CHEMBA校友会/明尼苏达大学广州校友会理事会换届仪式致辞

Speech at the CHEMBA Alumni Association Transition Ceremony

Dear leaders of Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University, Dean of Carlson College, University of Minnesota, President CHEMBA and UMAA Guangzhou (Simon), Director of the CHEMBA, all Alumni present, as well as our new fellow students of CHEMBA22：

It is a great honor and pleasure for me to share with you my feelings on such an occasion. I am overwhelmed by excitement when Simon passed me the flag of our alumni association as I can feel the deep expectations from our fellow alumni.

Here, on such an important moment, I would like to say four “Thank you”s to express my feelings.

First, I would like to say “THANK YOU” to our new students of CHEMBA 2022. Thank you for choosing CHEMBA among many EMBA programs, that is the smart choice you did, just like I joined the CHEMBA in 2011, The program has helped me to improve my expertise, skills in corporate management and operational capabilities, bringing me a broader perspective and a better global vision. After the program, I start to run my own business, and what we learn from the class, benefit me a lot when I run my company.

Through 2 years study, I am sure you will have great change, you should make yourself-improvement with in two years. It is valuable opportunity to get down to studies, rediscover ourselves, and make new break throughs.

But in the meantime, it will be very challenging process. You can image, when you are exhausted after the work in whole week, you still need to attend classes, participate in group discussions and make presentations on weekends. I remember I had serval times when I am too tired and fell asleep in class. Sometimes we had difficulty striking a balance between classes and our work, or when we were too busy to care about our families.

I am sure during the two-year period, all of you will grow yourself, So when you need help, there are more people to turn to beyond the 20 classmates. Over 600 fellow alumni from our CHEMBA and UMAA are here to support you. You are always welcome to have free talks and discussions with us, the alumni association will always stand by your side!

Then the second “THANK YOU” I’d like to for Simon, President of Alumni Association, and the team under his leadership.The COVID-19 pandemic has haunted for three out of the past four years, which dealt a huge blow to individuals, families and companies. During the three years, the alumni association team led by Simon delivered supplies needed and care to our fellow alumni. It is exactly such care and love that united 600 of our fellow alumni as one.

My next “THANK YOU” goes to fellow alumni, who offered strong support to our new alumni association. When we were planning to build a leadership team for the new alumni association, over 40 fellow alumni discussed three issues together in a brainstorming session.

• What is the role of the alumni association for our fellow alumni? (Positioning)

• What are the core values to be shaped by the alumni association?

• What are the top three things on your expectation list for the alumni association?

Finally, as per our discussion, the alumni association can focus on six aspects in their work going forward.

1. Love (Ongoing engagement with charitable activities to share love)

2. Learning (Making self-improvement, sharing and learning)

3. Fitness (Doing physical exercises, cultural and sports activities)

4. Connectivity (Making connections and networking)

5. Focus (Leveraging industry segmentation and resource complementarity)

6. Release (Strengthening our ties through gatherings)

Therefore, the alumni association hopes to bring more diversified activities to all of you in the future with enhanced organization and arrangement.

Meanwhile, the new alumni association has seen some changes in structure.

• Major Decision-making Committee (monitoring the key directions)

• CHEMBA Cover Star / Ambassador (inviting alumni with public influence to endorse CHEMBA)

• Think tank/advisory group (Offering advice and ideas to the alumni association on a regular basis)

• Building a branding team to publicize and market the CHEMBAprogram and alumni association in a targeted manner

• Segmentation: creating small sub-groups under different industry sectors to carry out more targeted activities

• Categorizing different cultural and sports activities by interest and hobby (such as Gobi race, running groups, marathon, tennis, badminton, soccer, etc.)

• Alumni associations in different regions collaborate to organize activities (i.e., Guangzhou, Foshan, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Jiangmen)

We will provide services and support to our fellow alumni to the best of our ability. We expect that for the next two years, our new alumni association will bring more vitality and delight and grow with all of you.

Lastly, I would say “THANK YOU” to leadership of Sun Yat-sen University and the University of Minnesota, for their strong support to our alumni association. They have given us plenty of insightful advice, as well as venue, resource and additional support when necessary.

Thank you all again for being with us today! Hopefully the new alumni association will live up to its expectation, and fill your lives with joy and happiness!

