Beijing Fung Scholars’ Chapter Welcome Drinks

About the Event

Written by: Joscelin YEUNG (FS2014-15, Hong Kong Baptist University)

The Beijing Fung Scholars’ Chapter Welcome Drinks was held on 23 September 2017 at a Mexican restaurant in central Beijing. The event was attended by 20 Fung Scholars. The aim of the event was to welcome new Fung Scholars in Beijing and connect them with both present Fung Scholars and alumni. It was also an event for the Fung Scholars Leadership Conference in Hangzhou to allow participants to have a pre-meetup in Beijing. During the event, the Fung Scholars had an opportunity to get connected with one another and built friendships with each other in other aspects of life.

We started with a round of self-introduction, about their personal profiles, whether they were working or studying, and when did they receive the Fung Scholarship. A lot of them were still studying and a few of them were working. Fung Scholars who came to the event expressed their joy in joining such an event as they said there were not a lot of similar events in the past years in Beijing. Many of them said it would be great to hold another networking event in the near future and interact with other Fung Scholars. They also knew more about Fung Scholars’ community and what kind of activities the Foundation sponsors. We also encouraged them to come up with new ideas and keep in contact in case they have any new proposals of activities.