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Date: October 15, 2019
Subject: Great China Initiative: SPECIAL EVENTS


Dear GCI Family, 

Hope everyone is doing great during the midterm week! There are two fascinating China-related events approaching. Please find below the details, and go add some spice to your midterm!
 

BREAKING INTO WALL STREET

Guest speaker: YUCHEN JIN
Time: October 19th, Saturday, 2019, 3-5pm
Location: Columbia University, International Affairs Building, Room 404


Discussion will feature insights into financial industrial trends, financial career development (IB / PEVC / HF), interview techniques and networking tips for positions in investment banking and private equity. Register for this free event here.


About the Speaker: 
Yuchen Jin is an investor and a bamboo clapper artist based in New York. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (MBA) and the University of Virginia (BA). Yuchen started his career in 2008 as an investment banker in New York and later became a cross-border private equity investor and has completed transactions totaling $20 billion. Yuchen has appeared as a guest on CGTN’s Global Watch and China 24 multiple times. His music duo NoTwoBros was most recently featured in CGTN’s English documentary “Beyond the Wall” to represent China’s next generation of artists who strive to promote cultural exchange between China and the United States.

YICAI GLOBAL NEW YORK FORUM 2019

Theme: Future of Global Economy and Financial Markets

International trade tensions and attendant uncertainties have been a drag on global investment and growth this year. Countering the risks of economic downturn and preserving the vitality of economic growth are thus issues that all developed nations and emerging economies will have to confront. Against this backdrop, Yicai Global, the English-language news service of Yicai Media Group, will host annual New York forum on Oct 21. This year, the forum will focus on global economy, financial market, policy responses, digital currency and jointly explore the future of the global economy and its challenges. 

Distinguished speakers including but not limited to: 

James Bacchus

  • Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs and Director of the Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity at the University of Central Florida
  • Former Chairman of the Appellate Body of the WTO


Erik Feyen

  • Head of Global Macro-Financial Research & Lead Financial Sector Economist of the World Bank


Zhu Min

  • Dean of National Research Institute of Finance
  • Former DMD of IMF


Learn more about this event and register here.