GCC is proud to collaborate frequently with some of the world’s leading corporations and organizations, as well as the student unions of China’s most esteemed universities. We hope to help our partners benefit amid China’s emergence on the global stage, and appreciate their continual contributions to GCC’s programs. Additionally, a wide variety of men and women have sent GCC letters of support since our creation in 2008. Distinguished individuals from a diverse array of fields have expressed their support that they stand with us as we strengthen relations between China and the rest of the world.

SPONSORS

LETTERS OF SUPPORT

• Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator (New York)
• Gary Ackerman, U.S. Congressman (New York)
• Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Congresswoman (New York) 
• Jerrold Nadler, U.S. Congressman (New York)
• Eliot Engel, U.S. Congressman (New York)
• Nita M. Lowey, U.S. Congresswoman (New York)
• Michael M. Honda, U.S. Congressman (California)
• Sara McCalpin, President of the China Institute
• Wang Huiyao, Ph.D, Director General of the Center for China and Globalization
• Debora L. Spar, President of Barnard College
• Bill Thompson, Former Comptroller of New York City and 2009 Democratic mayoral nominee
• Weiying Zhang, Former Dean of Guanghua School of Management at Peking University 
• Letter signed by Tsinghua University General Secretary Wang Songtao, Dean of International Cooperation and Exchange Luo Lisheng, and Dean of Student Affairs Du Huiliang. 
• Lynn White, Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University
• Dwight Perkins, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University
• Xinzhong Xu, Assistant Dean of the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University
• Wang Songtao, General Secretary of SUTU at Tsinghua University
• Introductory Letter to the Administration of Peking University signed by former Columbia University Provost Alan Brinkley and Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz
• Richard Lai, Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
• Huang Shan, Secretary of Sun Yat-Sen Youth League Committee at Sun Yat-Sen University 
• 2010 Global Forum Letter of Authorization
• Global Social Venture Competition's Letter of Support
• Tsinghua University Student Union's Letter of Support

HONORARY SUPPORTERS

• Marc Ambinder - Chief political consultant to CBS News, Associate Editor of Atlantic Monthly
• David A. Andelman - Editor of World Policy Journal, former Executive Editor of Forbes.com
• Dr. Peter Cai - Executive Director at Morgan Stanley
• Sean Cai - Attorney at Law, Barclays Capital; Director of the Chinese Business Lawyers Association
• Myron L. Cohen - Director of Columbia University's Wetherhead East Asian Institute
• John Du - Partner, Jun He Law Offices
• Alex Yong Hao - Attorney at Law, Vinson & Elkins, LLP; Director of the Chinese Business Lawyers Association
• Edward Ho - Managing Partner, Ernst & Young China
• Robert Jervis - Columbia University political science professor
• Qi Yue (齐玥) - Marketing Director of Sina.com
• Orville Schell - Director of the Asia Society's Arthur Ross Center on U.S.-China Relations
• Ambassador Sichan Siv - Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
• Henry Wang (王辉耀) - Director General of the Center for China and Globalization, Vice-President of Western Returned Scholars Association, author of six books.
• Dr. Steven Zhu - Senior Vice President at Bank of America