– What’s New / Ongoing Programs –

Asia North 2025
May 2nd-31st, 2025	Asia North, a month-long series of arts and cultural events in Baltimore’s Station North Arts District begins this Friday, May 2nd! The opening reception this Friday will feature still life drawing, a zither performance, dragon dancing, South Asian dancing, and much more – and will also include catered food provided by the BXSCC. Further on in the Asia North series: The May 9th opening – with catered food – to the week-long “Veiled Forms” exhibit is being managed by the Baltimore-Kawasaki (Japan) Sister City Committee and supported by the BXSCC as well as the Baltimore-Changwon (South Korea) Sister City Committee.
BXSCC Continues Partnership with Bard High School Early College – Baltimore
Ongoing	The 2024-2025 school year program included / includes: Sep. 20th: Mid-Autumn Dean’s Hour featuring our 2024 Youth Ambassadors Oct. 11th: Field trip to the Peale Museum, Baltimore’s community museum Dec. 11th: Field trip to the Chinese Embassy and Chinatown in Washington, D.C. Feb. 7th: Lunar New Year celebration featuring fall Chinese language and culture awards for top students as well as cultural performances – free and open to the public! May 5th: Field trip to the National Museum of Asian Art and the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. to see the pandas May 19th: Senior Scholar Award of Chinese Language and Culture to be announced at the Senior Farewell With spring award announcements for underclassmen to come!
2025 Youth Ambassadors Student Travel Program
Summer 2025	This year marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee and the 45th anniversary of the Maryland-Anhui Province sister state relationship. As part of a series of celebratory events, the Foreign Affairs offices of both Xiamen and Anhui have offered to host our Youth Ambassadors once again this year. In general, the program would be more likely to be held every other year but, thanks to the anniversary celebrations, this summer we’re holding the program for a second year in a row. Travel is tentatively scheduled from July 15 to August 1, 2025. All Maryland high school-aged students were welcome to apply, with priority given to current Baltimore City Public School System students. Applications for the program closed on February 4th, 2025. Seven students are confirmed to participate in this summer’s program, which will be held in Xiamen, Anhui Province, and likely Shanghai. To contribute to our students’ efforts, visit www.bxscc.org, click the “Donate” button, choose “Baltimore Xiamen” from the drop-down menu, and specify “Youth Ambassadors” in the “tell us why you donate” box. No amount is too small!
The BXSCC Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the Baltimore – Xiamen Relationship
2025	We’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of the sister city relationship between Baltimore and Xiamen! A photo exhibit commemorating this history is on display on the 2nd floor of the Enoch Pratt Central Library, April through May.

– Other Highlights –

19th Annual National Committee on U.S.-China Relations CHINA Town Hall
April 24th, 2025	National Speaker (via webcast): Ryan Hass Director of John L. Thorton China Center at the Brookings Institution Matthew Turpin Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution Lingling Wei Chief China Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal Local Speaker (in person): Dr. John Yasuda Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University The BXSCC, in cooperation with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and Baltimore’s Office of the Mayor and Office of the City Council President, hosted a town hall on U.S.-China relations at 6pm on Thursday, April 24th at Baltimore City Hall. This event included national speakers as listed above via webcast, local speaker Dr. John Yasuda in person, and a buffet-style Chinese meal from Peter Chang. For more information, visit https://chinatownhall2025baltimore.eventbrite.com
BXSCC Joins the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) Baltimore’s Baltimore AAPI Night
April 10th, 2025	The BXSCC, along with our fellow Asia-affiliated sister city committees of Changwon and Kawasaki, tabled at NAAAP Baltimore’s AAPI Night at The 2640 Space for an evening of engagement with and celebration of Baltimore’s AAPI community. For more about this event, see the corresponding NAAAP Baltimore webpag.
BXSCC Joins Maryland Asian American Business Conference
April 10th, 2025	The BXSCC was honored to be invited to the Maryland Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives’s Maryland Asian American Business Conference in Rockville! For more about this event, see the corresponding press release.
Baltimore Welcomes the Vice Mayor of Xiamen and Other Xiamen Dignitaries
April 7th & 8th, 2025	A delegation led by Xiamen Vice Mayor ZHUANG Rongliang and including representatives from the Xiamen Port Authority and Xiamen Foreign Affairs Office visited Baltimore over two days in April. While in Baltimore, the delegation met with representatives of the Maryland Port Authority and Baltimore’s Office of the Mayor, toured the just-opened BXSCC 40th anniversary photo exhibit at Enoch Pratt Central Library, and discussed an array of ongoing and upcoming exchanges with members of the BXSCC and other city government representatives.
BXSCC Announces 2025 Leadership Team
December 2024 through March 2025	The BXSCC is pleased to welcome our leadership team for the 2025 term. Congratulations to our new Vice Chair (Chelsea Nakabayashi), Secretary (Sam Walczak), and Treasurer (Justin Lipsky)! Their terms will run through the end of 2026. Continuing officers on our Executive Committee include Xin (Cindy) Wang as Chair and Hosea Chew as Member-at-Large, both through the end of 2025. Continuing appointed officers include Robin Su as Business Subcommittee Chair and Jeannette Felton as Education Subcommittee Chair. For the latest information on our Subcommittees and Functional Teams, please visit our Leadership page.