************************************************************** IFCSS Headquarters News Release No. 5097 January 10, 1994 ************************************************************** Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS) 733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 440, Washington, D.C.20005 Tel. (202)347-0017 Fax: (202)347-0018 Email: ifcss@wam.umd.edu The IFCSS President Arrived In China On Mission =============================================== Late on Wednesday (January 5, 1994) Lin Changsheng arrived at Beijing Airport, the first time that an IFCSS president was at large on Beijing streets. Mr. Lin's Beijing trip is a continuation from the 5th Annual Congress last July to promote IFCSS's exchange with China. It is also a follow-up to the IFCSS Seattle Initiative during APEC Summit last November to engage with the Chinese government. Mr. Lin Changsheng's China journal aims to: 1. Promoting IFCSS constitutional goals and introducing IFCSS directly to more people and officials in China. 2. Getting to know the government policies toward home-coming students and scholars from the U.S.; and lobbying for better conditions and more favorable policies for them to work, do business, and conduct academic activities within China. 3. Lobbying for the representative seats by the overseas CSS community in the National People's Congress and in the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Mr. Lin Changsheng will visit the following institutions in Beijing: 1. Standing Committee of the Nation People's Congress; 2. The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; 3. The State Council; 4. The National Educational Commission; 5. The National Science and Technology Commission. ********************************************************************* * IFCSS Headquarters Office * *-------------------------------------------------------------------* * President: Lin Changsheng Vice President: Shi Heping * * Exec. Director: Liu Xiaozhu Chief of Staff: Huang Songyun * *-------------------------------------------------------------------* * PBS-L is IFCSS's news distribution list for individuals. To sign * * on or off from IFCSS E-mail mailing list, please send email to : * * listserv@ifcss.org * * leave the subject line open and put in the mail body: * * (For signing on) sub PBS-L last_name first_name * * (For signing off) unsub PBS-L last_name first_name * * * * For IFCSS Service Program: ftp: ifcss.org:/services * * * * For more information about IFCSS, write to ifcss-info@ifcss.org * *********************************************************************