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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 20th 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.
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Contact Information
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Overseas Young Chinese
Forum
11423 Potomac Oaks Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
info@oycf.org
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