About Us

The Carolina China Council (CCC) is a nonprofit organization registered in the State of North Carolina to promote business, cultural and educational exchanges between the Carolinas and China. Since its establishment in March 2009, CCC has been actively engaged in building the bridge between the people in the Carolinas and China.  The examples of our activities include:

1. Promote people-to-people exchanges through the development of sister city relationships;
2. Promote K-12 and college student and teacher exchanges through summer camps, internships, and educational tours;
3. Promote cultural exchanges through performing arts shows;
4. Promote investment and trade through company introductions, organization of trade shows and investment conferences;
5. Facilitate governmental exchanges by organizing and hosting government meetings and visits.

Our People

The Carolina China Council is a nonprofit organizations governed by its Board of Directors and operated by its Executive Committee.  The Chairman, President and Vice Presidents form the executive committee.  The members of the 2010-2011 Board of Directors, advisory board and representatives are listed below.

Board of Directors

• Harris Blake, Chairman
  State Senator and Former Associate Administrator of US Department of Agriculture. Pinehurst, NC
• Lian Xie, President
  Professor of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NC State University. Raleigh, NC. Changjiang Scholar, Ministry of Education of China.
• Wei Xie, Vice President for Finance
  COO, Capital data Group, LLC. Chapel Hill, NC
• Lee Anne Nance
  Executive Vice President, Research Triangle Regional Partnership. RTP
• Lee Settle
  Founder and Board of Director, Square1Bank, Durham, NC
• Robin Cummings
  MD, FACC, FACS. NC Rural Center Board; UNC-Pembroke Board of Trustees, Pinehurst, NC
• Meng Li
  President, Chinese American Association of Charlotte
• Michael Colozzi
  Founder, All Asia Network
• David Wolff
  Director, Carolina Philharmonic
• Jianxiong Zhang
  Associate Professor, Department of Biology, UNC-Charlotte
• Houqi Zhang
  Vice President, China Auto Parts Corporation, Beijing, China

Advisory Board

• Mr. Steve Brantley
  Senior Investment Advisor, NC Department of Commerce
• Dr. George Briggs
  President, NC Arboretum
• Mrs. Lisa Huang
  President and CEO, Travel International
• Dr. Bailian Li
  Vice Provost for International Affairs, NC State University
• Joy Donat
  Realtor/Broker, Coastal Carolina Realty, Wilmington, NC
• Mrs. Shijun Naour
  China Program Manager, UNC Center for International Understanding
• Dr. Tao Pang
  Associate Professor of Mathematics, President, Chinese Association for Science and Technology, NC Chapter
• Mrs. Jian Qiao
  Vice President, Lenovo
• Mr. Stuart Schulte
  Vice President, Intepac LLC
• Dr. Ding Yan
  President, NC Chinese American Friendship Association

Accountant

• Mrs. Yan Zhang, CPA

Representatives

• Dr. Houqi Zhang, Beijing
• Ms. Lily Tang, Beijing
• Mr. Guoqi Cai, Hunan
• Ms. Ying-Ying Li, Washington DC and VP