Policy fourm: Dragons, Tigers & Bears, Chinese Perspectives on Economic and Strategic Relations in Northeast Asia.

1997 Continued
Following the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s, IREX hosts a policy forum covering the financial issues in northeast Asia. IREX also hosts a training program for senior managers of state-owned enterprises in Shanghai, China.

IREX hosts a delegation from the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea. The three-man delegation met with members of the US business and nonprofit organizations to discuss the contributions of private citizens to building bridges between estranged societies.