Business Endeavor for Oversea Students, Professionals and Returnees

Forum II: Returning to China’s Opportunity, Challenge and Risk  

Columbia Unversity Asia-Pacific Development Society is pleased to co-sponser the following event hosted by The American United Chamber of Commerce.

Chinese oversea professionals and entrepreneurs are faced with tough choices: staying or returning to China for business and career development?  How to take advantage of China’s fast growing economy and leverage ones’ full potential and expertise? Where are the opportunities? What are the challenges and risks?  Are you prepared for the transitions? Where to go after returning, foreign owned enterprise or Chinese companies with global presence?

The American United Chamber of Commence (AUCOC) will host a year-end forum (keynote presentation and panel discussion) on the opportunities and cost of returning back to China for business and career development and a Christmas dinner & dancing party at 12:45 pm -10:30 pm on Dec 16, 2007 (Sunday). The speakers invited include Wall Street human capital expert and renowned biography writer, Dr. Jeannie Yi ( 裔锦声博士 , President of Global Head Hunting and the author of several influential books including <The Haier Way and Wall Street Trilogy, etc), and Mr. Jinshu Zhou( 周继述 , VP of Citibank), who returned to China and then back to the U.S. after a successful finance project for IBM, which paved the way for IBM to get into Chinese banking industry. Several other experts in various fields will also be invited to join as special guests in the panel discussion, including Mr. Wang Baichuan (CEO of Shanghai Magic Superabsorbent Polymer Co. who returning China). We will also invite Mrs. Zhou Li ( 周励女士 ), the author of the Manhattan’s Chinese Woman, Dr. Zhou Xiaolin (Managing partner of Junhe Law Office of New York) and Chinese consulate officials as the honored guests. Prof. Zhaobo Wang ( FDU University ) will be the moderator for the forum.

After the forum, AUCOC will hold a dinner banquet followed by a year-end party at 7:00 pm. We cordially invite distinguished guests in various fields, AUCOC members, and business owners in the area to join the dinner banquet. This banquet aims to provide opportunities for networking and exchanging business information. The year-end entertainment includes Karoke and dance party. Join us and register early to reserve s eat!

Time: 12:45 pm to 10:30 pm on December 16, 2007 (Sunday)

Location: Ramada Inn ， 60 Cottontail Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873

Forum registration : $15 (free for students) and $20 for on-site registration

Dinner party registration(including forum, dinner and dance party):

The registration fee is $45.    The registration deadline for the dinner party is Dec. 8, 2007. Please send your check beforehand (payable to AUCOC) to Dr. Shawn Shen at 129 Magee Court, East Brunswick, NJ 08816! . Please write your phone number or email address on the check for confirmation purpose. If you are planning to join the Karoke , please attach a note with your preferred songs for preparation. No on-site registration for dinner party is accepted.

Dance ticket only: $10

Please register online at http://www.aucoc.us/aucoc/scripts /seminar_reg.asp?EventId=24

Formal business or party attire is required for the dinner and dance party. Please bring sufficient business cards for networking.

For further information, feel free to contact Dr. Shawn Shen (908-307-9354), James Gao (908-938-2025), Howard Wang (973-953-8898) or email contact@aucoc.us

The AUCOC website is http://www.aucoc.us 。 You are welcomed to sign up for a free discussion forum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group /aucoc

This event is also co-sponsored by the following associations:

Tsinghua Alumni Association (THAA)

Peking University Alumni Association (PKUAA USA East Coast)

North American Zhejiang Professional & Scholar Association

University of Science and Technology Alumni Association (Greater New York)/ o:p>

上海海事大学北美校友会

Chinese Institute of Engineers (Greater New York Chapter)

New Jersey Chinese Computer Professionals Society (NJCCPS)

American Chinese Professionals Association

北美华人投资家协会

Columbia University Asia-Pacific Development Society

Jilin University Oversea Alumni Association (JUOAA)

Shandong University Alumni Association ( New York Area)

