2008 Annual Report

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2008 Annual Report

Chinese Association
Of Greater Detroit
2008 Annual Banquet and
Chinese New Year Celebration
Marriott Troy Hotel
200 W. Big Beaver
Troy, Michigan 48084
March 8th, 2008 (Saturday)
5:00PM – 10:00PM
Program
CAGD 2008 Annual Banquet and
REGISTRATION & SOCIAL
5:00-5:40
Seating begins at 5:30
WELCOME AND RECOGNITION OF HONORABLE GUESTS
5:40-6:00
Master and Mistress of Ceremonies
Ms. Wenjiang Cao (VP of CAGD 2008)
Dr. Liqun Cao (VP of CAGD 2008)
DISTINGUISHED GUEST SPEECH
6:00-6:20
Mr. L Brooks Patterson, Oakland County Executive
(6:02 -6:07 pm)
Mr. Robert Ficano, Wayne County Executive
(6:09-6:14 pm)
Mr. Maoming Chu, Deputy Consul General of the P. R. China in Chicago (6:15-6:20 pm)
DINNER
6:20-7:00
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
7:00-7:30
Mr. Ray Young, GM Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CAGD ANNUAL MEETING
2007 ANNUAL REPORT
SPONSOR AWARD
SPONSORS’ SHORT GREETINGS
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
2008 CAGD PRESIDENT SPEECH
7:30-8:25
Dr. Shijian Zhou, President of CAGD 2007
(5 mins)
Dr. Louis Yen & Dr. Yonglu Zhao, VPs of CAGD 2007/08
(33 mins)
(2 mins each: Chrysler, GM,
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Butzel Long,
Compuware, DTE Energy, Detroit Country Day School,
Oakland County Economic Development Office,
Promax Engineering LLC, PRS Equities Limited,
Reliable Analysis, and Yazaki North America)
Ms. Shirley Zhang, Mr. Lin Zong VPs of CAGD 2007/08
(7 mins)
Dr. Quanzhong Yan, President of CAGD 2008
(5 mins)
ART PERFORMANCE
SOCIAL / BALLROOM DANCING
8:25-9:15
9:15-10:00
Special Thanks
Greetings
Congratulation Letter
Keynote Speaker
Honorable Guest Speech Introduction
Honorable Guest Speech Introduction
L. Brooks Patterson
Oakland County Executive
L. Brooks Patterson is serving his fourth four-year term as Oakland County Executive after being reelected in 2004 by an overwhelming electoral margin. As the chief elected official of one of America’s
most affluent and progressive counties, Mr. Patterson presides over a $769 million dollar annual budget
for FY2008 and a county workforce of nearly 4,000 full and part time benefit eligible employees.
During the 15 years of the Patterson administration, Oakland County government has earned respect
from Wall Street for its solid tax base and sound financial policies by attaining and maintaining a
coveted AAA bond rating, which only 34 of the nations 3,200 counties have received.
Mr. Patterson has launched many innovative programs, including Mandarin Chinese, Emerging Sectors,
Wireless Oakland, Count Your Steps, Successful Health Care Cost Containment Initiative, Automation
Alley, etc. In addition, Mr. Patterson’s Employee Suggestion Program has generated more than $5
million worth of taxpayer savings since 1993 while his Casual Day Program has distributed
approximately $450,000 to local charities over the past 14 years. (Neither involves taxpayer funds.)
Mr. Patterson founded Arts, Beats & Eats in 1998. The four-day family-oriented fun-fest in downtown
Pontiac features great food, wonderful music and extraordinary art. The event, ranked as one of the top
10 Art Fairs in America, attracts an estimated 1.4 million people annually. Mr. Patterson is also the
founding President of The Rainbow Connection which grants wishes to terminally ill children. Mr.
Patterson serves as president of this organization.
Mr. Patterson has earned numerous awards and honors including: The Michigan Chamber of Commerce
Annual Award for Distinguished Service and Leadership; named by Government Technology
Magazine as one of the Top 25 individuals in America in 2006 for “pushing the boundaries of
government as usual.” 2007 Rotary Foundation of Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow; Bloomfield
Hills Rotary Foundation 2007 Distinguished Community Leader Award. Honorary Doctorate of Humane
Letters from Kettering University in Flint (2006); Lighthouse Humanitarian Award (2004); Corp!
Magazine Man of the Decade (2000); Arts, Beats & Eats Foundation Quality of Life Award (2003);
Automation Alley CEO Legend of the Year (2003); NAACP Recognition Dinner (2004); 2005 Visionary
Award; Champion for Children Award from Region 9 (Oakland, Wayne and Macomb Counties) of the
Michigan Association of School Administrators (MASA); Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from
Baker College; voted Michigan’s Best Republican; and named “World Trader of the Year” in 2005.
