The BXSCC is the Baltimore and Maryland host for CHINA Town Hall, the annual program of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR). Each year the NCUSCR recruits a high-level speaker or panel on U.S.-China topics, who address every participating city by webcast, and the local host provides the venue and webcasting support as well as a distinguished local speaker or moderator to lead follow-up discussion with the local audience.
Baltimore has been part of the program for twenty years. The committee hosted its 20th annual CHINA Town Hall on April 7th, 2026, at Baltimore City Hall, in cooperation with the Office of the Mayor and the Office of the City Council President, and the NCUSCR recognized the BXSCC that evening for its sustained involvement in the program.
The 20th annual CHINA Town Hall at Baltimore City Hall, April 7th, 2026. Click to enlarge.
Speak at CHINA Town Hall
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Each year the committee invites a local expert on China, U.S.-China relations, or a related field to speak in person and lead the discussion after the national webcast. If you are interested in being a guest speaker at a future CHINA Town Hall, or in suggesting one, please contact us. |
Past Speakers
National Speakers and Baltimore Local Speakers, 2011 to 2026 |
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| Year | National Speakers / Panelists | Baltimore Local Speakers / Moderators |
| 2026 | Stephen Biegun Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Sarah Beran |
Dr. Meredith Oyen Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| 2025 | Ryan Hass 何瑞恩 Director of John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution Matthew Turpin Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 |
Dr. John Yasuda Professor of Political Science and Chair of the East Asian Studies Program Advisory Board, Johns Hopkins University |
| 2024 | Kurt Campbell 坎贝尔 U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (2024-present) |
Robert Daly 戴博 Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Wilson Center |
| 2023 | R. Nicholas Burns 尼古拉斯·伯恩斯 U.S. Ambassador to China (2021- present) |
Mary E. “Mendy” Nitsch Director, International Affairs, Maryland’s Office of the Secretary of State |
| 2022 | Jon M. Huntsman Jr. 洪博培 Former U.S. Ambassador to China, Russia, and Singapore |
(No local speaker was engaged for this pandemic-era all-virtual program.) |
| 2021 | Fareed Zakaria 法里德·扎卡利亚 CNN host and best-selling author |
(No local speaker was engaged for this pandemic-era all-virtual program.) |
| 2020 | Ray Dalio 瑞·达利欧 Founder, Co-Chief Investment Officer, and Co-Chairman of Bridgewater Associates, LP |
(No local speaker was engaged for this pandemic-era all-virtual program.) |
| 2019 | Stephen Orlins 欧伦斯 President of the NCUSCR Melanie Hart 梅拉尼·哈特 Yasheng Huang 黄亚生 Ely Ratner 拉特纳 Moderator: George Stephanopoulos 乔治·斯蒂芬诺伯罗斯, ABC News Chief Anchor |
Nat Ahrens 安奈德 Executive Director and Founder of the American Mandarin Society and former Director of China Affairs, University of Maryland College Park (2014-2018) |
| 2018 | Condoleezza Rice 康多莉扎·赖斯 Secretary of State (2005-2009) and National Security Advisor (2001-2005) |
Madelyn Ross 饶玫 Executive Director of SAIS China at the Johns Hopkins University |
| 2017 | Susan E. Rice 苏珊·赖斯 National Security Advisor (2013-2017) and U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2009-2013) |
John C. Wobensmith 约翰·沃本史密斯 Secretary of State of Maryland |
| 2016 | Henry A. Kissinger 亨利·基辛格 Secretary of State (1973-1977) and National Security Advisor (1969-1975) |
David M. Lampton 兰普顿 Director, China Studies Program, the Johns Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and former President of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (1988-1997) |
| 2015 | Robert E. Rubin 罗伯特·鲁宾 Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations Sheldon Day 谢尔顿·戴伊 Daniel Rosen 荣大聂 |
Robert Daly 戴博 Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Wilson Center |
| 2014 | Jimmy Carter 吉米·卡特 President of the United States (1977-1981) |
Frank Jannuzi 季浩丰 President & CEO, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation |
| 2013 | Madeleine Albright 马德琳·奥尔布赖特 U.S. Secretary of State (1997-2001), and Chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group |
Zha Liyou 查立友 Counsellor, Congressional & Sub-National Affairs, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United States |
| 2012 | Gary Locke 骆家辉 U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (2011-2014) |
(The 2012 local event cancelled due to Superstorm Sandy. The featured speaker was to be Mr. Zha Liyou.) |
| 2011 | Zbigniew Brzezinski 兹比格涅夫·布热津斯基 National Security Advisor (1977-1981) |
Robert Goldberg 金瑞柏 Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing (2009-2011) and U.S. Consul General in Guangzhou, China (2006-2009) |