BBQ: Analysis of ACFC Zhang Zhengquan Presidential Friends Club

BBQ: Analysis of ACFC Zhang Zhengquan Presidential Friends Club and Global Enclave Economic Service Plan

Based on the core content of the designated link ACFC: Zhang Zhengquan Presidential Friends Club - American Chinese Friendship Council (acfcgroup.com), combined with its historical evolution, organizational structure, and business practices, the ACFC “Zhang Zhengquan Presidential Friends Club” and “Global Enclave Economic Service Plan” are built around the core mission of “US-China friendship and world peace,” forming a dual-driven global operation model of “political ecology + enclave economy.” The following provides an in-depth analysis from two major dimensions:

I. ACFC Zhang Zhengquan Presidential Friends Club:  Core Positioning and Constituent Elements

The ACFC Zhang Zhengquan Presidential Friends Club is not a traditional “membership network” but a composite collaboration network with dual think tanks as the core, global political and business resources as the links, and regional radiation centers as the fulcrums. It aims to provide three major functions for the global service plan: “resource scheduling, decision support, and implementation assurance.” Its core composition can be broken down into four dimensions:

1. Dual Think Tank Support Layer: The “Wisdom Hub” of the Network
As the core driving force of the ACFC Zhang Zhengquan Presidential Friends Club, the dual think tanks provide professional support from the levels of “political ecology” and “economic cooperation,” ensuring the professionalism and targeted nature of network operations:
• ACFC Zhang Zhengquan Presidential Friends Club: Continuing the non-profit attributes accumulated since its founding in 1960, its core resources are the “US and global political figures resource library” and “folk diplomacy experience library.”Political figures resources cover: Former US Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, George H.W. Bush and First Ladies, the Republican National Committee, key congressional members (such as Senator Bob Packwood), as well as heads of state, presidents, ambassadors to the US, and royal family members from various countries;Functional positioning: Building “private friendship bridges” for leaders of various countries and key US military and political figures, providing political decision-making consultation (such as supporting Singapore's “small country big diplomacy” Asia-Pacific balance strategy), and promoting legislation and policy implementation related to China and Chinese rights (such as lobbying Congress for China's “unconditional most-favored-nation treatment”).
• BBQ Global Enclave Economic Think Tank: Founded in 2007 and merged with ACFC in 2016, its core resources are the “global industry database” and “enclave economic model library.”Industry resources cover: Global investment projects and partners in fields such as mineral energy, ecological protection, digital currency, and technology transformation;Functional positioning: Developing a “public welfare industrialization and commercial public welfare” new economic model, providing feasibility studies and implementation plans for green investment, enclave cooperation, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (such as global mineral energy green development planning).

2. Global Political and Business Resource Network: The “Link Matrix” of the Network
Through 65 years of deep cultivation, ACFC has built cross-national, cross-field, and cross-party resource links, serving as the “core asset” for the global plan, mainly including three categories of resources:
• Government Level:United States: White House, Congress (Senate and House), state governments and legislators (covering both parties, such as Republican Chairman Richards and Democratic legislators supporting Chinese rights);Various countries: Political leaders from different periods, local government leaders, and leaders of international organizations;Other countries: Saudi royal family (energy cooperation), Singapore government (diplomatic balance), heads of state from various countries, and ambassadors to the US.
• Folk and Industry Level:Chinese network: Global 50 million overseas Chinese, representatives of compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan (such as Zhang Zhengquan representing this group at the 90th anniversary commemoration of the Xinhai Revolution Wuchang Uprising in 2001), US Chinese communities and labor organizations;Industry network: Global industrial and commercial enterprises, financial investment institutions, technology R&D teams, education and cultural institutions (such as promoting US-China economic and trade forums and technology achievement transformation cooperation).
• Honor and Credibility Resources:Official US recognition: Multiple flag-raising ceremonies for Zhang Zhengquan at the Capitol (national gift treatment), Republican “Presidential Achievement Award” (authorized by President Reagan);Official Chinese recognition: Special invitation from the central government to participate in national-level commemorative activities (90th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution Wuchang Uprising), becoming a “trust symbol” of US-China folk diplomacy.