Contact Information
2100 Pontiac Lake Road
Executive Office Building – 41W
Waterford, MI 48328
Telephone: 248/858-0484
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Annual Report
Chinese Association of Great Detroit 2007 Annual Report
Shijian Zhou (President and Chairman of the 2007 Board)
Dear Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,
The bell has already sounded signaling the arrival of the year of the rat. This past year, all of you placed
your trust in the 2007 Board, and we would like to now extend our heartfelt appreciation for your support
and will continue to boldly step into our brilliant future with pride and optimism. I would like to give our
utmost thanks to our sponsors, our new friends who have helped to write CAGD’s history, and especially to
our keynote speaker Mr. Ray Young and all of our guests. Today, I am honored to represent the 2007
Board of Directors in celebrating this magnificent fruit of our hard labor with each and every one of you.
This past year, we have put our hearts and souls into working for our members. We have brought
convenience and tangible benefits to all our members by providing added services to our members in more
than 10 categories: organizing 8 visa processes, putting together a career development seminar, the Sound
of Spring, the Golden Autumn Gala, and three grand picnics are just some examples. We also organized
dozens of lectures covering topics such as law, taxes, immigration, health, education, and business.
This past year was a time for CAGD and the Chinese community to strengthen and further expand. We
have conducted expansive collaboration efforts with Chinese schools, cultural and regional associations,
and other organizations such as the Detroit Chinese Engineers Association. We have participated in the
Dragon Boat Festival in Ann Arbor, organized the annual Super Kitchen event, managed the China winter
disaster relief effort, and been involved in many other charities. Through these events we have built and
will continue nurturing the friendship among our members. This past year, we have taken large strides in
the relationship between our organization and ACA, CAPA, APACC, DSO and etc. We can be proud that
CAGD has now become one of the most prominent and popular Chinese organizations in our area.
This past year has also been a very fruitful year. Through untiring effort, we finally realized the task that
was first set in motion almost ten years ago: becoming a 501(C)3 organization. CAGD will now have many
more fundraising options in the future and these new avenues will provide the important financial support
our organization requires. We have also achieved more than a ten percent increase in membership. Of all
the 2008 Board of Directors, more than half participants hold president or vice president positions in other
influential organizations; furthermore, the addition of Mr. Patterson, the Oakland County executive, Mr.
Ficano, the Wayne County executive, and Mr. Watkins, the former Michigan State superintendent is most
encouraging news. Their acceptance of our invitation to join our organization marks the first time nonChinese people have joined the ranks of our honorable advisors. This signifies the first significant step in
the direction of expanding outside of our immediate communities. With the help of these prominent
advisors, CAGD will have the quality and importance to stride forward into the American mainstream.
In summary, this past year has been one of the most important ones in CAGD’s history. To keep the
member’s best interests in mind, we have strengthened the organization’s cohesiveness and sense of
community, promoting the Chinese community rather than CAGD itself has encouraged the community to
come together and collaborate with each other, and improving the development of US-Chinese relations
have lead to great friendship and cultural exchange between the local communities and these two great
countries.
I wholeheartedly hope that CAGD continues to keep up the strong momentum in order to make even
greater contributions to our members, the Chinese community, and our magnificent country; and finally, I
truly hope that the 2008 Board of Directors are able to accomplish even greater achievements!
Thank you.
