NEW YORK, October 26, 2026 — The Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis (CCA) is pleased to announce the establishment of its China–Southeast Asia Advisory Council, bringing together senior leaders and experts to provide strategic guidance on CCA's research and engagement on China–Southeast Asia relations.
The Council will be co-chaired by Ambassador Chan Heng Chee, Global Co-Chair of Asia Society and Ambassador-at-Large at Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Gita Wirjawan, former Minister of Trade of Indonesia and Honorary Senior Fellow on China-Southeast Asia Relations at CCA.
“The establishment of this Council marks an important step in expanding CCA’s work on the increasingly consequential and multifaceted relationship between China and Southeast Asia,” said Jing Qian, Vice President of Asia Society and Co-Founder and Managing Director of CCA. “We are honored to have Ambassador Chan Heng Chee and Gita Wirjawan as Co-Chairs, joined by a distinguished group of members whose experience spans diplomacy, economics, academia, and business. Their collective insights will help guide our research priorities, deepen our understanding of regional developments, and strengthen CCA’s broader analysis of China’s role in the world.”
Founding members of the Advisory Council include Jing Qian, Vice President of Asia Society and Co-Founder and Managing Director of CCA; Craig Allen, former U.S. Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at CCA; Kin Chan, Chief Investment Officer at Argyle Street Management; David Dapice, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Tufts University; Bert Hofman, former Director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore and Honorary Senior Fellow on Chinese Economy at CCA; Kevin Zongzhe Li, CCA Fellow; and Brian Wong, Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong and Non-Resident Honorary Fellow at CCA.
For more information, visit the Council’s page here.