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Pang Lu

Secretary General

China International Contractors

Association

Minda Xu

Senior Director

Business Development

McGraw-Hill Construction

Ms. Minda Xu joined The McGraw-Hill Companies in 2000. As

a member of the Associate Development Program, she had

rotational assignments throughout the corporation, including

Global Strategy, Standard & Poor's Corporate Governance

Services (in England), and McGraw-Hill Construction, where she

helped establish a new business unit, Integrated Solutions and

Consulting. In 2002, she was promoted to her current position

to lead McGraw-Hill Construction's China initiative, develop

strategic alliances and identify new market opportunities.

Ms. Xu began her career as a management consultant for the

Boston Consulting Group in its Shanghai office with an industry

focus on the media, publishing and consumer goods sectors.

She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BE in

Industrial Management from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Mr. Pang Lu has worked at China International Contractors

Association (CHINCA) as the Secretary General since 2002.

Before joining CHINCA, Mr. Pang worked in the Ministry of

Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation as deputy director of

the Division of Central Africa, the Division of East Africa, and

director of the Division of Southeast Africa. Mr. Pang graduated

from Beijing Foreign Studies University, and from 1991 to 1992

he studied the courses of international trade and project

management at Quebec University in Montreal, Canada.

Moderators=====��

Robert Ivy

Editor-in-Chief

McGraw-Hill Construction

Architectural Record

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Mr. Robert Ivy, FAIA, joined Architectural Record as editor-in-

chief in 1996. Under his editorial leadership, the publication has

emerged as the most widely read architectural journal worldwide.

In 2003, the magazine captured the American Society of

Magazine Editors' National Magazine Award for General

Excellence, their top award.

Previously, Mr. Ivy pursued parallel careers as both an architect

with an active practice and as a critic for national publications.

Mr. Ivy is currently a fellow of the American Institute of Architects,

the Philippine Institute of Architects, the Institute for Urban

Design, a former regent of the American Architectural Foundation,

and a peer reviewer for the U.S. General Services Administration.

Mr. Ivy graduated with honors from the University of the South

and from Tulane University, where he received a degree in

architecture.

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James H. McGraw, IV (Jay) is the group publisher for McGraw-

Hill Construction’s publications, which include Engineering

News-Record, Architectural Record, Design-Build and ten

regional publications.

Mr. James H. McGraw, IV joined The McGraw-Hill Companies

in 1979 in Business Week’s advertising sales department. He

worked in the magazine’s Dallas, Denver, and Los Angeles sales

offices before moving to Business Week’s New York headquar-

ters in 1984. In 1999, Mr. McGraw was appointed publisher of

Engineering News-Record and Design-Build magazines. He

assumed his present position in 2001.

In addition to his current responsibilities, Mr. McGraw is a

member of The McGraw-Hill Companies’ Pension Investment

Committee. He also serves on the board of directors of

American Business Media, the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the

Business Press Education Foundation, and the Society of

American Military Engineers, as well as the advisory board for

the New York University Publishing Program.

James H. McGraw IV

Group Publisher

McGraw-Hill Construction

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manager of Sweets, Mr. Howard Mager is responsible for

strengthening the market position of Sweets and leading the

new building product manufacturer growth initiative for McGraw-

Hill Construction.

Mr. Mager joined McGraw-Hill in 1970 as a sales trainee. He

has held numerous positions in sales, publishing, and senior

management. Prior to his current position, he was publisher of

Engineering News-Record and Design-Build, and was group

publisher of the Construction Publication Group of McGraw-Hill

from 1991 to 1995. In 1997, Howard worked with the China

International Contractors Association (CHINCA) to initiate a

China/U.S. Construction Summit, and was instrumental in the

spearheading of new initiatives including the launch of enr.com

and Design-Build magazine.

Mr. Mager is active on a number of professional boards and

organizations such as the Construction Industry Roundtable, the

International Road Federation, the New York Society of Military

Engineers, and many others.

Janice Tuchman

Editor-in-Chief

McGraw-Hill Construction

Engineering News-Record

Howard Mager

Senior Vice President & General

Manager

McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets

As editor-in-chief of Engineering News-Record (ENR), Ms. Janice

L. Tuchman directs the editorial operations of the weekly print

magazine and its website, enr.com, which is updated daily. She

works on strategic planning and develops new editorial products,

publications and events.

Ms. Tuchman directed the editorial team that won the 2002 Neal

award from American Business Media for Best News Coverage

for ENR’s continuing series of stories on the 9/11 disasters. She

fielded two embedded reporters to cover construction’s mission

in the War in Iraq in 2003, and that coverage was a finalist in the

2004 Neal Awards.

Ms. Tuchman co-authored a book called Exposed Structure in

Building Design and has spoken frequently at industry events.

