On April 27, 2019, the launch ceremony of emlyon forever North China, Sport Club and Wellness Club was held in Beijing. More than 200 students and alumni, Professor William Hua WANG, Associate Dean of emlyon business school, Dean of emlyon business school Asia, Professor Wang Huan, Executive Dean of the School of Economics and Management of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and other distinguished guests attended the ceremony.

After months of preparations, the emlyon forever North China, emlyon business school's first official student alumni organization in mainland China, was officially launched. A life-learning and resource sharing platform has been established to support the personal, career and business development of student and alumni. Furthermore, the establishment of the Sport Club and the Wellness Club has enriched the industry insights of students and alumni in lifestyle.

“This is a highly symbolic ceremony. It is symbol of emlyon globalization and the richness of our communities." Professor Tawhid CHTIOUI, Dean of emlyon business school, sent his congratulatory video, "so all my congratulations for these initiatives which will for sure contribute to the development of emlyon reputation in Asia and give to our students and alumni more opportunities to connect and expand their networks."

▲ Congratulatory video from Prof Tawhid CHTIOUI, Chairman of the Executive Board and Dean of emlyon business school

At the welcome dinner, Ms. Jessica Li, Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications of emlyon business school Asia, gave an overall picture of the emlyon forever network, and reviewed the 131 worldwide activities organized and participated by the emlyon business school Asia in 2018, which cover 11 countries and regions and 32 cities with more than 12,000 participants. In the future, in addition to organizing diversified activities, the emlyon business school Asia will also launch a lifelong learning program, which will provide alumni with an opportunity to continue education, and maintain their core competitiveness.

” Our network grows and gets stronger every year. It is now composed of 32,000 alumni all around the world.” Ms. Fabienne CLEROT, Director of the emlyon business school alumni network, sent a congratulatory video, and expressed her hope to develop strong connections between students, alumni and the school.

The newly established emlyon forever North China, adhering to the spirit of early makers and the strategy of innovative thinking and healthy life, will build a platform for students and alumni to exchange and learn.

▲ Prof William Hua WANG, Dean of emlyon Asia, made a welcome speech

“The number of students and alumni of the emlyon business school Asia are growing rapidly. The emlyon forever North China, Sport Club, Wellness Club are absolutely centered on students and alumni with the full support from the School. And therefore, students and alumni will be able to create the values with the School by giving full play to their talents and capability.” Professor William Hua WANG, Associate Dean of emlyon business school and Dean of emlyon business school Asia, congratulated the emlyon forever North China, the Sports Club and the Wellness Club on their launching and announced their executive member lists. After self-recommendation and other procedures such as recommendation by program, nomination and publicity, Zeng Xucheng (GEMBA, 2016), serves as President, Mr. Ji Ning, CEO of Vning Sports, and Ms. Luo Weiwei, founder of Vning Sports, serve as Honorary Presidents of the Sports Club, Shen Qiang, chairman of Whyte Woolf, serves as President of the Sport Club, and Ms. Zhou Yu, founder and CEO of Beauty Insight, serves as Honorary President of the Wellness Club. Executive members of the emlyon forever North China, the Sports Club and the Wellness Club are listed as follows.

Met with thundering applause, Professor William Hua WANG, together with many guests present, launched the inauguration ceremony of the emlyon forever North China, the Sports Club and the Beauty Club, and celebrated this milestone.

▲ Group photo

▲ Group Photo

During the event, the welcome ceremony for the new cohort of 2019 BUPT-emlyon GEMBA and the 14th Gobi challenge expedition ceremony for emlyon – Chuang Cache team were held at the event.