Report 2000

CSUN CHINA INSTITUTE

ANNUAL REPORT

 (July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000)

Name of Center/Institute: THE CHINA INSTITUTE

Director:  Justine Zhixin Su

School/Department: OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES, RESEARCH,

                                    AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

Year Chartered: 1982                       

A. Center Activities for the Year:

Lecture Series:

1.      “ ‘Working’ Goes to China,” by Prof. Jerry Abbitt and the Theatre Department, October, 1999.

2.      “Temporary Rural-Urban Migration in China since the 1980s,” by Richard Xing Li of Guangzhou Foreign Experts Bureau, March, 2000.

3.      “CSUN Master Class in Beijing Opera,” by guest Professor Fan Yi-Song of the Shanghai Theatre Academy (with the Theatre Department), March, 2000.

4.      “Socialism or Capitalism: Socialist Market Economy in the Guangzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone,” by Frank Han Song Hong, Vice President, Industrial Development Corporation, Guangzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone, May, 2000.

5.       "The Changing Role of Local Government in China's Market Economy," by Lin Zhiyun, Lu Yu, and Li Zigen.

6.      "Development and Administration of Public Health Systems in China," by Professors Ellen McFadden, Louis Rubino, Visiting scholars Wei Donghai and Yao Jianmin, and Jane Li, Deputy Director of Guangzhou Public Health Bureau.

Art, Music and Entertainment:

1.      Chinese Art Exhibition by Guangzhou Artist Hu Nai Kai, August, 1999.

2.      “Chinese Outreach of Los Angeles: The Intersection of Love & Hate” a play presented by the China Institute and CSUN Chinese Christian Fellowship, Sept., 1999.

3.      Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration (co-sponsored with the CSUN Chinese Student Association), Sept. 24, 1999

4.      Chinese New Year Banquet, Feb., 2000.

5.       “Asian-Pacific Heritage Night,” June, 2000.

New Exchange Agreements/Memoranda:

Suzhou Sports Commission, June, 2000.

Faculty Development Grant Award:

This year’s grant is awarded to Professor Mingfang Li from the Department of Management.  Professor Li will use the award money to travel to China to develop collaborative research projects with faculty in the College of Business Administration in Zhejiang University.

Chinese Government Scholarships for CSUN Students:

The China Institute selected and recommended Angus McNellis, a graduate student from the Department of Radio/TV/Film, for the Chinese Government Scholarship.  He was awarded the full scholarship to study for a one-year as a senior visiting student in the Beijing Film Academy.  For the academic year of 2000-2001, the China Institute selected and recommended Bernard Forster, a graduate student from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, for the Chinese Government Scholarship.  He was awarded the full scholarship for a one-year study as a senior visiting student in the Shanghai Teachers University.  He will conduct research on China’s Television University system and the Jewish Experience in Shanghai during the Second World War.

Special Projects:

·        “Trans-Century Leadership Training Program,” for Guangzhou Government, a project of the China Institute and the Center for Partnerships for Educational Reform, 1998, 1999, 2000.

·        International Professional Development Academy, in collaboration with educational institutions in Guangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai and Beijing, from 1997 to 2000.

·        Special Education Administrator Training Program for World Bank Loan Office, Chinese State Education Commission, 1998-1999.

·        Joint MBA program between CSUN’s College of Business Administration and Nanjing University of Science and Technology

·        Joint Master of Arts Program between CSUN’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Shanghai Teachers University and Guangzhou Teachers University.

Collected Essays

·        Collected Essays by Chinese Visiting Scholars, 1999

·        Collected Essays by Chinese Educational Administrators, 1999

CSUN Delegations/Scholars’ Visits to China:

1.      Prof. Mingfang Li’s visit to Hangzhou and Nanjing, October, 1999.

2.      Prof. Jeanne Adams’ visit to China, Sept., 1999

3.      Prof. Justine Su’s visit to Nanjing and Shanghai, Sept. 1999.

4.      CSUN Jazz Band visit China to participate in the international jazz festival in Shanghai, also visited our sister university, Shanghai Teachers University, Oct., 1999.

