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Formation | 1990 |
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Type | 501(c)(3) organization |
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Headquarters | 257 Park Avenue South 19th Floor, New York, New York, 10010 |
Website | www |
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Traditional Chinese | 百人會 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Committee of 100 is a 501(c)(3) organization of 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. [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 noted to avoid criticism of the Chinese Communist Party and its policies. [7] A 2018 report by the Hoover Institution and a 2020 Newsweek report noted that committee members have been targets of United Front Work Department pressure and influence operations. [8] [9]
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The membership, as of October 2020, is as follows, where each name is followed by the member's date of election in parentheses: [10] [11]
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