百人会 | |
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| Formation | 1990 |
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| Type | 501(c)(3) organization |
| 13-3627542 | |
| Headquarters | 28 West 44th Street, Suite 1014, New York, NY 10036 |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 百人會 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 百人会 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | hundred-person association | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Committee of 100 is a 501(c)(3) organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business,government,academia and the arts whose stated aim is "to encourage constructive relations between the peoples of the United States and Greater China." [1] It was founded in 1990 by I. M. Pei. [2]
Its current chair is Gary Locke,former U.S. Ambassador to China,the 36th Secretary of Commerce,and former Governor of Washington State (1997–2005). [3]
The organization focuses on issues of importance to the Chinese American community and China-United States relations. [4] : 337–338 The committee was started with the encouragement of Henry Kissinger. [5] The committee aims to serve as cultural ambassadors and to foster the exchange of ideas and various perspectives among its membership with those in the community and government. [6] Committee delegations have been invited to give briefings to top officials at the White House and Zhongnanhai. [2]
The committee has been described as avoiding criticism of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its policies. [7] A 2018 report by the Hoover Institution and a 2020 Newsweek report noted that committee members have been targets of the CCP's United Front Work Department pressure and influence operations. [8] [9] In 2024,the committee was one of several organizations that opposed the reauthorization of the United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. [10]
The membership,as of November 2025,is as follows,where each name is followed by the member's date of election in parentheses: [11]