Our former president and vice-chairman Katherine Whitman was honored by the City of Guangzhou in January 2022 for her hard work and dedication to the building of friendship between our two cities and peoples.
"Katherine Whitman had just started her teaching career at Mount Saint Mary's University in Los Angeles when an offer from the school's president caught her attention.
It was a proposal from Guangzhou's incumbent vice-mayor to send professors to the city to teach Chinese business professionals and government officials about the business system in the United States. As part of the program, Whitman. lectured for three weeks at a science and technology institute in Guangzhou..."