Carter Center Delegation Visits CCG
on Friday, May 29, 2026, for a roundtable discussion on China-U.S. relations following U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China.
A delegation from The Carter Center visited the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) on Friday, May 29, 2026, for a roundtable discussion on China-U.S. relations following U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China.
The Carter Center delegation included
Christopher Hobbs, Deputy Director, Strategy & Operations for Peace Programs, Office of the Vice President, The Carter Center;
Elizabeth Knup, Special Advisor to China Focus at The Carter Center and Senior Advisor to the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations, University of Pennsylvania;
Carla Freeman, Senior Lecturer for International Affairs and Director of the Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS);
James Lee, Chairman and CEO, Lee World Group; Kate Logan, Director, China Climate Hub and Climate Diplomacy, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI), and Fellow, ASPI Center for China Analysis;
Neysun A. Mahboubi, Director of the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations, University of Pennsylvania, and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Asia Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute;
Daniel Murphy, Executive Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School;
Kate Logan, Director, China Climate Hub and Climate Diplomacy, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI); Fellow, ASPI Center for China Analysis
and Ralph E. Winnie, Jr., Director of the Eurasia Center’s China Program, Director of the Eurasian Business Coalition’s China Program, and Vice President of Global Business Development.
Founded by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, The Carter Center is a leading non-profit organization dedicated to peace, democracy, public health, and international exchange. President Carter played a historic role in establishing diplomatic relations between China and the United States in 1979 and, after leaving office, continued to support people-to-people exchanges and mutual understanding between the two countries.
Chinese participants included
Hu Xijin, public opinion leader and former Editor in Chief of Global Times
Jin Xu, President, China Association for International Trade;
Henry Huiyao Wang, Founder and President of CCG and Former Counselor to the State Council of China;
Mabel Lu Miao, Co-founder and Secretary-General of CCG;
Tang Min, Vice President and Senior Research Fellow of CCG and Former Counselor to the State Council of China;
Lu Xiang, Distinguished Senior Research Fellow at CCG and Emeritus Research Fellow, Institute on American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences;
Tim Gao, Founder and President of SMS Tourism Think-tank and former Vice President, China Hospitality Association;
Veronica Hong Liu, Deputy Director of Public Relations and Exchanges at CCG;
Zichen Wang, Deputy Secretary-General of CCG
Serena Xue DONG, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG and CGTN reporter
Yingshi “Fred” Gao, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG, CGTN Radio reporter, and founder of Inside China Substack
Lei Gao, Staff Editor and Columnist, Global Times
The Carter Center delegation had been on an exchange visit in China for nearly a week. During the two-hour English-language discussion, several members of the delegation noted the constructive assessments and positive expectations voiced by Chinese stakeholders regarding China-U.S. relations after President Trump’s visit to China, stressing that uncertainties in the bilateral relationship should not be underestimated.