Past New Silk Road Award Recipients

2009
Paul Matthews
Founder, Matthews International Capital Management, LLC
Investment Advisor to Matthews Asia Funds

2008
The “Three Venerables”: 
Ambassador Linda Tsao Yang, former U.S. head of the Asian Development Bank and current Chairman, Asian Corporate Governance Association (HK); William F. Miller, former President, SRI International and Professor Emeritus of Management at Stanford University, for his role in globalizing Silicon Valley; and Alexander D. Calhoun, Senior Counsel at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP, for internationalizing legal services that facilitate U.S.-Asia commerce;
  
2007
John S. Chen
Chairman, CEO & President,
Sybase Inc.

2006
Hon. George P. Shultz
Former U.S.
Secretary of State

2005
Hon. Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator

2004
Washington SyCip
Asia's "Wise Owl" of Business

2003
Dr. Daniel K. H. Chao
Chairman, Bechtel China

2010 NEW SILK ROAD AWARD

About the Award This nation's commercial relationships with Asia are among the most significant factors affecting our nation's economic future. Their importance will only increase. To acknowledge the contributions of individuals whose work has significantly fostered U.S.-Asia business ties, Cal-Asia created the New Silk Road Award. It commends the deliberate and judicious nurturing these individuals have provided to help America's relationships with Asian markets expand in healthy ways.  The Award itself consists of a framed piece of embroidered silk, representing the evolving patterns and intertwined nature of California's commerce with Asia, bearing a commemorative plate.

Dr. Ta-Lin Hsu Founder and Chairman of H&Q Asia Pacific and Chairman-elect of Give2Asia The New Silk Road Award for 2010 will be accepted at Asia Night by Dr. Ta-Lin Hsu, Founder and Chairman of H&Q Asia Pacific and Chairman-elect of Give2Asia. This award is given annually by the California-Asia Business Council for outstanding contributions to business ties with Asia. Dr. Hsu is being honored for his role in helping to pioneer the development of Asian venture capital and private equity. Since 1986, H&QAP has invested in more than 360 companies, resulting in new businesses and jobs and the unlocking of commercial potential throughout the Asia Pacific region. Dr. Hsu plays an active role in developing business and policy relationships between the U.S. and Asia, including advisory positions with government, academic and industry organizations. Dr. Hsu was a founding member of the prestigious Technology Review Board, a group established to advise the Executive Yuan of Taiwan on all technology matters, and is one of the founding members of and Advisor to the Monte Jade Science & Technology organization, the premier non-profit organization promoting business and technology relations between Taiwan and the U.S.  Dr. Hsu is an Advisory Board Member of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, serves on the boards of K T Li Foundation and the Pacific Pension Institute, was founding President of the Chinese Institute of Engineers / SF Bay Area Chapter and is a member of the Committee of 100. He serves on the boards of ASE, Marvell Semiconductor, and Fabrinet A native of mainland China, Dr. Hsu received his B.S. degree in Physics from National Taiwan University (receiving “Outstanding Alumni Award” in 2009), his M.S. degree in Electrophysics from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of California at Berkeley.