Gary Locke’s career tracks the rise of the U.S. policy of engagement with China, and he remains committed to working with Beijing. The child and grandchild of Chinese immigrants, in 1996 Locke was the first Chinese-American elected governor of Washington. During his two terms, he led trade missions to China, pressing for more exports of Boeing planes and other Washington state products. In 2009, he was President Obama’s pick as Commerce Secretary where again he invited business groups to tra