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October 26, 2006 - AeA China RoHS Program Draws 250
Attendees to Hear China MII Delegation on Impending Environment Rules. AeA
hosted a half-day conference at Sun Microsystems in Santa Clara, CA,
on China RoHS
(regulations restricting the use of certain substances in the production
of electronic information products) that drew over 250 people from across
the country. They came to hear presentations by the primary drafters
and implementers of the regulation from the Chinese Ministry of
Information Industry (MII). With the impending effective date of
March 1, 2007, companies were eagerly seeking more information and
clarification of the requirements they will have to meet for their
products to be compliant.
AeA, with the support of 12 sponsoring
companies (Agilent, AMD, Apple, Cisco, Dell, GE, HP, Honeywell, Intel,
Motorola, Sun, Teradyne), organized a ten-day trip from October 17-27
for the delegation of senior MII officials that included meetings in
Washington, DC; Austin, TX; and San Jose, CA. For over two years the
AeA China RoHS
Coalition has been providing input to these officials on US company
views and concerns related to development and implementation of the China
RoHS regulations, including several technical exchanges in Beijing.
This was the first time that the MII group had met with companies in the
US on the China RoHS rules and the AeA program was the only public
opportunity for non-sponsoring companies to hear first-hand the latest
information on the implementing rules. To learn more about AeA’s
work on China RoHS visit our China RoHS webpage.
AeA also hosted the MII delegation for a
welcoming lunch in the AeA offices on October 20. Bill Archey,
AeA CEO and President, greeted the group, provided them with an
overview of AeA, and discussed the key goals of the meetings that had been
arranged for the delegation.

The Chinese MII Delegation including WANG
Bingke, Deputy Director General, Department of Economy and Economic
Operations, MII; AeA Executives William T. Archey (President & CEO) & Rob
Mulligan (Sr. VP International); and AeA Member Company Representatives at
the AeA DC Headquarters.
July 11, 2006 -
AeA President & CEO Presents on China’s
Emerging High-Tech Industry to U.S. Senate.
On July 11, William T. Archey (bio),
President and CEO of AeA, participated in a panel discussion on Capital
Hill on "Understanding China as a High-Tech Competitor." Event sponsors
included The American Chemical Society and the Congress Project, the
Senate Science and Technology Caucus, and the US-China Economic and
Security Review Commission.
Over 150 Senate staffers, academics, and
industry representatives attended the program.
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), who co-hosted the program with
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), provided introductory remarks before
turning it over to the three panelists...read
more.

Panelists: William T. Archey, President &
CEO, AeA; Ted Fishman, author, China, Inc; Catherine T. Hunt,
President-Elect, ACS; Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN); and Kathleen Walsh,
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William T. Archey, President & CEO, AeA,
discusses
China's 15 Year Plan during his presentation to 150+ Senate staffers,
academics, and industry leaders. |
April 4 - 6, 2006 -
AeA Chairman Leads Senior Executive Delegation
to Beijing & Shenzhen, China. The trip
provided senior executives insights into the growing U.S. -- China
economic ties through meetings with Chinese government officials, the U.S.
Embassy in Beijing, leading consultants, and political observers. Read the
Chairman's Report on the trip!
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AeA delegation meets with the Shenzhen
City Government
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AeA delegation tours a Chinese factory |
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AeA tours ZTE facility in Shenzhen |