5.      Sheldon Harris gave an invited talk at the International Symposium on Chinese Comfort Woman at Shanghai Teachers University, March and April, 2000

Harris is the author of a book on Japanese biological warfare experiment in Harbin

entitled "A Death Factory"

6.      Reference Librarian Angela Lew visited Taiwan to attend a professional conference, May, 2000.

7.      Reference Librarian Angela Lew and Professor Louise Lewis let the Arts Council Delegation to visit China, May-June, 2000.

8.      Acting Provost Philip Handler, Associate Vice President Mack Johnson, and Coach Liang-Kang Lu led CSUN women’s volley-ball team to China, June, 2000.

9.      Student Debate Team led by Prof. Bill Sheffield visited sister universities in China, June, 2000.

10.  Professors Justine Su and Elliot Mininberg visited China for educational conferences and exchange programs with our sister universities, July, 2000.

11.  Professor Chao Chen visited China to engage in collaborative research, summer, 2000.

12.  Professor Mingfang Li visited China for collaborative research and lectures in Zhejiang University and Nanjing University of Science and Technology, June, 2000.

13.  Professor Richard Horowitz’s research trip to Beijing for work in the First National Historical Archives,  June, 2000.

14.  Professor Zhong-Guo Zhou visited China, summer, 2000.

15.  Professor Paul Chow visited China, June, 2000.

16.  Professor Ellen McFadden and Professor Louis Rubino’s visit to China, June, 2000.

17.  Professor Christopher Leu and Professor Warren Campbell’s visit to China, June, 2000.

Chinese Education Delegations to CSUN:

1.      Nanjing Educational Administrator Delegation (Vice President Huang Tao), January, 1999.

2.      Beijing Institute of Technology (Vice President Zhao Xueren), January, 1999.

3.      Shanghai Municipal Education Commission Delegation (Deputy Director Chen Bujun), February, 1999.

4.      Yueyang Education Delegation, April, 1999.

5.      Beijing Institute of Technology Delegation headed by President Jiao Enjun, April, 1999.

6.      Yunan Provincial Education Delegation, June, 1999.

7.      Beijing Basic Education Delegation, June, 1999.

8.      Xu Lin, Director, Foreign Loan and Investment Office, Chinese National Ministry of Education, June, 1999.

9.      Taiwan MBA students training program, summer, 1999.

10.  Beijing Institute of Technology Delegation Delegation, June, 1999.

11.  Guangzhou Higher Education Delegation, Oct., 1999

12.  Shaanxi Provincial Higher Education Finance Delegation, Oct. 1999

13.  Beijing Basic Education Delegation, Oct. 1999.

14.  Beijing Cultural Industry Delegation, Oct., 1999.

15.  National Ministry of Education Personnel Management Delegation , Oct., 1999.

16.  Shanghai Teachers University Delegation, November, 1999.

17.  Shaanxi Higher Education Personnel Management Delegation, November, 1999.

18.  Beijing Institute of Technology delegation, November, 1999.

19.  Beijing Education Commission delegation, November, 1999.

20.  Liaoning Provincial Education Delegation, December, 1999.

21.  Guangzhou University delegation, December, 1999.

22.  Beijing Institute of Technology Delegation, Feb., 2000

23.  Xi’an Institute of Physical Education Delegation led by President Li Xing Yong, Feb., 2000.

24.  Nanjing University of Science and Technology delegation headed by President Li Hong Zhi, Feb. 2000.

25.  Professor Fan Yi-Song, visiting professor from Shanghai Theatre Academy, March, 2000.

26.  Beijing Institute of Technology Delegation, April, 2000.

27.  Guangzhou Government (Personnel Bureau) Delegation, June, 2000.

28.  Shanghai Teachers University Delegation, June, 2000.

29.  Professor Xu Qing-Rui, School of Management, Zhejiang University, July, 2000.

30.  Guangzhou Deputy Mayor, Zhu Xiaodan, and TV/Technology Delegation, July, 2000.

31.  Zhang Xiuqing, Deputy Director, Bureau of Foreign Affairs, National Ministry of Education, July, 2000.

32.  Beijing Vocational Education Training Center delegation, August, 2000.

33.  Guangzhou Bureau of Public Health delegation, October, 2000.

34.  Shanghai Teachers University delegation,  October, 2000.

35.  Nanjing Normal University delegation, September, 2000.

CSUN Mentors for Chinese Visiting Scholars/Students to CSUN (1999-2000):

