On April 25th, 2004, seventeen CEIBS alumni coming from Chongqing, Chengdu and Kunming drove to the Shi Xiang Lake Scenery Zone which locates in suburb of Chengdu. The launching ceremony for the Southwest Alumni Chapter was held over there. Our vice president, Prof. Zhang Guohua and the staff from Alumni Relation Office were invited to take part in the event.
    
The Southwest chapter covers three provinces Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou as well as Chongqing municipal city. As a result, the chapter council including a president, a secretary, four vice presidents and four secretaries in general was elected and appointed from above four areas accordingly. Prof. Zhang Guohua shared the information with the alumni on the recent situation and the future development of CEIBS. Additionally he spoke high of the innovative way of launching new chapter.