Committee of 100 (United States)
百人会 | |
| Formation | 1990 |
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| Type | 501(c)(3) organization |
| 13-3627542 | |
| Headquarters | 28 West 44th Street, Suite 1014, New York, NY 10036 |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 百人會 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 百人会 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | hundred-person association | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Committee of 100 is a 501(c)(3) organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia and the arts whose stated aim is "to encourage constructive relations between the peoples of the United States and Greater China." It was founded in 1990 by I. M. Pei.
Its current chair is Gary Locke, former U.S. Ambassador to China, the 36th Secretary of Commerce, and former Governor of Washington State (1997–2005).