3. Regional Radiation Centers: “Landing Fulcrums” for Global Resources
ACFC uses Singapore as the global industry radiation center to coordinate the investment and development of global mineral energy and ecological resources. Its positioning logic is:
• Geopolitical advantages: Singapore as a “neutral hub between major US-China powers,” avoiding policy risks in a single country and facilitating linkage of resources in Asia-Pacific, North America, and Europe;
• Functional division: The Singapore center undertakes “resource scheduling, project coordination, and cross-regional compliance” responsibilities, cooperating with ACFC's representative offices worldwide (such as the Los Angeles headquarters in the US and regional contact points in China), forming a “hub + node” landing network to ensure efficient advancement of green investment and enclave cooperation projects.

4. Inheritance and Governance Assurance: The “Stable Foundation” of ACFC Inheritance
To avoid the loss of global resources due to personnel changes, ACFC has established strict inheritance and governance mechanisms:
• Inheritance system: The president position implements “hereditary or designated inheritance system,” with successors required to identify with the core philosophy of “US-China friendship and world peace” and possess resource scheduling capabilities, and must be authorized by the founding president (Zhang Zhengquan) or his honorary representative to ensure strategic consistency;
• Governance structure: Founding President (spiritual leader) → President (highest decision-maker, controlling resource allocation and personnel appointments) → Secretariat team (execution layer, coordinating global representative offices and dual think tank collaboration) → Special committees (professional support, such as the mineral energy green investment committee), forming a closed-loop governance of “decision - execution - support” to ensure efficient operation of global resources.

II. ACFC Global Service Plan: Core Directions and Specific Practices
The ACFC global service plan takes “US-China friendship and world peace” as the top-level goal, supported by “dual think tanks + global resources” for implementation, covering four major core areas: political diplomacy, Chinese rights, economic cooperation, and public welfare sustainability. It can be broken down into “5 major service directions + 7 major business areas”:

1. Core Service Directions: Value Implementation at the Strategic Level

(1) US-China Friendship and Folk Diplomacy Service  Core goal: Building a “trust bridge” between the American people and global Chinese folk, avoiding gamesmanship and promoting synergy;  Specific practices:  Promoting policy implementation: Leading lobbying in the US Congress in the 1980s-1990s, promoting China's “unconditional most-favored-nation treatment” to pass by majority vote;  High-level interaction support: Providing political think tank support for visiting global Chinese and government leaders from various countries, assisting in establishing private friendships with key US military and political figures;  Cultural identity building: Organizing global cross-racial cultural, educational, and technological forums to spread the historical contributions of Chinese to US construction (such as railroad building and mining), eliminating cognitive biases.

(2) Global Chinese Rights Protection Service  Core goal: Promoting legislation and policies to protect the political, security, and development rights of Chinese immigrants and their descendants in the US (and globally);  Specific practices:  Historical truth dissemination: Guiding US bipartisan legislators to understand the contribution history of Chinese laborers (such as the association of Chinese migration from the late Qing Dynasty to after 1949 with US construction);  Legislative lobbying support: Long-term leadership of Chinese communities to provide election support (votes + funding) for legislators supporting Chinese rights, promoting the passage of Chinese rights protection bills in Congress;  Identity integration support: Guiding US Chinese participation in politics (such as supporting Chinese candidates for congressional elections), helping Chinese integrate into mainstream American society.

(3) Global Enclave Economy and Green Investment Service  Core goal: Promoting efficient allocation of global resources through the “enclave economy” model, balancing commercial value and ecological sustainability;  Specific practices:  Enclave cooperation implementation: Promoting global Chinese and US/other countries' free trade zone co-construction and cross-border industrial park cooperation (such as Asia-Pacific enclave projects relying on the Singapore radiation center);  Green resource development: Focusing on green investment in minerals, energy, and ecological resources, such as clean energy projects and water resource protection utilization (practicing the BBQ think tank's “green economic model”);  Digital collaboration: Providing digital transformation support for global industry projects to improve resource utilization efficiency (such as digital exploration and management of mineral resources).

