On the evening of March 17, Yu Peizhong, the president of the Alumni Association of the International College and an alumnus of the college in 2006, returned to Xiamen to visit the college leaders, to communicate with them about the alumni work and the preparations for the Centenary Celebration of XMU, and expressed his intention to make donation. Yu was warmly welcomed by He Yuanzan, Secretary of the Party Committee of the International College, and they had a cordial discussion.

During this trip, Yu Peizhong took advantage of the interval of his business trip to change his itinerary and make a transfer in Xiamen. During the communication in an hour, Yu expressed his sincere concern for supporting the development of his alma mater and his enthusiasm for the school's centenary celebration.

Yu Peizhong is currently the chairman of Jiuzhou Star Industrial Co., Ltd. The group is mainly engaged in international shipping, overseas real estate, energy, large-scale marine engineering, and investment. Being human-oriented, good behavior first, while his business growing bigger and stronger, Yub does not forgot to give back to the society. Over the years, he is insisting on charity work and public welfare, which shows that the entrepreneur’s warm passion and s sense of responsibility. Since the establishment of the XMU International College’s Alumni Association, Yu has been the president of the Alumni Association, caring for and supporting the development of the college.

Yu Peizhong said that XMU is an alma mater that once gave him a good education. It has been 15 years since Yu attended the International College of XMU in 2006. He has met many excellent teachers and classmates here, and also his life partner. He is grateful to his alma mater and hopes to give back to his alma mater on the occasion of centenary celebration by making donation and setting up scholarship to help some students from Ningxia Longde County, the designated support unit of XMU, overcome their financial difficulties and provide them learning opportunities, so as to fulfill his social responsibility. Yu hope that more alumni of International College will participate in the activities of the university, support the development of the university and the college, and extend the International College Education Development Fund into a kind of great love.

Secretary He praised Yu as a practical young entrepreneur with open mind, advanced concept and positive attitude. He expressed his deep appreciation for Yu’s heart for the alma mater, his passion for alumni work and his intention to give back. He also said that alumni are the school’s valuable resources. The vigorous development of the International College is inseparable from the strong support of alumni. On behalf of the college, he expressed his gratitude to the alumni for their care and support to the alma mater, and warmly looked forward to their return to the alma mater on the occasion of the centenary celebration.

During the exchange, the two sides also communicated on the operation of the alumni association of the college, preparations of the centenary celebration, as well as the mobilization of alumni donations and the establishment of scholarships.

Alumni and Enterprise Profile

Yu Peizhong, who entered the International College of XMU in 2006 and then entered Middlesex University in the UK for his undergraduate study. He also graduated from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University with an EMBA degree. In 2010, he returned to China and founded Fujian Jiuzhou Star Investment Co., Ltd., And now he serves as chairman of Fujian Jiuzhou Star Industrial Co., Ltd., in Fujian Province, the executive chairman of Fujian Youth Chamber of Commerce, a member of the National Youth Federation, the president of the International College Alumni Association, XMU, director Fujian Alumni Association of Guanghua EMBA, Peking University, etc.

Jiuzhou Star Group (hereinafter referred to as the Group), established in 2002, is a diversified and comprehensive emerging private enterprise integrating marine transportation, marine engineering and real estate development. Headquartered in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China, the Group has branches in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and other places. Its core business includes international shipping transportation, port and marine engineering construction and supporting facilities, real estate development, financial investment, energy development, etc.

After nearly 20 years of development, the group rank among the top private enterprises in terms of the he number of vessels and total transport capacity in China. It has established long-term friendly cooperation with domestic and foreign giants such as Bunge Ltd., China Steel Corporation in Taiwan and BHP Billiton Ltd. The group actively expands marine engineering with the support of traditional shipping industry. It has a complete set of new marine engineering equipment and has rich experience in sand and gravel mining and land reclamation projects. The offshore engineering territory spreads over China, Singapore, Malaysia, Kuwait, Vietnam, Myanmar and other places. It has participated in the construction of Singapore Jurong Industrial Estate, Fuzhou Taiwanese Investment Zone, Sanya New Airport Reclamation, Hong Kong Airport Three Runway Reclamation, Hong Kong- Zhuhai- Macao Bridge and other projects. In 2017, the group successfully took 51% of the equity of Guangdong Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company, which promoted the group's industrial upgrading. The real estate territory of Jiuzhou Star has also been expanded. The group's representative works include Fuzhou Hengrong Jiuzhou Joy City, Prince Bay-108 Mansion in Nanshan District, Shenzhen and other landmark projects.  The Group will invest 3 billion in the construction of Guangdong Jiuzhou Star Cold Chain Food Industrial Park in 2021.