On September 5, Huang Ping, the Consul General of China in New York, attended the 2024 Blue Cloud Gala hosted by the China Institute in America. During his keynote address, Consul General Huang commended the Institute's century-long dedication to fostering China-US relations and deepening ties between the two nations' peoples. He emphasized the importance of vision, faith, and unity in advancing China-US relations in the future.

This year's prestigious Blue Cloud Award was presented to Ronald Diamond, Vice Chairman of Conair LLC and CEO of Cuisinart Outdoor; Henry A. Fernandez, Chairman and CEO of MSCI Inc.; and Sheldon Pang, Vice Chairman of Freepoint Commodities and Chairman of Freepoint Solar, in recognition of their significant contributions.