Dear alumni,
As most of you have already known, on April 14th PKU President Xu Zhihong will
come to Los Angeles, the first stop of his US trip for the formation and
promotion of the Peking University Education Foundation (USA). He will lead a
strong delegation including former President Chen Jia-er and current Vice
President Ming Weifang. Three PKU enterprise CEOs, Zhang Zhaodong (Founder), Ye
Lining (Jade Bird) and Xu Zhendong (Resource), will also come with the
delegation. PUAASC and the Alumni Association in San Diego will organize the
following two events to welcome President Xu and the delegation.
1. Alumni Gathering -- PKU Anniversary Celebration (free for all alumni)
Time: 2pm -- 5pm, April 14, Saturday
Location: Pasadena Hilton, California Ballroom
168 S. Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
This event provides an opportunity for the alumni here to meet President Xu and
The other members of the delegation. We will invite President Xu to speak on
Beida's current status, future development and how overseas alumni can help,
etc. All alumni and their family members are welcome to this event. (Children's
room will be provided for this event.)
During this event, PUAASC also wants to discuss the coming election of the
PUAASC board of directors. If you are interested in working for our alumni in
southern California, please e-mail to bryan_xu@yahoo.com and come to the
meeting.
2. Dinner Banquet
Time: 5:30 pm -- 9pm, April 14, Saturday
Location: Same as above
Fee: $100 (All funds above the cost will go to PKUEF (USA)
Seating Limit: 150
This banquet intends to publicize the Peking University Education Foundation
(USA) to the southern California communities. President Xu will introduce the
Foundation in more detail and go through the projects that need funds. Large
corporation representatives, successful businesspersons, presidents or
chancellors of local prestigious universities and Nobel Prize winners will also
be invited to the banquet. Although fund-raising is not a major purpose for this
banquet, we encourage alumni who participate in the banquet to make extra
contributions to the PKU Education Foundation. (All donations will be tax
deductible, and the donators will get rewards from Peking University
corresponding to their contributions. Details will be provided later.)
If you'd like to participate in the banquet, please e-mail to fzeng@iname.com to
make a reservation. You also need to confirm your reservation by sending your
payment to PUAASC in advance. Please make your check payable to "PKUEF, USA" and
mail it to
3109 S. Oakhurst Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
before April 5th to confirm your reservation. If you want to fund a specific
project and want to discuss with President Xu in detail, we'll be glad to make
an arrangement for you.
For more information about the meeting, please call Feng Zeng at 213-422-9998.
Looking forward to your attendance at both events.
Best regards,
PUAASC, Board of Directors
3/26/2001