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Event 3: Dance party at Asian Cultural Center -----Original Message----- From: Andy Dai [mailto:andy.dai@citicorp.com] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 10:21 PM To: entrepreneurssociety@yahoogroups.com; members@pccp.org Subject: [Entrepreneur] an Insightful Seminar plus Movie Playing/Dancing Party at Asian Culture Center, Friday, 7pm - 12midnight, 7/11/2003
Please Mark Your Calendar on Friday, July 11, 2003 to Join us for a Truly Insightful Seminar (by two great speakers) and Dancing Party at Asian Culture Center, NYC, Friday, 7pm - 12midnight, 7/11/2003 ================================================================================== Subjects: 1. Seminar on China's Prospect and Overseas Chinese Professionals' Roles in China's Growth into 21th Century 2. New Chinese Movie: English Name -- Color of the Truth; Chinese Name -- Hei (black) Bai (white) Forest (Shen Ling) 3. Dancing Party (2 & 3 are held concurrently.) Seminar: (Speech in Chinese) Keynote Speaker: (former) Professor Zhongwu Gong, Ph.D. from Harvard University VIP Guest/Speaker: (to be confirmed) Economic and Commercial Counselor Zhanling Yuan, Consulate General of P.R. China to New York Time: Friday, 7pm -- 12 midnight, July 12, 2003 Location: 15 E 40th St, 2nd Floor, Asian Culture Center, New York, NY 10006 (on 40th Street between 5th Ave and Madison Avenue in Manhattan) Admission Fees to Members in co-organizing or co-sponsoring associations: (You may join some of the organizations for free membership on the spot to enjoy the member benefit immediately): With Pre-registration: $8 per professional, $5 per student with valid student ID. Without Pre-registration: Extra $5 dollar per person. Drinks & Light Refreshments are provided. See below for payment methods. Schedules: STAGE ZERO: 6:45pm -- 7:15pm Registration and Social Networking STAGE ONE: 7:15 -- 8:45pm 1. VIP speech by Counselor Zhanling Yuan 2. Dr. Zhongwu Gong's keynote speech 3. Q&A STAGE TWO: Entertainments (drinks & light refreshments are provided) 8:45pm -- 12midnight: 1. Dancing -- with variety of gracious music available; 2. Social Networking -- with Speakers and Counselor/Consuls and among our large member pool including professionals and students; 3. DVD Watching -- play original DVD <<Color of the Truth>> (Hei Bai Forest). This is a new movie that receives extensive acclaims as a pioneer. (If you would like us to play any particular movies or have popular DVDs to recommend, please inform us and we will try our best to honor your requests.) 4. Others -- you are welcome to be creative on entertainment. We will provide cards and you can bring chess or play other games and find partners there to play with you. ATTN: There are two separate halls on 2nd floor (one hall for dancing, the other for movie playing and other fun events). So you can enjoy two or more categories of simultaneous fun activities. ================================================= Speaker/Speech Background: 1. Dr./Professor Gong is an extremely famous historian, prolific writer with many books/articles and genuine scholar with profound knowledge in China Affairs, US-China relations, Taiwan Issues and China's Prospect well into the 21st Century. Professor Gong holds a Ph.D. in History from Harvard Unviersity, specialized in China Recent Dynasty (Zhong Guo Jin Dai Shi). His advisor was the world-renowned Harvard Professor Fei Zhen-Qin (Chinese name) who founded Harvard East-Asian Institute. Dr. Gong has a fabulous scholastic record of excellence and has been a famous scholar with abundance of publications in English and Chinese as well. Dr. Gong was originally from Mainland China, grew up in Taiwan, graduated from the best university in Taiwan, Taiwan University, and went to its Graduate School before he came to the US to pursue his Ph.D. at Harvard University. Dr. Gong has worked as a professor (faculty member) in Boston College and in the United Nations as well. He is frequently invited to China and teach/lecture at various famous institutions (including best universities in Bejing and Chinese Social Academy of Sciences). He is widely acclaimed as an expert in China affairs and showed deep knowledge and unique insights through his years of publications and speeches on China's Prospects. An outstanding scholar as he is, he is also a hard-to-find, eloquent speaker, profound and exciting and full of thoughtful ideas and perspectives that communicate with audiences to your heart's content. His in-depth speech covers a wide span of China's history and present and future, with vivid facts and particular focus on the promising roles our new/young overseas Chinese and new generation could play in the 21st Century during China's steady growth into a powerful and rich country in the world. Dr. Gong speaks at various seminars hosted by various professional organizations in both American and Chinese community. His speech is widely acclaimed as insightful and to-the-point with experience and knowledge that benefit audience impressively. Listening to his speech, you will find in him a genuine scholar and think-tanker chatting with you with fruiful creative ideas, unusually insightful viewpoints and convincing stories and facts. It confirms a famous Chinese old saying --- A conversation with a genuine gentleman will surpass 10 years of reading. Dr. Gong has also been reputed for essays and proses besides his academic writings. He published a few months ago a lengthy, convincing essay in Qiao Bao (Chinapress) on Chongqing City as a summary of his recent trip. We will copy (under his permission) and distribute his splendid articles during the seminars for you to enjoy Dr. Gong's elegant writing style. Dr. Gong has been extremely busy with many research programs and we are so honored that Dr. Gong could accept our invitation to deliver us a speech and share his invaluable knowledge and insights with us on our young generation's roles in revitalizing China. Please do not miss this once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity to gain knowledge, learn experiences, obtain insights and enhance maturity by spending an evening with Dr. Gong.
