Global China Connection

Global China Connection
GCC
Founded 2008
Type Non-profit organization
Location
Area served
Worldwide
Key people

Yansong Pang (庞岩松)
(President)

Daniel Tedesco
(Chairman of Board of Trustees)
Mission Foster deep and trusting personal relationships among Chinese and non-Chinese university students
Website www.gccglobal.org

Global China Connection or GCC (Mandarin Chinese: 全球中国联接) is a student-run 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works to develop personal relationships between young leaders from China and those from the rest of the world. The network currently consists of 70 chapters at universities in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Germany and the United Arab Emirates.[1] GCC's main activities include hosting delegations of university students, China-focused social and professional events, and annual summits in China and the United States. The official languages of GCC are English and Mandarin Chinese. Global China Connection was founded in 2008.

Organization

GCC's structure is divided into two components: GCC Central Management and Chapter Network. GCC Central Management manages overall communication and strategic activities, directs the network, and coordinates most of the organization's larger international events. The Chapter Network consists of individual groups and structures. Each chapter is governed by their own presidents and executive boards.

At the top level, GCC is governed by a board of trustees (highly distinguished GCC members) and senior advisers (highly distinguished individuals outside of GCC).

Events

GCC events connect companies, social organizations, and individuals through annual conferences as well as smaller scale forums. The organization hosts two major conferences each year, generally in New York City (spring) and Beijing (summer). Conferences contain discussion on subjects such as politics, economics, international relations, business, journalism, and culture related to China. Smaller conferences and events are also hosted by chapters within GCC.

Previous speakers at GCC conferences include:

The smaller forums are based on subjects such as China's sustainable development/environmental protection challenges; the stimulus packages passed by China and the U.S.; the current state of the American media; U.S.-China relations; and China's developing capital markets.

Delegations

GCC hosts and leads numerous student delegations in both the United States and China. GCC generally collaborates with student association partners such as the Western Returned Scholars Association, the Students International Communication Association of Peking University (SICA), as well as student government groups, in managing these events. GCC delegations have visited companies such as J.P. Morgan Chase, Ernst & Young, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Microsoft, The New York Times, Baidu, and Lenovo.

Partners

Global China Connection's partners include:

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gccglobal.org/chapters/
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