Major Events
List of CAGD Events in Year 2007
Community Events
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Michigan Lakeside Moonlight Golden
Autumn Gala
CAGD North Center “Star Luster” monthly
ballroom dance parties
CAGD Ann Arbor Center Dance Parties
Tian-tian Piano Recitals
“Qian Li Gong Chan Juan” Mid-Autumn
Party
“Sound of Spring” Dinner Party
Chicago-Shanghai 2007 Yuan-Xiao Festival
Summer picnic with Detroit Chinese School
Joint Sponsorship of University Musical
Society Asian Year
CAGD Tennis Tournament
CAGD Table Tennis Tournament
CAGD Annual Golf Outing
CAGD “Happy Chinese New Year” Lunch
Banquet and Friends Gathering
CAGD Bridge Tournament
NACSA & CAGD Volleyball Tournament
Reception Party for Consul General Mr. Ping
Huang
Christmas Party for local singles
Education and Culture Events
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College Forum
Troy Daze Festival
CAGD North Center Culture Exhibition in
Farmington Community Library
Detroit-Guangzhou Summer Camp
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Detroit-Beijing Chinese Study Summer
Camp
University of Michigan ChinaNow Theme
Year Dragon Boat Festival
Services
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SAM’s Club membership discount program
Speedy Discount Auto Service Package to
CAGD members
CAGD visa services
Series of legal seminars
Series of health seminars
Series of tax seminars
Series of immigration seminars
“Sea-Turtle” seminars
New-board election
Charity Events
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Signatures’ collection for Shanghai World
Expo
Soup Kitchen
Fundraising for snowstorm victims in China
501 (c)(3) application
Business Exchange Events
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Joint SAE-China Reception with DCEA
Guangzhou Evening -- Detroit Chinese
Automotive Industry Professionals-Springtide Banquet
Others
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CAGD board meetings
CAGD forum
CAGD advisory board meeting
CAGD Organization
CAGD Presidents
Dazong Wang
1992-94
Li Chai
1994-95
Hongxing Hu
1996
Tao Li
1997
Sophie Hu
1998
Yizhang Liu
1999
Shibin Hu
2000
Dong Li
2001
Baosheng Chen
2002
Junwen Hou
2003
Jian Pang
2004
Guozhen Lu
2005
Shaozhi Zhang
2006
Shijian Zhou
2007
Quanzhong Yan
2008
Mailing address:
CAGD
P.O. Box 1343
Troy, MI 48099, USA
E-mail address: [email protected]
CAGD web site: http://www.cagd.org
Community Service Award List and Board Member
Entertainment events
2007 Summer Picnic
CAGD Tennis Tournament
CAGD Table Tennis Tournament
University of Michigan ChinaNow
Theme Year Dragon Boat Festival
Michigan Lakeside Moonlight
Golden Autumn Gala
Education and Culture Events
Detroit-Beijing Chinese Study Summer Camp
Detroit-Guangzhou Summer Camp
College Forum
CAGD forum
About CAGD
A Brief Introduction of
Chinese Association of Greater Detroit
Chinese Association of Greater Detroit (CAGD) was established in 1992. CAGD is a
non-profit and non-religious independent organization registered in the State of
Michigan. The association is primarily comprised of professionals with Chinese heritage
working and living in the Greater Detroit area, but it is also non-exclusive to people from
other parts of the world.
Most CAGD members are professionals with advanced degrees, including executives,
professors, researchers, and engineers. Members are distributed in the "Big Three"
automakers, auto component suppliers, engineering R & D firms, finance companies and
universities. CAGD members are with a strong Chinese cultural background and high
professional caliber.
Currently, CAGD is the largest Chinese Community group in the Greater Detroit area.
CAGD has grown into a 2600+ member organization since 1992. CAGD has been
actively promoting Chinese image and cultural heritage to the American mainstream and
also catering to the need and interests of its members by providing professional seminars,
hosting social and culturally entertaining events, organizing annual public charity events
such as "Soup Kitchen" in downtown Detroit and organizing some convenient
membership services such as visa service, taxing/health seminar, college forum, sports
activities, etc. CAGD is also offering many free web services to local Chinese
community on its newly renovated web site http://www.cagd.org, such as free personal
advertisement, free Chinese yellow page and free coupons etc. CAGD has also been
actively reaching out for a community unity by working together with other Chinese
community organizations and co-organizing many events that are value-added to the
community. CAGD has active interactions with regional community organizations and
also has a close and regular communication with various governmental, industrial, and
academic organizations back in China.
Most major CAGD events get a strong support from corporations such as GM, Ford,
Chrysler, Yazaki North America, Butzel Long, Compuware, DTE Energy, Promax, PRS,
Lasalle Bank, Reliability Analysis, Dykema, Wayne State University, University of
Michigan, Oakland County Economic Development Office, Delphi, Johnson Control,
Metlife, Northwest Airlines, University of Detroit Mercy, Allied Signal, Ameritech etc.
and many other individual business people or units. CAGD also has regular contacts with
various regional governmental offices and news media.
ART Performance Program
Dance: Michigan Chinese Folk Dance Group (Min Wang, XiaoYan Qu
(Susan Qu), LiCao, LeiPei, ShuPing Wen, HongMei Zhou (Lesley
Guo), MeiLang Ding (Melodie Ding), Lei Liu, SongFang Suai)
Solo: Motherland, My Kindly Mother (Tony Bao)
Tai Chi Sword perform (Doris Xiong)
Solo: Tibetan Plateau (Lilly Li)
Samba
Jenny Remington, Andrzej Przybyl
Latin Dance: Samba (Jenny Remington, Andrzej Przybyl)
Hulusi Solo: Bamboon Under the Moonlight (Yang Hu)
Dance: My Torch Festival (Shihui Dance School)
East Lake Chinese Restaurant
5087 Rochester Road
Troy, MI 48085
Tel: 248-740-9522
Fax: 248-740-9507

2008 Annual Report

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