AeA delegation meets with Chinese Ministry
of Commerce in Beijing |
March 1, 2006 - China Promulgates RoHS
Regulation. Overview of Requirements and Industry Outlook...read
more.
January 18, 2006 - AeA China Initiative:
Improving the U.S. - China Trade Relationship
Growing concern over potential policy missteps by the governments in China
and the U.S. have prompted AeA to undertake a
China Initiative. aimed at
increasing awareness on both sides of the importance of the trading
relationship. Through a series of papers, meetings, and programs,
the AeA China Initiative will work to educate policy makers in China and
the U.S. on the benefits of maintaining an open bilateral trade
environment and the risks of policy measures that could undermine trade.
As part of the initiative on January 18, 2006, William T. Archey, AeA's
President and CEO (bio),
addressed the Council
on Foreign Relations, on the future of China’s technology industry.
January 5, 2006 - The United States
Information Technology Office (USITO), AeA's office in Beijing, releases the
2005 Third Quarter Chinese statistical summary...read
more. 
November 17, 2005 - AeA Bay Area Council
hosts Gregory Shea, President, USITO. View the recap
of this event or download Mr. Shea's presentation, "ICT:
Driver of China's Economic Renaissance." 
November 16, 2005 - AeA releases new
report that highlights U.S.-China high-tech trade and investment:
- Between 1998 and 2004, U.S. tech exports
to China nearly tripled, from $3.0 billion to $8.7 billion.
- Only five countries are larger export
destinations for American tech products than China; trends indicate
China could rapidly move up the ranks.
- Between 1998 and 2004, U.S. tech
imports from China quadrupled, from $16 billion to $68 billion.
- U.S. direct investment in China
totaled $15.4 billion in 2004, a 34 percent increase over 2003.
- Chinese investment in the U.S. remains
small but is rising, up 59 percent from 2003 to 2004.
- Public policy in both China and the
United States must recognize the increasingly integrated nature of
our economies; protectionist measures on either side only serve to
restrict market access to China while raising prices on consumer
goods for Americans.
October 10 - 13, 2005 - AeA Mountain States Council and sponsor Grant Thornton, LLP, host
Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong for a series of meetings with political leaders and local high-tech executives in Denver, Colorado on October 10 - 13, 2005.
...read
more.
September 25, 2005 - Chinese
Government Tightens Restrictions on the Internet. New Rules on
"Internet" Information Services" ban private media
companies' involvement in news and current events...read
more. 
July 15, 2005 - USITO releases
quarterly statistical bulletin...read
more. 
April 12 - 15, 2005 - AeA's Fourth
Annual Trip to China. AeA's 2005 Chairman, John V. Harker, and President/CEO, William T.
Archey, lead
a delegation of 15 senior executives from member companies to China to
meet with Chinese government and business leaders as well as U.S.
officials between April 12 - 15, 2005...read
more.

AeA Members and the Chinese State Council Informatization Office
(SCITO) delegation to the U.S. at AeA
November 22, 2004 - SCITO Delegates from China
Visit AeA. AeA & Cisco Systems Host “Best
Practices to Implementing IT Investment Workshop” with the
Chinese State Council Informatization Office (SCITO) officials at AeA's DC
headquarters...read more.
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out ALL of our Government Affairs Events
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Beijing,
China
United States Information Technology Office
(USITO) is a private, non-profit trade association designed to promote
trade and cooperation in the information technology industries of the
United States and China. It is committed to increasing the market
share of U.S. companies in China's burgeoning information technology
sector. USITO is a consortium formed by: American Electronics
Association (AeA), The Technology CEO Council, Software & Information
Industry Association (SIAA), Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), and
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). USITO membership is
open to U.S. corporations engaged in telecom, information, and high-tech
industries. It is not connected with the United States government.
Via these parent associations, USITO
represents and provides service to more than 6,000 U.S. high-tech
companies. Parent associations pay an annual contribution to USITO
in order to provide services to the parent associations and member
companies. USITO also has several hundred member companies that,
because of the extent of their operations in China, pay dues directly to
USITO in order to receive direct support from the organization in Beijing.
USITO is sponsored in China by the China Council
for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), with the active support of
the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), and other government
departments. USITO's Beijing office was opened in 1995 by the late
U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown under the auspices of the
U.S.-China Joint Committee on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) to represent US
information technology industries in China, to monitor and express support
for legislation conducive to U.S. export and investment opportunities, and
to promote further opening of China’s technology markets to U.S. firms.
To learn more about USITO visit: www.usito.org.
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Becky Linder, AeA speaking about RoHS
in Beijing.
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AeA Member company representative with MII Director HUANG.
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