Wuhan University Alumni Association ( North America)

Tianjin University Alumni Association ( North America)

The Association of Chinese Students and Scholars of Princeton University

Rutgers University Chinese Students and Scholars Association

NJIT Chinese Students and Scholars Association

Nanjing University Alumni Association ( New York)

Discussion Topics for Mr. Jishu Zhou

1.    Why did I want to return to China? Attraction, Opportunity/ st1:place> , Motivation

2.    How did I get the opportunity?

3.    What was my first reaction touching down in China?

4.    What was the reaction I received from 街道办事处 to get my personal ID working in china as a foreigner ？ What's their view?

5.    What was the general reception of the Chinese co-workers: how did they react to me?

6.    What did I do for a major Chinese bank on behalf of a major American IT firm? What was the Chinese firm looking for? What was my American firm looking for? How did I function between the two firms and two sets of requirements?

7.    What were the hurdles? Lessons and contributions?

8.    Why did I decide to return to America after 10 months and a job well done?

9.    Why should my old firm, a major international bank ， still decide to take me back with more responsibilities and salary increase?

10. Loyalty vs. Personal gain

Conclusion: what should you do! ?

All other people's experiences can only serve as references. You must be true to yourself and look at the cost before you calculate the profit.  And you also must ask yourself: where do you plan to return ---which firm do you plan to touch down with or create your own? And how long do you plan to return, 10 months, 5 years or forever? Do you have a plan B if Plan A doesn't work out the way you desire?

Discussion Topics for 裔锦声博士 : Are you ready to return to China?

1.    Are you ready for the change? Why and why not?

2.    Are you ready to change jobs? Why and why not?

3.    Haigui: you're not only changing jobs, you're changing countries, working environment, co-workers, and corporate cultures. Are you ready for this drastic change?

4.    What are the upsides for the change? Family? Salary? Opportunities?

5.    Which organization are you going to work for? Chinese firm or foreign firm? Why did they hire you? What do they want from you? What do you have to offer, others don't?

6.    How to find that organization where you can fly ？ How to networking? How to marketing yourself out ？

7.    How to negotiate the package? Relocation: local package or expatriate package?

8.    Do you have the necessary commitment? 1 year? 5 years? At all cost?

9.    Time to pack: I'm leaving...with your family or not?

10. Case studies:

·        security vs. opportunity

·        I'll never haigui! Why should I give up America and my job here? Can I ever return if I fail?

·        I'll haigui tomorrow! The pay is good and I'll retire in 3 years!

Jeannie 裔锦声博士简介

裔锦声博士是华尔街人力资源专家和著名作家。 她原任北京大学英语系教师， 1985 年赴美，在华盛顿大学获比较文学博士（南开大学英美文学硕士 ，吉林大学英文系本科）。 1992 年裔锦声博士进入华尔街工作， 就职于舒立文人力资源公司，为华尔街大银行搜寻和输送高端人才。  曾一年内给公司带进来华尔街 5 家大洋行的客户，为公司创造一人一年一百多万美元的纯利润 ，并连续三年被评为最优秀的人才专家。 1995 年被提升为公司副总裁。 裔锦声博士所著华尔街三部曲《华尔街职场》，《职场政治 ：华尔街人力资源案例》，《华尔街英语》，被当代中国青年推崇 ，为中国大学佼佼者进入华尔街提出了可供参考的模式和语言文化拐杖 （总销量超过 2.8 百万个 CD ） , 无偿推荐和指点了 32 名清华北大北航北理工等高等院校的毕业生进入华尔街。 《海尔之路》（英文版）荣获 2004 年美国商务部推荐读物。所著《红楼梦：爱的预言》（北大出版社出版 — 裔锦声博士的博士毕业论文）被收进北大文学论从；《红睡衣 ：海那边寻梦的中国女人》和 《 中国，我心脏跳动的地方》 等专著，为女性平衡家庭和事业提出可参考的案例。 2002 年 创立华尔街重心集团，出任总裁。 中国市长协会副会长、秘书长陶思亮女士 2003 年以来委托裔锦声博士为中国市长海外招商和进修提供华尔街关系 ，为此亲自提笔写信感激裔锦声博士。 2003 年10 月裔锦声博士被中华全国工商联副主席胡德平（胡耀邦之子 ）聘为金融教育顾问，给近 50 名中国大企业总裁和副总裁介绍过关于 CEO 怎样走向华尔街、怎样在华尔街融资、怎样把企业壮大的经验 ，并且无偿将四家华尔街投资银 � 写  蚁绯啥嫉乃母銎笠担  渲幸患移笠等缃裾  急冈谙愀酆团 υ 纪  鄙鲜小 � /SPAN> 2004 年被《华西都市报》评为成都最受喜欢的女儿。裔锦声博士最大的特点 是将文学带入了商业，将华尔街企业文化介绍给了中国企业 ，并且帮助这些企业建立企业文化和推荐重量级人才。 “ 人手易得，人才难得。 ”

