On March 28, The University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) MBA Alumni Association held its council transition meeting in Room 313 of the School of Economics and Management (SEM) Building.
Attendees included Wu Sen, Secretary of the SEM Party Committee; Zhu Wenliang, Deputy Director of the University Alumni Association and Foundation Office; Ni Yu, SEM Deputy Party Secretary, Vice Dean, and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission; Wang Chen, Director of the SEM Professional Master’s Degree Center; and Wang Haiyuan, Head of the Education Foundation Management Section of the University Alumni Association and Foundation Office. The meeting was chaired by Wang Qingyi, Secretary-General of the association’s third council.
Wang presented the third council's work report. Li Changlin, outgoing president and head of the election working group, reviewed preparations and related proposals. Participants approved amendments to the association's constitution, nominations for the new council and leadership, proposed organizational appointments, and honorary memberships.
Li Changlin was elected president. Wang Qingyi was elected secretary-general and executive vice president, and Chen Yaowen executive vice president. The vice presidents are Ni Yu, Chi Jidong, Zhang Xiaoyong, Li Zhou, Cai Chunjiu and Zhong Yangang. Huang Yanhui serves as vice president and deputy secretary-general. The other deputy secretaries-general are Chu Kesen, Wang Jing, Han Yongchou, Peng Cimin, Wei Jiao, Zhang Wenjie, Yu Jing and Zhang Tong.
Li Hong was named honorary president. Zhao Guangyao, Wang Chenguang, Zhang Yifeng, Zhang Zhenyi, Miao Xiaojun, Su Dalong and Zhang Donggang were named honorary vice presidents.
Wu presented the association's plaque and flag and issued appointment letters to the new president and secretary-general. Zhu, Ni and Wang Chen presented appointment letters to vice presidents, deputy secretaries-general and honorary members.
Congratulatory letters came from the SEM alumni association and other university alumni organizations, including those for entrepreneurs, foundry engineering, technology transfer, entrepreneurs and investors, and the economic development zone, as well as regional associations in Tianjin, Langfang, Xiong'an, Henan, Sichuan, Anhui, Ningbo and Ningxia.
Honorary President Li Hong praised the outgoing council's work and thanked alumni for their contributions. He encouraged members to strengthen solidarity and services so that the association could continue to connect alumni and support their growth.
Li Changlin thanked the university, its alumni association, SEM and fellow MBA alumni for their support. He set out four priorities: maintaining a shared alumni community; expanding exchange and cooperation through better communication and varied activities; improving the association's work through continuity and innovation; and supporting the university's development. He pledged that the new team would fulfill its responsibilities diligently.
Speaking for the university and its alumni association, Zhu congratulated the new leadership, recognized previous councils' contributions and reviewed developments in academic disciplines, education and the Xiong'an campus. He encouraged alumni to build a supportive and influential association and contribute to the university and national development.
Participants sang the university song and took a group photograph outside the SEM Building. That afternoon, the fourth executive council held its first working meeting and an alumni affairs workshop in Room 1205, agreeing on working arrangements and priorities for the new term.