2. (Speaker to be confirmed) Counselor Yuan joined Consulate General of P.R. China to NY in March 2003 as the new Econmic and Commercial Counselor succeeding former Counselor Weiwen He. CAPS, together with many organizations, jointly hosted a welcome party for him on March 21, 2003, the first welcome party among all Chinese American professional organizations in greater NY. While all of us have benefited a lot from former Counselor He for his remarkable speeches to our members in NY and Philly, we are so honored that Counselor Yuan could speak to us now to share his great insights with us on our overseas Chinese's roles in China's consistent growth as well as on Haigui's prospects and contributions to and in China. Coming from Ministry of Commerce (formerly Ministry of Foreign Economics and Trade), Counselor Yuan has been an extremely experienced business and trade expert as well as a mature diplomat with decades of abundant experience in various major businesses and trades with connections to foreign businesses and governments. During the past years in the North America when he served in Chinese Consulate and/or Ambassy, Counselor Yuan has accumlated first-hand, timely experiences (that few could match) in witnessing the world economic cycle in North America. Counselor Yuan is a reputed expert in business and commerce as well as in finance and WTO issues. He has frequently been asked to deliver public speeches in various business and government meetings in US mainstream community. Counselor Yuan's speech will bring to audience tremendous landscape and horizon with full of wits and wisdom that will be truly rewarding to aspiring listeners who are eager and ambitious in participating China's great expectations in the 21st Century. ================================================================================ ATTN: 1. Payment can be made prior to the event online at www.newyorkchinese.com. 2. Payments made at the door must be cash or check. 3. Additional $5 surcharge over each person not being members to any of the below organizations or not pre-registered. Two Methods of Registration: 1. RSVP with your NAME, EMAIL ADDRERSS and PHONE NUMBER to either of the following people Robert Xiong fei_xiong@tsinghua.com Andy Dai dai@stanfordalumni.org Roy Zhou info@acssny.org before Thursday, 6pm, July 11, 2003. 2. Online registration is available at www.newyorkchinese.com very soon. Room Capacity: Maximum accommodations are around 200. Registration is on a first-come, first-reserved basis. =================================================================================== Welcome to bring your friends to join us, discuss, network and have fun! Co-hosting organizations: Chinese Association of Professionals and Students (CAPS) -- Chairman Andy Dai, Presidents Roy Zhou US-China Business Center (UBC) -- President Charley Gao Association of Chinese Students & Scholars at Greater New York (ACSSNY) -- Chairman Roy Zhou Entrepreneurs Society (CAST) -- President Fei Xiong New Jersey Chinese Computer Chinese Professionals Society (NJCCPS) -- President Eric Wei Association of Chinese Computer Professionals (ACCP -- Philadelphia Chapter(www.PCCP.org), New York Chapter(www.gnyccp.org), Chicago Chapter(www.cccpa.org)) -- Vice Chairman James Mu NYU Chinese Culture Center(NYU-CCC)/New York University Chinese Students & Scholars Association -- President Yan Xiao Mount Sinai Medical School Chinese Students and Scholars Association -- President Jianli Gong Chinese Young Professionals Association (CYPA) -- President Randy Bao Chinese American Association of Information Technology (CAAIT) -- President Byron Yu Association of American Chinese Professionals (AACP) -- President Kesan Ruan Chinese Motion Picture Association, USA (CMPA) -- Chairman Leon Xiao Zhejiang Professionals Association in North America (ZPANA) US Nanjing Friendship Association (NFA-USA) -- President Andy Dai Chinese American Culture Salon (CACS) -- President Yugang Liu Open to others -- welcome to join us. Registration and Contacts: Fei Xiong xiongfe@hotmail.com 917-690-0031 Andy Dai dai@stanfordalumni.org 646-436-6903 Roy Zhou jkzhou421@hotmail.com
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