The Committee of 100 will be holding its 13th Annual Conference on April 2-3, 2004 in Pasadena, CA at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa. This two-day conference, with expected attendance of over 700 persons, will provide a forum to discuss key issues related to U.S.-China relations and Asian American progress.

This year's conference theme is "At the Forefront of American Progress." Our gala banquet will take place on Friday evening, April 2, 2004. Our three honorees will be Dr. David D. Ho, the renowned AIDS researcher, Gov. Gary Locke of Washington State, the first Asian American governor on the U.S. mainland, and Jerry Yang, Co-Founder of Yahoo!.

As for the program itself, we will have some exciting panels on current issues ranging from the latest developments in U.S.-China trade relations to the impact of AIDS/SARS on China's public health and economy, to Asian Americans’ impact on the entertainment and philanthropic fields.

We sincerely hope you will be able to join us for our 13th Annual Conference and engage in dialogue with us around issues of common concern.

The Committee of 100 (C-100) is a national, non-partisan organization composed of American citizens of Chinese descent that brings a unique Chinese American perspective to issues concerning Asian Americans and U.S. relations with Greater China. It was founded in 1990 by a group of concerned and prominent Chinese Americans after the famed architect, I.M. Pei, was inundated with calls from reporters seeking his reaction, as an influential Chinese American, to the Tiananmen Square incident in June 1989. C-100 is not aligned with any political party in the United States, nor with any of the Asian polarities: Taiwan, People's Republic of China (PRC), Hong Kong, or Southeast Asia.

All of our members have achieved prominence in the United States in a broad range of professions. With their diverse backgrounds, members collectively pool their strengths and experience to address important issues concerning both the Chinese-American and Asian American communities, as well as issues affecting U.S.-China relations.

The Committee's two-fold mission is to promote the full participation of Chinese Americans in all fields of American life and to encourage constructive relations between the peoples of the United States and Greater China.