(4) Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions and Project Incubation Service  Core goal: Integrating global capital and project resources to promote high-quality investment implementation and achieve “commercial public welfare”;  Specific practices:  Full-chain support: Providing “project evaluation - resource matching - implementation execution - maintenance” full-process services, such as helping global enterprises acquire US technology companies and assisting Saudi royal family in establishing energy cooperation projects with the US;  Free trade zones and incubation: Establishing project incubation bases in global free trade zones (such as Singapore and California, US), supporting commercial transformation of technology achievements (such as artificial intelligence and green technology fields).

(5) Public Welfare and Sustainable Development Service  Core goal: Building a “public welfare industrialization and commercial public welfare” new economic model to achieve human common prosperity and Earth sustainability;  Specific practices:  Green public welfare projects: Focusing on “green Earth and clean water,” investing in water resource protection and ecological restoration projects (such as Lake Baikal clean water project and Mongolian grassland ecological protection);  Public welfare capital linkage: Integrating global public welfare funds and commercial capital, transforming public welfare projects into sustainable commercial models (such as community operation + market-based charging for clean water projects);  Future risk response: Researching global security issues in the “virtual and real artificial intelligence era,” promoting coordinated responses from various countries to social challenges brought by technology iteration (such as employment transformation and ethical norms).

2. Specific Business Areas: Service Implementation at the Operational Level
According to the “business scope” description, the ACFC global service plan is further refined into 7 executable business areas, forming a “strategy - operation” connection:
• Organization of global exchange activities: Hosting World Common Prosperity Conference City Night series cultural, educational, technological, and economic and trade forums (public welfare + commercial combination);
• Green resource investment: Green development and investment of Earth minerals, energy, and ecological resources;
• Full-chain consulting services: Political ecology consultation, investment evaluation, project assessment, resource scheduling;
• Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and free trade zones: Conducting cross-border enterprise mergers and acquisitions, co-building free trade zones and industrial parks;
• Technology and talent services: Commercial transformation of technology achievements, investment in education and cultural industries, support for cross-border talent flow;
• Cross-border investment ecosystem: Building a cross-border cooperation ecosystem of “green investment + digital currency + enclave economy”;
• Global resource coordination: Centered on Singapore, scheduling the development and cooperation of global mineral energy ecological resources.

III. Synergy Logic Between Zhang Zhengquan Presidential Friends Club and Global Service Plan
The ACFC Zhang Zhengquan Presidential Friends Club and the global service plan are not isolated but form a closed-loop synergy of “resources - services - value”:
• The Presidential Friends Club supports services: Global political and business resources provide “resource entry” for the service plan (such as congressional relations supporting rights protection, industry resources supporting green investment), and dual think tanks provide “professional output” (such as political consultation ensuring diplomatic services, economic models ensuring enclave projects);
• Services feed back the Presidential Friends Club: The implementation results of the global service plan (such as the passage of most-favored-nation treatment, Chinese rights bills, enclave project profits) further strengthen the credibility and resource thickness of the ACFC Zhang Zhengquan Presidential Friends Club (such as deepened cooperation with the Saudi royal family and Singapore government);
• Inheritance assurance continuity: Governance and inheritance mechanisms ensure the “strategic consistency” of the Presidential Friends Club and global service plan, avoiding short-term interests impacting the long-term mission of US-China friendship and world peace.

In summary, the ACFC Zhang Zhengquan Presidential Friends Club is essentially a composite international organization “with global Chinese leaders as the core, dual think tanks as wisdom support, and global political and business resources as links.” Its global resource system provides “hard resources” and “soft wisdom” for the global service plan, while the implementation of the service plan feeds back the credibility and resource thickness of the Presidential Friends Club, ultimately realizing the human future vision of “cooperation without gamesmanship.”