FOUR members including Dr. NP Ngai, Dr. Tom Dwyer, Dr. Henk Vinken and Dr. Steven SY Ngai were invited and participated in the “International Symposium on Youth Leadership in a Transformational Society” organized by the China Youth University for Political Sciences in October 12-14, 2007 in Beijing, China.

The Symposium examined a number of important youth leadership issues, for examples, youth leadership training, youth’s rights and responsibilities, youth leadership in times of globalization, leadership challenges in transitional societies, international youth exchange program, youth leadership development and service learning, youth leadership and civic engagement, etc. The Symposium was attended by more than 20 delegates coming from various countries and a large crowd of local delegates and students. During the Symposium, we had the opportunity to introduce and promote our Research Committee activities.