on the evening of june 10, 2020, beijing time, the first advisory committee meeting of tsinghua university latin america center was successfully held online. professor chen taotao, the director of the center, reported the recent work progress and future plans of the center to the participating advisory members. after listening to the work report, the committee members actively provided suggestions on the development of the center and put forward valuable suggestions.
there are currently 9 advisory committee members of tsinghua university latin america center. they come from important institutions in different fields in china and chile and hold important positions. they are (in no particular order): andrea tokman, chief economist of quiñenco group; gu hongjuan, dean of the confucius institute at pontifical catholic university of chile; jeff swiryn, advisor to the chairman office of luksic group; ignacio tornero, senior attorney at carey law firm, chile; manola sánchez, former dean of school of economics, adolf ibáñez university; zhang pu, president of chile branch of china construction bank, chairman of chinese enterprises association in chile; peter morse, head of staff at the chairman office of luksic group; shen tsu-hsin, partner and consultant at eluchans abogados, tsinghua alumnus; wang zhong, director of south american astronomical research center of chinese academy of sciences.
the lawyer consultant ignacio tornero introduced to the committee members the progress of the legal affairs of the center's registration and establishment in chile. professor chen taotao introduced the center's establishment background, mission, governance structure, development strategy, key tasks during and after the covid-19 pandemic, and answered the questions of the committee members.
many committee members expressed they have a deep relationship with tsinghua university and hope their knowledge and experience can help the development of the center. at the meeting, they put forward practical suggestions. among them, jeff swiryn suggested the center explore the alumni resources of tsinghua university in chile and in latin america, develop projects with the alumni, and let them play an active role. manola sanchez said many academic activities held by the center are of far-reaching significance and great help to chile and latin america. she hoped the conference videos can be shared through the website to benefit more people. at the same time, she suggested the center build a platform that promotes the communication between chinese and chilean scholars in the future. such communication between faculties can promote cooperation between the departments. wang zhong said chinese academy of sciences looks forward to cooperating with tsinghua university to promote short-term and long-term exchanges between chinese and chilean students. zhang pu said the center has done a lot of work and has a high sense of responsibility. once the pandemic is over, china construction bank and chinese enterprises association in chile are very willing to participate in the activities organized by the center.
professor chen taotao thanked the committee members for their positive suggestions. she affirmed that they had provided good suggestions and ideas for the development of the center. the center will attach great importance to the valuable suggestions and opinions put forward by the committee members in the next step of the work, and inform them of the implementation progress.
