Our Mission Overseas Young Chinese Forum (OYCF) was established in 1999 to provide a forum for overseas young Chinese scholars, graduate students and professionals to exchange views on issues concerning China and to develop common aspirations. Over the years OYCF has evolved into an organization dedicated to promoting exchange of ideas, exploring solutions, sponsoring teaching, research and publication projects, and contributing to China’s development. As an organization run by volunteers, OYCF advocates, cultivates and nourishes voluntarism, and seeks to attract those who share our concerns and commitment toward China. Organization Profile OYCF is a non-profit organization based in the United States. OYCF sponsors short term teaching trips by overseas scholars and professionals to universities in China. Currently we award a total of 14 teaching fellowships annually, which are supported by the Ford Foundation and Professor Gregory Chow. Since August 31, 1999, OYCF has been publishing an online journal titled Perspectives. We now publish the journal both in English and Chinese. The journal serves as another platform for discussions of current issues. Currently, Perspectives has more than 3,000 e-mail subscribers from more than ten countries in four continents and is available on our web site. We organize an annual meeting each spring. Each year’s meeting is devoted to one theme related to China’s development. Since 1999, our annual meetings have focused on social and political philosophy of liberalism (1999), sustainability of economic development in China (2000), China in the 20^th century (2001), the WTO, the Olympics and the aftermath of 9/11 (2002), civil society (2003), China’s women issues (2004), and China issues (2005), social classes in transitional China (2006), cultural production and consumption in China (2007), Globalization and Nationalism across the Taiwan Strait (2008), China and the Global Financial Tsunami (2009), and China’s Legal Reform at Crossroads (2010). We published a post-conference volume for the 2005 annual meeting and for the 2006 annual meeting. Since October 2002, OYCF, jointly with the 1990 Institute, has been sponsoring research projects that focus on economic and social issues related to China. OYCF intends to reach out in the coming years. We are interested in establishing working relationship with various Chinese organizations both in the United States and China. With its local affiliates or sister organizations in Cambridge, Massachusetts (The Cambridge China Institute and Harvard China Review), Stanford, California (ChinaRains), Manhattan, New York (OYCF in Manhattan), Washington DC and most recently Hong Kong, OYCF holds regular discussions throughout the year. Contact Information Overseas Young Chinese Forum 11423 Potomac Oaks Drive Rockville, MD 20850 info@oycf.org