尊敬的中山大学岭南学院各位领导、明尼苏达大学卡尔森学院领导们、 CHEMBA 和 UMAA 广州分会胡勇主席（ Simon ）、CHEMBA 项目主任、在座的所有校友以及 CHEMBA22 的新同学们：

能在这样的场合与你们分享我的感受，我感到非常荣幸和高兴。当Simon把校友会的会旗递给我时，我激动不已，因为我感受到了校友们对我们的深切期望。在如此重要的时刻，我想说四个 "谢谢 "来表达我的心情。

首先，我想对CHEMBA 2022级新生说声 "谢谢"。感谢你们在众多EMBA项目中选择了CHEMBA，这是个明智的选择，就像我在2011年加入CHEMBA一样，这个项目帮助我提高了专业知识、企业管理技能和运营能力，为我带来了更广阔的视野和更好的全球视野。课程结束后，我开始经营自己的企业，从课堂上学到的东西让我在经营自己的公司时受益匪浅。

通过两年的学习，我相信你们一定会有很大的变化，你们应该在两年内实现自我提升。这是踏踏实实学习、重新发现自己、实现新突破的宝贵机会。

但与此同时，这将是一个非常具有挑战性的过程。你可以想象一下，当你在一周的工作后精疲力竭时，你还需要在周末上课、参加小组讨论和做演讲。我记得自己有好几次因为太累而在课堂上睡着了。有时，我们很难在上课和工作之间取得平衡，或者太忙而无暇顾及家庭。

我相信，在这两年的时间里，你们都会自我成长，因此，当你们需要帮助时，除了同学之外，还有更多的人可以帮助你们。我们 CHEMBA 和 UMAA 的 600 多名校友都会支持你们。我们随时欢迎你们与我们自由交谈和讨论，校友会永远站在你们这边！

第二声 "谢谢 "要送给校友会主席 Simon和他领导的团队。在过去的四年中，COVID-19 大流行肆虐了三年，给个人、家庭和公司带来了巨大的打击。在这三年中， Simon带领的校友会团队为校友们送去了所需的物资和关怀。正是这样的关怀和爱，让600 名校友团结在了一起。

我的下一个 "感谢 "对象是为新校友会提供大力支持的校友们。在我们筹建新校友会领导团队时，40 多名校友在一次头脑风暴会议上共同讨论了三个问题。

1.校友会对我们的校友有何作用？定位是什么？

2.校友会要塑造的核心价值观是什么？

3.在您对校友会的期望清单中，排在前三位的是什么？

最后，根据我们的讨论，校友会在今后的工作中可以重点关注六个方面。

1. 爱（持续参与慈善活动，分享爱）

2. 学习（自我完善、分享和学习）

3. 健身（参加体育锻炼、文化和体育活动）

4. 连接性（建立联系和网络）

5. 聚焦（利用行业细分和资源互补性）

6. 释放（通过聚会加强我们的联系）

因此，校友会希望在今后加强组织和安排，为大家带来更加丰富多彩的活动。 与此同时，新校友会的结构也发生了一些变化。

1. 主要决策委员会（监督主要方向）

2. CHEMBA封面人物/形象大使（邀请具有公众影响力的校友为CHEMBA代言）

3. 智囊团/咨询小组（定期向校友会提供建议和意见）

4. 建立品牌团队（有针对性地宣传和推广CHEMBA 项目和校友会）

5. 细分（在不同行业部门下建立小型分组，以开展更有针对性的活动）

6. 按兴趣和爱好对不同的文化和体育活动进行分类（如戈壁赛跑、跑步小组、马拉松、网球、羽毛球、足球等）

7. 不同地区的校友会合作举办活动（如广州、佛山、深圳、东莞、珠海、中山和江门）。

我们将为校友们提供力所能及的服务和支持。我们期待，在未来的两年里，我们新的校友会将为大家带来更多的活力和喜悦，与大家共同成长。

最后，我要感谢中山大学和明尼苏达大学的领导，感谢他们对我们校友会的大力支持。他们给了我们很多有见地的建议，并在必要时提供场地、资源和额外支持。

再次感谢大家今天的光临！希望新校友会不负众望，让你们的生活充满欢乐和幸福！