By Greenberg H.R. No. 1235 75R16358 BNL-D R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Dr. Ying Li is an accomplished scientist and 1-2 businesswoman who has had a tremendous impact on the Lone Star 1-3 State's burgeoning high technology industry, and she is indeed 1-4 deserving of special legislative recognition; and 1-5 WHEREAS, A native of Beijing, China, she has been a resident 1-6 of Texas for 16 years and a citizen since 1992; after graduating 1-7 from Beijing University, she went on to earn a doctorate in solid 1-8 state physics from The University of Texas at Austin and has 1-9 conducted postgraduate research at the university's 1-10 Microelectronics Research Center; and 1-11 WHEREAS, Dr. Ying Li then embarked on a successful career 1-12 with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a major high tech company with 1-13 manufacturing facilities in Austin; while there she created an 1-14 advanced functional analytical lab to produce a new generation of 1-15 microchips, earned a patent from the United States Patent and Trade 1-16 Office for one of her inventions, and published several papers in 1-17 IEEE Electron Device Letters; and 1-18 WHEREAS, This innovative entrepreneur is also the founder and 1-19 president of Eastern Sea Consulting Company and Eastern Sea, Inc., 1-20 and over the past year, she has earned a reputation both locally 1-21 and abroad as an expert in international trade, leading several 1-22 trade missions to China in behalf of Austin-based high technology 1-23 companies; she has further advanced trade efforts by establishing 1-24 the Texas Asian Chamber of Commerce, and this worthy endeavor has 2-1 drawn the support of United States Congressman Lloyd Doggett and 2-2 Governor George W. Bush; and 2-3 WHEREAS, Her hard work as a founding member of the Texas 2-4 Coalition for U.S.--China Commercial Relations, an advocacy group 2-5 that includes Motorola, Boeing, and Dresser Industries, came to 2-6 fruition recently when she was selected to address several 2-7 congressional committees, and she is also joining with such 2-8 well-known businesses as Arter & Hadden, Price Waterhouse, A. T. 2-9 Kearney, and others to form Eastern Sea 2000: A Strategic Alliance 2-10 for Expanding U.S.--China Commercial Relations, 1997-2000; and 2-11 WHEREAS, In addition, Dr. Ying Li will soon host a trade 2-12 delegation from China's Yunnan Province, a sister province of the 2-13 State of Texas, and Chinese officials have already asked her to 2-14 organize and lead a Texas delegation to Yunnan Province in the fall 2-15 of this year; and 2-16 WHEREAS, Throughout her remarkable career, Dr. Ying Li has 2-17 made significant progress in expanding commercial relations between 2-18 the businesses and people of the State of Texas and those of the 2-19 People's Republic of China, and the members of this chamber are 2-20 pleased to honor her for her outstanding work at this time; now, 2-21 therefore, be it 2-22 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-23 Legislature hereby recognize Dr. Ying Li as a Special Envoy for the 2-24 State of Texas to the People's Republic of China and extend to her 2-25 best wishes in her efforts to aid both the Asian community and 2-26 Texas-based companies seeking commercial links with their Chinese 2-27 counterparts; and, be it further 3-1 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 3-2 prepared for Dr. Ying Li as an expression of high regard by the 3-3 Texas House of Representatives.