CGCC Successfully Holds First Board Meeting of 2012

China General Chamber of Commerce – USA (CGCC) successfully held its first Board Meeting of 2012 on Monday, February 13 in Washington D.C. Totally 35 of 48 Board Members or Board Member Representatives attended. Assistant Minister of Commerce of China Yu Jianhua presented and delivered a keynote speech to all the attendees. President Yuan Ning gave the opening remarks. Secretary General Richard Huang hosted the meeting.

In the meeting, Board discussed the revision of the Bylaw of CGCC. The update of the revision based on the opinions proposed by Board will be distributed to Board Members by email after the meeting for final approval.

Board approved the proposal of CGCC 2012 Annual Conference. The proposal suggests to hold the event in coming October or November in New York.

Board approved to add Dominick Ng, Chairman and CEO of East West Bank, and Grace Li, CFO of Haier America into the Board of CGCC; add East West Bank ( Los Angeles Chapter), Haier America ( New York Chapter) as Board Member Companies of CGCC.

Board also approved to upgrade Li Yan, Chair and President of International Chinese Network Inc. from Alternate Board Member to Board Member of CGCC; upgrade International Chinese Network Inc. ( Los Angeles Chapter) from Alternate Board Member Company to Board Member of CGCC.

Board approved to upgrade Huang Xingrong, President of Baosteel America Inc. into Executive Board of CGCC; upgrade Baosteel America Inc. as Executive Board Member Company.

After the discussion, Board agreed to nominate Hao Xiaohui, General Manager of Bank of Communications New York Branch as the Treasurer of CGCC.

Board agreed to nominate Ni Pin, President of Wanxiang America Corporation as the President of CGCC Chicago Chapter.

Board agreed to nominate Chen Xiaomin, Partner of DeHeng Law Office New York as the Legal Counsel of CGCC.

After discussion, the newly nominated Treasurer Hao Xiaohui published the report of Financial Statement and Income and Expenses of CGCC in 2011. The report was recognized by the Board of CGCC.

CGCC Vice President Wu Shiqiang, Liu Hanbo, Xia Zhongrui, Chen Yu, Hao Xiaohui, Board Member Zhao Chunli, Representative of CGCC Los Angeles Chapter Yan Jie shared their opinions in the meeting.