She serves on the Industry Advisory Committee of the

Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Management

at Columbia University. Ms. Tuchman earned Bachelors and

Masters degrees in journalism from the University of Colorado

in Boulder.

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Moderators=====��

David Johnson

Vice President,

McGraw-Hill Construction

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Mr. David Johnson joined the McGraw-Hill Companies in 1986

in a sales & marketing capacity at Business Week Magazine.

Prior to that he spent over 10 years in sales and sales

management positions with Procter & Gamble and Unilever. As

Business Week's director of Worldwide Special Sections, he

traveled extensively in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He

spent considerable time working with overseas economic

development organizations in Ireland, England, France, German,

Turkey, Greece, Italy, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Mr.

Johnson worked closely with those organizations to assist them

in reaching their marketing communication objectives through

advertising, conference sponsorships and website development.

He joined McGraw-Hill Construction in 2000 and is currently

responsible for Conferences and Business Development

initiatives. Mr. Johnson has worked closely with the 2008 Beijing

Olympic Organizing Committee in helping them connect with

construction industry professionals here in North America. Mr.

Johnson holds a MBA degree from Fordham University in New

York City.

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Bureau of Commerce.

Ms. Cheng had been the commissioner and the assistant

director of the Beijing Municipal Foreign Economic Relations &

Trade Commission, the director of trade in Services Department

of Beijing Municipal Foreign Economic Relations & Trade

Commission, the director of Foreign Investment Department of

Beijing Municipal Foreign Economic Relations & Trade

Commission, the deputy director of Foreign Investment

Department of Beijing Municipal Foreign Economic Relations &

Trade Commission, the deputy director of Foreign Economic

Cooperation Department of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Tourism.

Cheng Yuhua

Deputy Director

Beijing Municipal Bureau of

Commerce

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Mr. Huang Wei became vice minister of the Ministry of

Construction in August, 2003. He is in charge of the construc-

tion industry of China. He previously served as vice principal and

executive vice principal of South East University in China, the

head of the Construction Bureau of Jiangsu province, and

deputy governor of Jiangsu province. Mr. Huang is a doctorial

mentor, was a senior visiting scholar to the University of

California, Berkeley and also served as a specially-appointed

professor of the Changjiang Scholar Rewarding Program. Mr.

Huang earned the title of Middle and Young Aged Expert with

Outstanding Performance at the National Level in 1997 and has

received 13 scientific and technological progress awards at the

provincial and ministerial level, and 2 national awards. Mr. Huang

received a Ph. D. from the South East University in 1994.

Since 2002, Mr. Chen Jian has served as the assistant minister

of Commerce. From 1998 to 2002, he held the title of Director

General of the Department of Foreign Economic Cooperation

of MOFCOM. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Chen was assistant

president and vice president of the China National Overseas

Engineering Corporation. Prior to 1994, Mr. Chen served as a

commercial counselor to China’s Embassy in Argentina.

Chen Jian

Assistant Minister

Ministry of Commerce, P. R. C.

Huang Wei

Vice Minister

Ministry of Construction, P. R. C.

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Dr. Daniel Chao is based in Shanghai and has responsibility for

all Bechtel activities in Greater China, including its joint ventures,

Bechtel-CITIC Engineering, Inc. and Pacific Engineers &

Constructors, Ltd. (Taiwan). He is also a senior vice president of

Bechtel Group, Inc. and chairman of the Board of Alterra

Partners, an affiliated aviation development company. Prior to his

current position, Dr. Chao was an executive vice president and

managing director of Bechtel Enterprises, the company’s

financing and development subsidiary with responsibility for

Bechtel’s equity investments and project financings in

infrastructure world-wide.

Dr. Chao has spent 25 years in corporate management, project

development and finance, corporate finance and banking, equity

investments, and asset and risk management. Dr. Chao holds a

BA from Stanford University, an MA M.A.L.D., and PhD from the

Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and an Advanced

Professional Certificate (Business) from New York University.

Du Ping

Director General

State Council West Development

Office, China

Professor Du Ping is the director-general of the Department of

Comprehensive Planning Office of the Leading Group for

Western Region Development of the State Council of China.

Since 1982, Prof. Du has been engaged in the planning and

management of policy research in the Planning Bureau for

Regional Cooperation, the Regional Comprehensive Planning

Department, the State Land Regional Department of the State

Planning Committee and the Regional Economy Institute. Prof.

Du has also been involved in drafting relevant plans, strategies

and policies regarding China’s environmental protection, state

land development and great west development. He had also

been in charge of drafting many special planning programs and

major research for the State Planning Committee.

Daniel K.H. Chao

Chairman & President

Bechtel China, Inc.

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