US, UN officials to attend Hong Kong forum on Sino-US ties in November hosted by Tung Chee-hwa’s foundation
- Hong Kong Forum on US-China Relations to take place on November 9 and 10 at St. Regis
- Speakers include former US officials Max Baucus and Charlene Barshefsky, as well as President of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft
Officials from both the US and the United Nations will attend a forum on Sino-US ties in Hong Kong next month hosted by a foundation established by the city’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa.
China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) on Sunday said the Hong Kong Forum on US-China Relations would take place on November 9 and 10 at the St. Regis Hong Kong.
Tung, who served as the city’s first chief executive from 1997 to 2005, founded CUSEF in 2008 with the aim of helping both countries recognise and develop areas of common interest.
This year’s event will be held offline for the first time since July 2019. The 2020 iteration did not go ahead due to pandemic restrictions, and the forum was conducted online in the following two years.
Speakers include former US ambassador to China and ex-senator Max Baucus, former US Trade Negotiator Charlene Barshefsky and President of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft.
James Chau, president of the foundation, said the forum was an opportunity to “renew global commitments at a global point of reckoning”.
“Forty-five years after they changed the world by normalising diplomatic ties, the US and China have a relationship of global consequences,” Chau said.
“But today, fear and suspicion are rapidly replacing trust and goodwill and slowing down progress for the world’s 8 billion people. We need to change that.”