The Cabot Corporation–Xinsheng Zhang Lectureship series features distinguished global leaders speaking on U.S.–China issues. Created in 2011, this endowed lectureship honors Dr. Xinsheng Zhang, a member of the Cabot leadership team who was critical to Cabot’s operations in China.

2024 Cabot Zhang Lecture

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2024 Cabot-Zhang Lecture

U.S. Heartland China Association panel explores the future of innovative healthcare.

PAST CABOT-ZHANG LECTURE SPEAKERS

2023
  • Bob Davis | The Wall Street Journal
    U.S. China Relations: Damaged beyond repair?
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2019
  • Dr. William D. Kirby | Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration and T.M. Chang Professor of China Studies, Harvard University
    A Chinese Century? The World of Universities in the 21st Century
2017
  • Consul-General Lei Hong | People’s Republic of China in Chicago
    U.S.-China Relations
2016
  • Dr. Dingli Shen | Professor and Vice Dean of the Institute of International Affairs, Center for American Studies, Fudan University
    Cybersecurity as part of U.S.–China Relations
2014
  • Dr. Kenneth G. Lieberthal | Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution John L. Thornton China Center
    Critical Issues in U.S.–China Relations
2012
  • Dr. Cheng Li | Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution John L. Thornton China Center
    China’s Leadership Succession and Political Transformation