Speaker: Mitchell Presnick, Visiting Fellow, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies 

Mr. Presnick will lead a fireside chat about his 30 years in China from 1988 – 2019. Topics will include serving on Budweiser’s（百威啤酒) China market entry team, founding the China practice of APCO Worldwide (安可顾问), a Washington, D.C. based global advisory and advocacy firm, founding Super 8 Hotels China (中国速8酒店连锁) an economy hotel chain with over 1100 locations, and serving as board member and vice chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in China during China’s accession to the GATT (now WTO). 

We will also explore current opportunities and challenges inherent in US-China business relations in the post-engagement era.