Bill Roberts, College of Business Administration and Economics

Bill Brown, College of Business Administration and Economics

Elliot Mininberg, College of Education

Justine Su, College of Education

Christa Metzger, College of Education

Toni Sims, College of Education

Steve Montgomery, Office of Human Resources

Paul Chow, Department of Physics

Ruqian Wu, Department of Physics

Wendy Wang, Department of Sociology

ZhongGuo Zhou, College of Business Administration and Economics

Richard Ye, College of Business Administration and Economics

Larry Lee, College of Business Administration and Economics

Chao Chen, College of Business Administration and Economics

Mingfang Li, College of Business Administration and Economics

Stella Theodoulou, Department of Political Science

Ellen McFadden, Department of Health Sciences

Louis Rubino, Department of Health Sciences

Bill Jennings, College of Business Administration and Economics

Penny Jennings, College of Business Administration and Economics

Cynthia Rawitch, Department of Journalism

Christopher Leu,  Co-Director, MPA Program, College of Extended Learning

Warren Campbell, Co-Director, MPA Program, College of Extended Learning

Paul Krivonos, Department of Communication Studies

David Ackerman, College of Business Administration and Economics

Matt Cahan, Department of Political Science

Phil Gorman, College of Business Administration and Economics

Bill Roberts, College of Business Administration and Economics

Stephanie Satie, ESL, College of Extended Learning

Ana Tripp, ESL, College of Extended Learning

Jim Sullivan, College of Education

Rosalind Raby, College of Education

Judith Marlane, Department of Radio/TV/Film

Louise Lewis, Fine Arts Gallery

I-Shou Wang, Department of Geography

Kwang-Nan Chow, Department of Mathematics

T.P. Lin, Department of Mathematics

Harold Giedt, Department of Psychology

Angela Lew, Oviatt Library

Peter Bellin, Health Sciences

Rafi Efrat, College of Business Administration and Economics

Chinese Visiting Scholars/Students to CSUN (1999-2000):