Jishu Zhou 周继述

Mr. Jishu Zhou is the vice president of Citigroup, risk management, global transaction group. From 10/06 to 08/07, he served as the chief managing consultant for IBM China to create the first risk management system for one of the top 5 banks in China.  He paved the way for IBM to get into Chinese banking industry.

Mr. Zhou has 7+ years experience in managing complex and high profile projects (1998-2006, Citigroup) as CIB risk technology chief architect and CIB credit systems project manager.  He has upgraded CIB credit trading systems in Korean, London, Mexico and was the committee member of Advanced BASELII. Mr. Zhou has 15+ years of experience in software development and 9+ experiences in credit risk management and has in depth, hands-on experience in all aspects of IT in financial industry, including products pricing, business alignment, ca! pability planning, platform selection and vendor management.

Mr. Zhou obtained his M.S. degree from Washington University and B.E. from Shanghai Jiaotung University. He was once a Ph.D. research fellowship recipient from MIT.

Dr. Xiaolin Zhou

Mr. Zhou is a partner of Jun He Law Offices and currently practices in our New York office. He specializes in corporate and securities law, foreign investment in China and project finance.

Mr. Zhou has 20 years' experiences in government work and private practice. As the managing partner of the firm's New York Office, Mr. Zhou specializes in international business transactions and focuses on advising clients in doing business in China. His clients include many Fortune 500 industrial and business corporations, banks, insurance companies, foreign law firms and international organizations. Mr. Zhou also regularly advises Chinese entities and individuals on doing business in the U.S.

Prior to entering private practices, Mr. Zhou served for six years as the Head of International Law Division, Department of Treaty & Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. He also served as consultant to the Chinese Delegation to the UN General Assembly and Chinese delegate to the UN Legal Committee, Outer-space Legal Subcommittee and UN Charter Committee. Mr. Zhou participated in numerous international negotiations and conferences and had experiences in handling major judicial and arbitration cases involving Chinese government agencies and enterprises in foreign courts and arbitral tribunals.

Mr. Zhou received S.J.D. and LL.M. from Harvard University and LL.M. from the Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. He is a Member of the State Bar of New York and a ! Member of All-China Bar Association.

王朝勃

1982 年毕业于东北大学管理工程系，留校任教。 1987 年赴美国留学，获得卢特格斯大学博士学位。现任美国新泽西州凡尔利 迪更森大学教授。曾在美国发起成立了东北大学旅美校友会并曾担任会 长，曾联系成立了东北大学海外校友总会。除在大学任教外 ，他还是前全美中文学校协会校董、华夏学校名誉总校长和现任全美中 文学校协会理事

