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PKU Confers Honorary Trustee to
Stephen Green
PKU NEWS 2009—03—24
http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=237952222
Peking University. Beijing. March 24, 2009: On the morning of March 21st, Mr.
Stephen Green, President of HSBC Holding PLC, was conferred as member of the
board of honorary trustees, Peking University, who later delivered a speech entitled
―Reflection on the Global Economic Crisis‖ at the Lecture Hall of PKU Library. The
ceremony was attended by Mrs. Green, HSBC CEO Mr. Richard Yorke, Mr. Ding
Guoliang, President of the Beijing Branch of HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited,
PKU President Mr. Zhou Qifeng, Executive Vice President Mr. Lin Jianhua and Vice
President Mr. Hai Wen, who also served as the chairman of the Ceremony and the
speech.
President Zhou first thanked Mr. Green and HSBC Group for their enormous support
to the University and made an official announcement of Mr. Stephen Green as the
honorary president of PKU. According to President Zhou, HSBC and PKU have
played an important role respectively in the fields of economy and education, and the
University appreciates HSBC‘s continuous support. He welcomed Mr. Green on
behalf of the University and expressed his wish to work with HSBC to strengthen the
construction of the Business School to make more contributions to education and
economy.
Mr. Green received the honor conferred by President Zhou and began his speech
with warm applause from the audience. He started from the operation principles of
the banking system, analyzed the root of current global economic crisis, traced the
changes of global economy in the past 30 years, highlighted the importance of the
banking system in dealing with the crisis and expressed his confidence about the
economic situation in China.
At the end of the ceremony, President Zhou presented a souvenir to Mr. Green and
thanked him for the wonderful speech.
Edited By : Yan Jiefei
Translated By : Lin Jingxian
Source : PKU News (Chinese)
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