1.      Mang Daqing, Deputy Division Chief, Bureau of Education, Chinese National Ministry of Internal Trade

2.      Yan Xiaoming, Lecturer, Beijing University of Language and Cultural Studies

3.      Niu Wenbin,

4.      Peter Liu, MBA student, College of Business Administration and Economics

5.      Song Haibo, Deputy Chief, Chinese National Ministry of Education

6.      Han Husheng, Deputy Chief, Chinese National Ministry of Education

7.      Liu Jianbo, Beijing Educational Service Bureau

8.      Liu Zhengguo, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China

9.      Lei Meng, Nanjing Normal University

10.  Qian Chang, Nanjing Normal University

11.  Qin Haihua, Nanjing Normal University

12.  Yao Liming, Beijing Institute of Technology

13.  She, Chunshan, Beijing Institute of Technology

14.  Zheng Jun, Guangzhou Municipal Government

15.  Dr. Zhang Guolian, Department of Finance, Chinese National Ministry of Education

16.  Lin Weiquan, Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office, Guangzhou Municipal Government.

17.  Laurence Shao, Amway (China) Co., Limited.

18.  Li Shanjian, deputy director, Guangzhou Bureau of Health.

19.  Ma Yuming,  administrator, Municipal government

20.  Huang Chaomei, director, Municipal Office for Social Sciences

21.  Ran Peixin, division chief for scientific research

22.  Feng Xiaowei, general manager of company

23.  Gao Qi, general manager of factory

24.  Zheng Qingchun, deputy chief, Municipal Office for International Exchange

25.  Yi Ming, deputy chief, system management

26.  Gao Xiangyu, deputy director, earthquake center

27.  Chen Chunjie, deputy director, Municipal Museum

28.  Zhang Chunyi, Assistant to director, radio station

29.  Ma Jieying, deputy director, mass media

30.  Li Xing, Interpreter, Municipal Personnel Bureau

31.  Mr. Yang Weiwen, Vice director, Guangzhou Municipal Tax Administration

32.  Ms. Liu Shaoying, Office director, Guangzhou Legal Studies Association

33.  Mr. Hong Hansong, Vice president, Industrial Development Corporation, Guangzhou

34.  Economic & Technological Development District

35.  Mr. Xiao Chensheng, Vice general manager, Guangzhou Hengyun Enterprises

36.  Holdings, Ltd.

37.  Mr. Liu Qing, Chief editor, Guangzhou Morning Post

38.  Mr. Li Hongbing, Vice department chief, Guangzhou Bureau of Technical Supervision

39.  Mr. Qin Shuo, Chief editor, Window of the South

40.  Mr. Hu Guoping, Researcher, Guangzhou Legal Studies Association

41.  Mr. Wang Fang, Department director, Guangzhou Daily Press Group

42.  Ms. Zhou Lihong, Department chief, Guangzhou Food Enterprises Group Ltd.

43.  Mr. Yu Zijue, Executive director, Guangzhou Baoshengyuan Co., Ltd.

44.  Mr. Li Zigen, Department director, Tianhe District Government

45.  Mr. Wei Donghai, Director of public relations, Guangzhou Medical College

46.  Mr. Zhu Minghong, Director, Development Institute, Guangzhou Academy of Social

47.  Science

48.  Mr. Zhong Jianping, Vice department chief, Guangzhou Political & Legal Commission

49.  Mr. Yu Gang, Director, Guangzhou City Construction and Development Holdings Ltd.

50.  Mr. Yang Weiqiang, Office director, Fangcun District Government of Guangzhou

51.  Mr. Li Pengcheng, Deputy director of Personnel, Guangzhou Municipal Commission of

52.  Economic Relations

53.  Ms. Du Lixia, Department chief, Fangcun District Government of Guangzhou

54.  Mr. Lin Zhiyun, Director, Dongpu Town, Tianhe District Government

55.  Mr. Yang Jun, Assistant Manager, Guangzhou Baiyunshan Enterprises Group Co., Ltd.

56.  Mr. Wang Yunquan, Director, Research Administration Dept., Guangzhou Normal

57.  University

58.  Mr. Yao Jianming, Vice Director, the Municipal Health & Antiepidemic Station of

59.  Guangzhou

60.  Mr. Fu Yuehua, Vice Dept. Chief, GZ Township Enterprises Administrative Bureau

61.  Mr. Li Sanhu, Vice Director, Philosophy Teaching & Research Dept. Guangzhou

62.  Administration Institute

63.  Ms. Lu Yu, Vice Dept Director, Tianhe District Government

64.  Mr. Liu Feijun, Vice Director, Guangzhou Municipal Cereals & Oils Bureau

65.  Mr. Zhou Shipeng, Assistant President, Guangzhou Academy of Economics

66.  Mr. Bai Mingshao, Director, Guangzhou Government Law Office.

67.  Fan Yi-Song, Professor, Shanghai Theatre academy.

68.  He Li, Lecturer, Guangzhou University.

C. Fiscal Summary (Prepared on 9/15/00 by Zhong-guo Zhou, Treasurer)

BALANCE 6-30-99:                                                  $ 12,164.67

RECEIPTS through 6-30-00 (Itemize by source):

            1.         Member/Friends Contributions                   4,575.00   

            2.         Institutional Contributions                                       1,000.00  

            3.         Interest from Operating Funds                       167.53 

                                                            Total Receipts:              $ 5,742.53 ­

EXPENDITURES 7-1-99 through 6-30-00 (Itemize by major category  -- i.e., equipment, supplies, salary, services, travel, hospitality, etc.)

            1.     Calendars for Members/Friends                            445.26         

            2.     Annual China Institute Banquet                              2,961.37

            3.     China Institute Web Page                                      724.80

            4.     Other Programs and Activities                               2,831.27

                                                            Total Expenditures:       $ 6,962.70

BALANCES 6-30-00 (List accounts -- i.e., trust Fund, Foundation, Associated

Students, etc.)

                                    Operating Fund                                     $10,944.50  

Signature of Director                                                                 Date

Justine Zhixin Su, Ph.D.                                   

Professor of Education