“ 留学 创业 海归 ” 論壇之二

海归的机遇与风险

在世界经济全球化的大环境下，每一个留美华人专家 ，学者和企业家都面临着是否海归发展事业，怎样借助中国经济的发展 , 更大限度而又实际的发挥专长的抉择。 你要海归吗 ? 机遇在哪里？挑战在哪里？风险在哪里？你考虑过了吗？家庭 , 工作 , 事业，孩子教育，这些，你都准备好了吗？  归还是不归？归到哪里，外企在中国的分公司，还是中国跨国企业 ？为了抢夺市场，这些跨国公司都急需双向人才，能够架起那座中国桥 ！

由美國聯合商會主辦、由清華大學大紐約區校友會、北京大学美东地区校友會 ，中国科技大学北美校友会，北美浙江专家学者联谊会， 大纽约地区南京大学校友会, 吉林大学海外校友会，山东大学大纽约地区校友会，天津大学北美校友 会，上海海事大学北美校友会 , 武汉大学北美校友会，南京大学纽约校友会，哥伦比亚大学亚太发展协会，美洲中国工 � 淌 π  � /SPAN>, 新州华人电脑协会 , 美华专业人士协会 , 北美华人投资家协会 , 普林斯顿大学中国学生学者联谊会 , 若歌大学中国学生学者联谊会，新泽西理工学院中国学生学者联谊会等 共同协辦 , 将于十二月十六号（周日下午 12 点 45 到晚 10 点半） 借年末聚会机会特邀多位成功人士用亲身经历详尽研讨海归创业的多种 机遇与风险，可能对 家庭和事业带来的特有挑战和应对策略。这次研讨会邀请了华尔街著名 人力资源专家和著名作家（《海尔之路》，华尔街三部曲等书作者） , 华尔街重心集团总裁裔锦声博士 . 和花旗银行副总裁，海归后首次为 IBM 进入中国银行业铺平道路又回到美国花旗集团的周继述先生作专题演讲 < 海归的机遇与风险 > 。 研讨会还特请了几位各行各业的知名专家与大家分享海归途中的经验 ，力图以真实的案例给大家对各个领域归国创业的途径 ，特性和对策等提供有针对性和实用的见解。将特邀海归创业并把产品 打入美国大型连锁店的 Shanghai Magic Superabsorbent Polymer 公司總裁王百川先生进行现场互动研讨 < 海归的机遇与风险 > 。 我们还将邀请《曼哈顿的中国女人》作者周励女士，君合律师事务所主持律师周晓林律师，纽约总领馆官员等作为嘉宾参加。 此次論壇由 FDU 大学商学院王朝博教授主持 .

研讨会后，美国联合商会将在当晚七点举办圣诞晚餐会和舞会 ，邀请商业领域的知名嘉宾，商会会员，业主和创业者参加 ，年末相聚，请准备足够的名片，进一步相互切磋经商心得 ，扩大商业信息交流。 晚餐后的舞会娱乐中将提供卡拉 OK ，自娱自乐， 欢迎大家及早报名参加。

这次活动地点在 Ramada Inn ， 60 Cottontail Lane (287 Exit 12), Somerset, NJ 08873 。 時間： 12 月 16 日周六下午 12:45pm - 10:30pm  研讨会报名费为 $15 ( 学生免费 ) 。现场 報名 $20 。 舞会 $10 。 晚餐的报名费（包括研讨会和餐后娱乐活动）为＄ 45 。 必須上网提前报名 http://www.aucoc.us/aucoc /scripts/! seminar_reg.asp?EventId=24 。  

晚餐会报名截止日期是 12 月 8 日 （周六）。 请提前将晚餐舞会报名支票 （ Payable to AUCOC ）寄到 Dr. Shawn Shen ( 129 Magee Court, East Brunswick, NJ 08816).  并请在支票上写明您的电话或电子邮件地址以便确认。 晚宴不接受现场报名。 若有意参加卡拉 OK ， 请在报名时注明所唱歌曲。晚餐会和舞会活动要求 � 耪  椒  啊 � 欲了解详情， 请和神帅（ 908-307-9354 ），高靖波 （ 908-938-2025 ）或王声华 (973-953-8898), 王海林 (732-718-5226) 联系。电邮 : contact@aucoc.us