation Pin Ni,

General Manager of Bank of Communications New York Branch Kerong Niu,

President of AVIC (USA), Inc. Xuming Zhang,

Chairman of China Center New York Lun Feng,

President of China Unicom Americas Yitao Wu,

President of Minmetals Inc. Shili Jing,

Chairman of HNA Group North America LLC Guoqing Chen,

Chairman & CEO of Waitex Group of Companies Howard Li,

General Manager of Agricultural Bank of China New York Branch Ming Yu,

President of Baosteel America Inc. Meng Ye,

General Manager of China Construction Bank New York Branch Jun Zhang,

President of CICC US Securities, Inc. Lanlan Zhang,

General Manager of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China New York Branch Yuqiang Xiao

President of PetroChina International America Inc. Shaolin Li.

Finally, President & CEO of Bank of China USA Chen Xu was elected Chairman, and he will serve a term until March 22, 2017.

Mr. Chen Xu started his banking career at Bank of China Head Office in 1990. Since then, Mr. Xu had worked successively in various departments including Executive Office, Corporate Banking Department, and London Branch before he was promoted to the position of General Manager of Olympic Affairs Department in 2004. This Department was set up specially to supervise the Bank’s effort of offering the best banking services for the Olympics where Bank of China was the sole bank partner of the 2008 Beijing Games. In August 2008, Mr. Xu was reassigned as General Manager of Financial Institutions Department, a position he held until January 2015. In January 2015, Mr. Xu was transferred to the United States and assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of China USA. He now supervises New York Branch, Queens Branch, Los Angeles Branch, and Chicago Branch.

Mr. Xu holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information System from Tsinghua University, China, and a Master’s Degree from the University of International Business and Economics, China, major in Business Management.

Special thanks to our former leadership for their hard efforts and the continued support of all our members. Once again, congratulations to all who were elected at the CGCC 2015 Annual Members Meeting. We look forward to achieving new goals and milestones under the new leadership.

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