US Chamber of Commerce CEO Susan Clark is leading a delegation of former US government officials to Beijing this week, the group said.
The group will meet with senior Chinese government officials and local business leaders, as well as American business executives and foreign diplomats, according to a representative of the chamber, the leading group representing business interests in the United States.
Beijing considers Taiwan part of China and can be reunified by force if necessary. Most countries, including the United States, do not recognize Taiwan as an independent state, but Washington opposes any attempt to seize the self-governing island by force and is committed to supplying it with weapons.
Beijing criticizes “slander tactics” in US assessment of China's “predatory” economy
Beijing criticizes “slander tactics” in US assessment of China's “predatory” economy
Senior US and Chinese military officials spoke for the first time in more than a year in December.
The Treasury Department said that meetings between the US Treasury and Chinese financial officials in Beijing last January concluded with the two sides agreeing to continue meeting regularly.
US officials also indicated that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen looked forward to a return visit to China at an “appropriate time,” the department said.
