On Thursday, July 19, Project Pengyou and The Beijing Center welcomed students and professionals for an enlightening evening on forging a global career in China. The showcase kicked off with presentations by summer interns on their roles in various organizations, a question and answer session with distinguished industry experts, and plenty of opportunities to connect with the international community in Beijing, accompanied by tasty tacos from Palms LA. The panel discussion was led by the Executive Director of The Beijing Center, Dr. Simon Woo. Our distinguished guest speakers included:

• Maggie Fu– Leader of the Client Relations Management Team at Beijing United Family Hospital (BJU)
• James Lalonde– CEO of yoli, a WeChat-based language learning platform, and co-founder, investor and board member of Yodo1, a leading independent mobile phone gaming platform
• Demi Meng– Co-founder of iVReal Mixed Reality and Venture Partner in New Frontier Investments
• Peter Zysk– Co-leader of Brunswick Insight’s Asia practice, which provides opinion research and analytics for business-critical decisions

For the full event recap, click here!