Home / International / Cultural Sidelines Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
Chinese alumni pledge $1 million to US school
Adjust font size:

At a time when a record number of Chinese students are heading abroad for studies and a growing number of overseas-educated natives are returning home to cash in on the economic boom, a group of university alumni have taken a step further: repaying their foreign alma mater.

More than 500 Chinese alumni of Boston University (BU) pledged a $1-million donation to their US alma mater at the launch of their alumni chapter in Beijing on Saturday, the group said.

The amount, to be given over five years, is the first such collective gift for the fourth largest private university in the US in its 169-year history.

BU president Robert Brown, 56, who attended the launch and was the institution's first president to visit China, said, "We're expanding the alumni office in Asia, and that will have a big impact on what we do in China specifically."

About 5,000 of BU's 32,000 students are from abroad, and the university has about 260,000 alumni in more than 50 associations and groups across the world.

BU has a student exchange program with Shanghai's Fudan University, and counts Ha Jin, a Chinese author writing in English, as one of its close to 4,000 faculty members.

The latest boost to BU's $946-million endowment comes in a year when 200,000 Chinese are expected to travel abroad for studies.

Only a dozen Chinese students went abroad for studies in 1978. But from 1978 to 2006, about 1.1 million Chinese went abroad for studies, with 275,000 returning home.

In the past two years, however, an increasing percentage of Chinese have returned home because "China's domestic business environment has improved significantly," Yu Minhong, chairman of Beijing New Oriental Group, has said.

Hugo Shong, executive vice-president of International Data Group and head of the newly formed China alumni chapter, said on Saturday that the contribution will hopefully help nurture more talent at BU.

Shong said, "I think it's important to have an alumni platform to maintain the network and also to provide feedback for BU to stay competitive."

Boston University alumna Jin Wei returned to Beijing after living in the US for almost two years. The 28-year-old holds a dual master's degree in business and information systems. She ignored some very good opportunities abroad to head back home and start a social networking site, and now works for an IT company.

"It's a great time for China, and I want to be a part of it," she said.

(China Daily, January 21, 2008)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read
Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
- Students Again Make Beeline to US Colleges
- Gutierrez: US Welcomes More Chinese Students
- US University Heads Hope to Attract Chinese Students
- More Chinese Postgraduate Applicants Enrolled by US Universities
- Chinese and US Universities Open Law Center
- Chinese Students Favor American Schools
Most Viewed >>
> Korean Nuclear Talks
> Reconstruction of Iraq
> Middle East Peace Process
> Iran Nuclear Issue
> 6th SCO Summit Meeting
Links
- China Development Gateway
- Foreign Ministry
- Network of East Asian Think-Tanks
- China-EU Association
- China-Africa Business Council
- China Foreign Affairs University
- University of International Relations
- Institute of World Economics & Politics
- Institute of Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies
- Institute of West Asian & African Studies
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
- Institute of Japanese Studies
主站蜘蛛池模板: 色吊丝中文字幕| 亚洲乱人伦在线| 色婷婷亚洲一区二区三区| 国产无遮挡又黄又爽在线视频| 99蜜桃在线观看免费视频网站| 性xxxxfreexxxxx国产| 久久不见久久见免费视频7| 特级无码毛片免费视频尤物| 啊轻点灬大巴太粗太长视频 | 亚洲欧美精品中字久久99| 青青热久免费精品视频精品| 夏夏和三个老头第二部| 一本久久a久久精品亚洲| 手机看片久久国产免费| 亚洲人成在线影院| 欧美精品色视频| 另类图片亚洲校园小说区| 豆奶视频最新官网| 国产女人的高潮国语对白| 97欧美精品激情在线观看最新| 无码国内精品人妻少妇蜜桃视频| 久久精品国产精品亚洲毛片| 樱花草在线社区www韩国| 人妻少妇精品视频一区二区三区 | 国产一区二区三区夜色| 里番肉片h排行榜| 国产剧果冻传媒星空在线 | 成人免费看片又大又黄| 中文字幕日产无码| 日本一道在线观看| 亚洲啪啪av无码片| 欧美日韩一区二区在线| 和黑帮老大365天完整版免费| 视频精品一区二区三区| 国产凸凹视频一区二区| 黄色软件下载免费观看| 国产成人精品久久综合| 国产高清精品入口91| 国产成人精品实拍在线| 国产精品永久免费10000| 国产日韩欧美视频|