Toy soldiers, one with a Chinese flag and one with...

Toy soldiers, one with a Chinese flag and one with a U.S. flag are for sale on a street in Shanghai around the time of a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. (May 3, 2012) Credit: Getty Images

Hofstra University will hold a daylong conference Tuesday titled U.S.-China: New Business Partnerships, featuring a host of speakers exploring ways local companies can break into the market of the Asian economic giant.

Brian McNally, president of Arrow Electronics Inc.’s global components specialty business, is to be the  breakfast speaker at the conference, at the University Club on the North Campus. His talk will be followed by a series of panel discussions on economics, legal perspectives and accounting and finance issues.

The dinner speaker is Anita Chan, director of the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office. For additional details about the conference call (516) 463-5356.

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