US-China Foundation 10th Anniversary Celebration

Just like an old saying in Chinese ,“ it takes ten years for one to make an arrow” , it takes 10 years for the Unites States and China Foundation to build a colorful bridge across the Pacific but strengthen the friendship between the People of the United States and that of China. The United States and China Foundation is a non-profit Organization, established in 1992 in the United States, whose scope of working is widely distributed in the fields of politics, economy, culture, media, law, education, technology and environmental protection. As a non-profit organization, the United States and China Foundation can not only exist, but also make a great progress, this may be rated as a miracle. But behind this miracle, there condensed the support and participation of the people from all walks of life, including the common staffs of the USCF and the members of us, including numerous Americans and Chinese, who devote themselves to the career of enhancing the mutual understanding and friendship between the Unites States and China. In order to express our appreciation to all these people’s care and support, after a month’s preparation, the United States and China Foundation hosted a banquet in Lido Shareton Hotel, on November 5th, for celebrating the 10th anniversary and welcoming the ambassador Qin Huasun and the president Earnest Scarlbeg visiting Shenyang.

The distinguished guest, the famous hostess of Liaoning TV Broadcasting Station Ms. Qi Fang Hosted this banquet. There were altogether more than 70 guests and celebrities taking part in this banquet. And the whole activity was paid great attention and concerned by the people from different fields such as political and cultural fields, enterprises and business circles, thus the celebration for the 10th anniversary of the United States and China Foundation has received the wishes and greetings from far and near.

This year is also the 3rd anniversary of the USCF Shenyang Office. Three year’s temper and efforts have made the USCF developed and grew a lot . The famous diplomat, the senior advisor of the USCF, the former Chinese Ambassador to United Nations, the vice-Director of Political Consultative Conference Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Qin Huasun, Vice President of Monterey Institute of International Studies and Dean of Fisher Graduate School of International Business, Mr. Ernest Scalberg , senior advisor of the World Bank Mr. Robert McAfee paid their visiting to Shenyang at the same time.

The provincial and civil leaders who joined into this activity were including the deputy-director of the Standing Committee of the NPC of Liaoning Province, Ms. Gong Shiping, the Vice-director of the Public Affairs Department of Liaoning Province Mr. Yu Xianchao, the director of the News Broadcasting Department of Liaoning Province Mr. Zheng Xiaopu, the vice-mayor of Shenyang City Ms. WangLing, the vice-chairman of the standing committee o the NPC in Shenyang city Mr. Zhao Jincheng; the deputy head of the News Office of the Shenyang civil governmental Committee Mr. Peng Lin; the engineer of the Traffic Department of Liaoning Province Ms. Xia Huirong; the Head of the Travel Bereau of Liaoning Province Mr. Chen Tiexin; the director of the Training Centre of the NPC of Shenyang City Mr. Gao Xiaopeng; the Science division of the Commerce Bereau in Xin Chengzi District Mr. Wang Shuli, etc. We also invited many presidents of the universities such as the Mr. Zhao Dayu, the president of Shenyang Normal University; Mr. Xu Yanhao, the president of Shenyang Medical University, Ms. Gong Yunxiang from the Northeasten University of China. Different large-scaled enterprises also sent the representatives to express their wishes to the 10th birthday of the USCF , they were Mr. Sun Fengxiang, the president of the Fengxiang Groups; Mr. Li Weilong, the president of the Happy Family Groups; Ms. Zhu Li, the chief manager of the Great Dragon Groups; Ms. Chen Baoyan, the President of Shenyang Banyan Groups. The famous calligrapher, the Chairman of the Cultural Association of Liaoyang City, Mr. Lin Zhengyi also made nothing of hardships to come to Shenyang, to give his best wishes to us. Two new friends of our USCF , two native American educators , Dr. Charles Bryant and Mr. Gary Baldwin also joined our happiness in celebrating the 10th anniversary of the USCF. Many medias such as the Liaoning TV Station, Liaoning Broadcasting Station, Shenyang TV Station, Shenyang Daily, Liaoning & Shenyang Evening Newspaper, People Daily Overseas, Liaoning Broadcasting Newspaper, Liaoning Economic Newspaper all made some corresponding live report on our banquet.

At the banquet, Mr. Larry L. Lee, Executive Director of the US-China Foundation made a reception speech, reviewing the efforts the US-China Foundation has ever made to promote the friendship between the United States and China, and wishing a more promising future to the Foundation. Ambassador Qin Huasun praised highly the contribution to the exchanges between the two countries made by the US-China Foundation and expressed his best wishes. Dr. Scalberg and Mr. Robert McAfee made cordial speeches as well. On behalf of the colleges and universities in Liaoning Province, Mr. Zhao Dayu, president of Shenyang Normal University, extended their hope to develop education in the favorable international environments through cooperation with the colleges and universities in the United States. In particular, Liaoning University brought their special gift to the banquet as a token of their good wishes to the 10th anniversary of the US-China
Foundation.Mr. Frank Sun, Chief Representative in China of the US-China Foundation, read out the inscriptions and congratulatory telegrams, including that from Mr. Chai Zemin, first Chinese Ambassador to the United states and Senior Advisor of the US-China Foundation. Mr. Lin Zhengyi, well-known calligraphist and chairman of Liaoyang Culture&Art Association came all the way to take part in the banquet and brought his inscription.

Mr. Gu Zhaohui, well-known musician of Liaoning Symphony Orchestra was present with his student, Wang Tianju. young saxophone player, played “You are my only love”(《我只在乎你》) and “From Soldier to General”(《从零到将军》). All the guests drank toasts to the 10th anniversary of the US-China Foundation. The banquet ended at 8:00 pm in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.