On December 30, 2020, the second board meeting of the fifth board of the Western Returned Scholars Foundation (WRSF) is held in Beijing. In order to cooperate with the prevention and control measures of the COVID-19 epidemic, this meeting was held online. Mo Wenxiu, chair of WRSF, presides over the meeting and delivers a speech. Guan Xiaobin, deputy director of the research department of Renmin University of China attends the meeting. 9 board members and 2 supervisors are all present at the meeting.

WRSF enters a healthy operational development track

Mo Wenxiu points out that this meeting is an important meeting held at a critical period when WRSF is listed in the national qualified ranks and starts a new journey.

In 2020, WRSF successfully gets out of the bottom and enters a healthy operation and development track. It has perfected the foundation’s regulation, cleared development ideas of the foundation, created of the foundation's brand, enhanced the team's motivation, established a new image of WRSF, laid a solid foundation for 2021.

"The foundation has made a major transition, this achievement made us deeply aware of the healthy development of the foundation need the support from the supervision the competent departments and the People's University of China; the understanding, trust and full cooperation from the previous directors and supervisors; the generous donations and selfless assistance from caring enterprises; unity of the new board members, supervisors and the working team." Mo Wenxiu said.

Mo Wenxiu, chair of WRSF, delivers a speech.

Establish work ideas and strive to achieve fast and high-quality development

Mo Wenxiu proposes four requirements for the next step of work of WRSF.

First, we should further establish our working ideas: work hard for talent development, public health, and helping international exchanges. The foundation should give full play to its own organizational and work advantages, and strive to foster a favorable atmosphere for the return of overseas talent, technology and capital. We make efforts to create brands and make a difference in serving public health. To play the function of public charity, based on domestic and international, to contribute to the development of good international civil exchange.

Secondly, we give full play to the role of the board of directors and the supervisors to strengthen the leadership and supervision of the foundation and to ensure the correct development direction of the foundation. The board members and supervisors are all established and influential people from all walks of life and have deep feelings for charity. The board is not only the leadership and decision-making body of the foundation, but also the think tank and resource bank of the foundation. We should unite to make the board an excellent leadership collective of public welfare organizations, make joint efforts to cultivate the talent echelon of the foundation, and promote the formation of a "culture for all" atmosphere.

Thirdly, we should train hard, enhance our skills, improve our mechanism and build a high-quality, efficient and professional public welfare team. To promote the formation of a learning atmosphere, and constantly solve the problem of panic of knowledge, panic of skills, panic of ability. We must strictly implement all regulations and ensure that we use them to manage power, affairs and personnel. We must work hard, be honest and self-disciplined, operate in a standardized way, and push forward the development of foundations with high standards. We must take stronger initiatives, work more meticulously, operate more transparently and communicate more infectiously to convey the institution's new action and new weather, and make every effort to meet the foundation's rating assessment for 3A or above.

Fourth, explore innovative brands to achieve fast and high-quality development of the Foundation's business. Make good use of both domestic and international resources, promote the establishment of a high-end talent database, domestic and international alumni associations, high-tech projects for sand control and environmental protection, etc., and explore the establishment of talent development bases, large health cooperation centers and other high-tech, sustainable, long-term management of innovative transformation projects. Let WRSF‘s traditional projects have characteristics, innovative projects have breakthroughs, mutual support, common strength, coordinated development.

Zhang Rujie, vice chair and secretary general of WRSF, delivers a speech.

Significant achievements in infrastructure, fundraising and more

Zhang Rujie, vice chair and secretary general of WRSF reviews WRSF’s work in 2020 from five aspects.

First, strengthening party building and comprehensively and strictly governing WRSF have achieved remarkable results. In accordance with the requirements of the competent authorities, the foundation amended and improved the regulation of the foundation, including the strengthening of party building in the regulation, as the basic principles of the foundation. The trend of strict governance of foundations has taken shape and is consolidating.

Second, we will make comprehensive rectification and basically solve key and difficult problems of foundations in a short period of time. On November 15, 2019, after Mo Wenxiu was approved by the four departments at the higher level to be the legal representative of WRSF, she focused on the key points and restarted the work of the foundation in stages, and basically solved the key and difficult problems in a relatively short period of time.

Third, formulate the Plan for the 2021-2025 WRSF. On October 22, 2020, the first plenary meeting of the 5th board of directors of the foundation was held, and the leadership team of the foundation with Mo Wenxiu as the chair was elected. The Plan for the WRSF (2021-2025) has been adopted, which lays out the blueprint and basic guidelines for the foundation's development in the next step.

Fourth, major breakthroughs were made in infrastructure development. The foundation has completed 32 systems, including party building, decision-making, administrative affairs, information dissemination, project management and financial management. It has initially established a management system to manage people and long-term affairs, and rely on the system to restrain behavior, which has further improved the level of risk prevention and management.

Fifth, the fund-raising and project management have made significant achievements. 2020 WRSF fund-raising has grown from zero to 41.3 million yuan. On December 15, 2020, WRSF, Tianhe Intelligent Industry Technology (Beijing) Co and Tianjin Beichen district initiate the "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund" which created the first cooperation between WRSF and local Party committees and governments

The year of 2021 is the Year of Infrastructure Construction of WRSF

2021 is a for WRSF to build its infrastructure construction. With Party building as the leading position, the foundation puts the people first in its work, further strengthens team building, and carries out various work tasks according to law and regulations.

We will focus on the following three tasks. First, we will work to ensure regulation implementation. Realize the regulation implementation, standardized management of foundations and strengthen the team building.

Second, the establishment of three platforms. WRSF and Shenzhen Qianhai Administration Bureau plan to jointly build an overseas talent innovation and entrepreneurship base for WRSF (including Hong Kong and Macao). In cooperation with relevant hospitals and enterprises, WRSF health cooperation center has been set up in Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone, Boao, Hainan. Relevant enterprises in Inner Mongolia take silkworm as the starting point, sand control as the platform, protect the environment.  

Third, we will focus on six key tasks. We will further promote the implementation of the High-Level Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund, and plan to set up the China Think Tank Development Fund and the online car-hailing project. Priority will be given to the implementation of the "two prevention and one consolidation" project, that is, through high-tech health screening assistance, to help prevent disease, prevent poverty-returning, consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation, and revitalize rural areas. Promote projects like the Shoushan Stone Intangible Cultural Heritage Industrial Park. Tell the foundation's story well and make information public.

The meeting considers the adoption of 32 systems and a new version of the logo

The board also considers and adopts the internal management system of the foundation, including party building work, decision-making, administrative affairs, information dissemination, project management, financial management, a total of 32 items. The main colour of the logo is adjusted to Chinese red to better reflect the Chinese elements. The main colour of the world map in the logo is adjusted to blue to convey the vision of "based in China, linking the world with love".

The board puts forward that we should persistently build WRSF into a public welfare organization that is recognized by the public, well-known at home, influential internationally, and satisfied by the supervisory authorities. In the journey of pursuing dreams, WRSF has the surprise of reform and innovation, the emotion of hard work, and the gratification of gaining.

The dream has come true. To take stock is to move forward. WRSF invites you to join hands and embrace the year 2021.