On the evening of 26 January 2006, several days before Chinese Spring Festival, about 30 CEIBS Taiwanese alumni and current participants, including new participants admitted in 2006, gathered at Asia Pacific Club, Taibei, to witness the establishment of the Taiwan Chapter of CEIBS Alumni Association. Taiwan Chapter is the 20th regional chapter and the 4th oversea chapter of CEIBS Alumni Association. Ms. Julia Li, Director of the Alumni Relations Office, attended the opening ceremony. She conveyed warmest congratulations on the establishment of the chapter and introduced recent developments of the School to the attendees
Condolence for President Zhang Guohua
To show deep condolence for the passing of President Zhang Guohua, who made great contribution to the School and the Alumni Association, all attendees rose up and observed 30 seconds¡¯ silence at the beginning of the ceremony. And they all expressed that they would continue to support the development of the School in memory of President Zhang, who gave much support to the development of the Alumni Association, trying to be present every time when a regional chapter was established, caring about alumni¡¯s career development, and listening to their needs.
Discussion on the Charter
Before the election procedure, all the members carefully studied the draft charter of the chapter, and discussed particularly over the article about whether a member could entrust a proxy to attend the member meetings. They voted for it by a show of hands and passed an amendment which allowed a member to entrust one and only one proxy to attend a member meeting in full representation of him/her when he/she was absent.
Election for the Chapter
Hu Shijie, EMBA 013, and Xu Junyi, EMBA 033, who are now respectively working in mainland and Taiwan, were elected president and vice president of the Taiwan Chapter. Their commitment of providing Taiwanese alumni with the best service won them full support and applauds from all attendees. And Du Jiale, MBA 2001, was appointed secretary general. After the election, the trinity went down to work immediately, discussing the agenda for the new year and starting to recruit new members on site.
A Warm Gathering between Alumni and Current Participants
After the election, a warm gathering was held between the alumni and the current participants. The introduction by the alumni about their lives in CEIBS inspired greater yearning for the school life among the new participants. All attendees expressed their hope that the Taiwan Chapter could not only help its members enhance their career development and foster friendship among them, but also become a link between Taiwanese alumni and alumni in other regions. They also hoped that the Taiwan Chapter could assist the School in its promotion and admission activities in Taiwan, and help it enhance its reputation and influence, as well as expand its financing channels. Two local media were invited to the ceremony to report the establishment of the Taiwan Chapter, which was the first time that an alumni activity of a mainland business school was reported by the media in Taiwan.
