Alumni Association Office
Currently, SUFE has nearly ten million alumni who have passed through its gates on a full or part-time basis as either post-secondary, undergraduate, graduate or doctoral students. Many of these former students attended courses on SUFE’s main campus while others went through SUFE’s Correspondence College, Evening College, Self-Study College, Chinese-Language School or one of its On-the-Job Training Programs.
SUFE’s alumni, some of whom graduated before SUFE took its current name, have taken an active interest in the development of the university. Some of them give lectures regularly and play an important role in guiding scientific research and joint development projects. Some of them donate to the Education Scholarship Fund, which supports outstanding teachers and students. Others help the school to purchase educational equipment and to upgrade the school’s facilities.
The Alumni Association Office was set up in January of 2007. Mr. Zhang Yan, the deputy director of this office, has the overall responsibility for the Alumni Association’s work. Also on the staff are the former heads of the Alumni Office, Mr. Wang Zhengpei and Ms. Miao Zhaodi.
SUFE’s 90th Anniversary Alumni Activities
On November 10th, 2007, more than 10,000 alumni gathered on SUFE’s campus. Among them were the successful and famous alumni of the Shanghai National Commercial College (SUFE’s name in 1917), who have contributed a lot to the fields of Economics and Accounting.
As one of the celebration activities, a meeting with SUFE’s current students in the newly built Academic Exchange Center was held. The theme was “Recalling the old days and looking to the future to promote communication and create a new world.” Yeh Wan-an, Kong Peng, Gu Shuyun, Shi Renluo, Tang Shourong, Zhang Zhuangshan and Sui Yongyi attended the forum.
Also on November 10, more than 300 Financial College alumni gathered in the Red Tile Hall to relive their youthful moments at SUFE and to express their deep love for the university. On behalf of the School of Finance, Mr. Huang Ming delivered a speech of welcome and introduced the developments related to the School of Finance. Honorary President Gong Haocheng talked about the history of SUFE, detailed his own life in finance and sent his best wishes to the School of Finance. Mr. Mao Yingliang, the head of the Shanghai Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China summed up the four excellent qualities of SUFE’s students and then introduced his financial career. Wang Xueqing, former dean of the School of Finance expressed his hope that alumni would support the all-around development of SUFE. Liu Bo, chairman of South Securities, said that he was moved by this meeting which showcased SUFE’s rich heritage and bright future and said he hoped that current students would learn from the older scholars.
On the morning of November 11, an alumni congress was held to unite SUFE’s students and promote the development of SUFE. Administrators Ma Qingrong, Tan Min, Sun Zheng, Huang Linfang as well as representatives of the different alumni associations attended this congress. Assistant President Fang Hua presided over this congress. All in attendance were informed of the responsibilities and tasks of the Alumni Association Office, and representatives gave suggestions related to the work of this office.
