On November 11, 2023, one of the most influential forums for Chinese universities in the United States, the North American Mingde Forum, was held at the Harvard Club in Manhattan, New York, where the President of Renmin University of ChinaLin Shangli delivered a video speech; the meeting was organized by the President of the Renmin University of China North American Alumni Association, class of '95 alumnusWu Yafeng and others.

  Li Shanquan, the most influential Chinese fund manager on Wall Street, founder of the North America Alumni Association of Renmin University of China, and an alumnus from the class of '78Li Shanquan gave a keynote speech. Mr. Yu Yougen, Education Counselor at the Chinese Consulate General in New York,Yu Yougen and President of the North America Alumni Association of Renmin University of China, President of Benimax Investment, and alumnus from the class of '78,Li Deshun along with Chairman of IBI, visiting scholar at Harvard University, and alumnus from the class of '94,Liu Quan attended and delivered speeches. Representatives from Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Nankai University, and other universities attended and expressed their congratulations.

△Class of '95 alumnus Mr. Wu Yafeng

△Mr. Li Shanquan, an alumnus of the Class of 78, delivers the keynote speech

△Class of '94 alumnus Mr. Liu QuanGives a Speech

  The North American Alumni Association of Renmin University of China (RUCNAAA) was registered in Delaware, USA, in June 2015, with its operational headquarters located in New York City. Its main members are spread across major cities in the US and Canada, providing an online and offline platform for thousands of alumni in North America to communicate, share information, and engage in friendly interactions and mutual support. In December 2018, former US President Jimmy Carter specifically wrote to RUCNAAA: "Forty years ago, it was hard to imagine that a prestigious Chinese university like Renmin University could establish such an active and strong alumni organization in the United States. Through your alumni association, it can be demonstrated how significant China's progress has been and what achievements a country can attain by investing in education."

  This meeting is particularly significant as it precedes the APEC summit in San Francisco, USA, where Chinese and American leaders will meet. Numerous elite alumni from Wall Street have provided insights into the future of the global economy and investments, and conducted thorough discussions on the development of China-U.S. relations.

Below is the full text of the speech by the company's chairman, Mr. Liu Quan.

During his stay in the US, Mr. Liu Quan also visited Mr. Long Shengd, son of Long Yun and an alumnus of the 52nd class of Renmin University, as well as the widow of Mr. Ezra Vogel, a renowned American sinologist, sociologist, and the second director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.