Inaugural China-SFSU Forum Held October 21: Panels on Culture, Entrepreneurship and China's Global Role
SAN FRANCISCO, California — San Francisco State University, in the City and County of San Francisco, California, held the inaugural China-SFSU Forum on October 21 at the university's Seven Hills Conference Center, running from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Designed primarily for SFSU students, the forum also welcomed faculty, professionals and community members. According to the agenda published by the university's Lam Family College of Business, the forum was sponsored by the Kenny and Maria C. Chin Foundation, whose president, Dr. Kenny Chin, delivered welcome remarks alongside the university's David Landy; the event was co-organized by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, the Department of International Relations and the Department of Global Business and Decision Intelligence.
The first panel, 'Tradition and Transformation in Contemporary Chinese Culture: Philosophy, Poetry and Cinema,' featured Chris Wen-chao Li of San Francisco State University and Andrea Lingenfelter and Wei Yang Menkus of the University of San Francisco, followed by a fireside chat between Peter Lorentzen and Ker Gibbs, author of The Fragile Dragon. The second panel, 'Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation in China,' brought together Lucy Chen of Claris FileMaker, Breaux Walker of SunCar Technology Group, and Jingmei Li and Yabing Zhao of SFSU. The third panel, 'Strategic Horizon: China's Global Role,' featured SFSU's See-Won Byun, Mahmood Monshipouri and Andrei P. Tsygankov. The university said the forum aims to help students understand China, the world's second-largest economy, beyond the classroom and to connect academic, professional and community networks. (GSM, based on the San Francisco State University Lam Family College of Business website)
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 首届中国—旧金山州立大学论坛主视觉图，含论坛日期与 Seven Hills Conference Center 地点。图片：旧金山州立大学 Lam Family College of Business 官网（大学官方发布）。 / Key visual of the inaugural China-SFSU Forum, showing the date and the Seven Hills Conference Center venue. Image: Lam Family College of Business, San Francisco State University (official university release).
