On 24 May we had a special lunch at Kempinski, for many reasons.
First of all we had the honor to welcome back Rotary International Immediate Past President Gary Huang. Other special guests were Carl-Ludwig Doerwald (now RC Worpswede, Germany) and IPP Frank Yih, RC Shanghai.
In the presence of Gary Huang and Incoming Special Representative Frank Yih, President Daniel presented a PHF award to Past President Mike for his continued support and excellent service to the club.
Daniel also presented PHF awards to Rotaract President Anissa and Immediate Past President Johanna for their outstanding commitment to the Rotaract Club of Beijing.

(thanks to Celine for the pics)

Our speaker was Constantin Colberg talking about “Health vs. Job — Stay Fit and Healthy”.
Constantin is a professional fitness coach in Beijing. His approach is completely focused on proven physiological and biochemical processes. This includes scientific consultation for nutrition and training. He explained the importance of making good choices of food and keep recipes simple, eat according to time and need, and how to choose food when dining outside. Constantin also presented simple and effective exercises which even busy people can engage in to keep a good shape.

President Elect of Rotaract Beijing, Mr. Peter Danci announced the charter dinner for Rotaract Beijing West Club. Rotarians and friends are welcome to attend.
When: 7PM, Thursday, June 2, 2016. Where: The Fairmont Hotel.

Charter Gala of Beijing Mandarin Rotary Club

On 22 May a very special event for Rotary in Beijing: we celebrated 20 years of reopening of the Beijing Rotary Club, 10 years of its charter as well as the Charter Gala of Beijing Mandarin Rotary Club

The Gala took place in the garden of JE Mansion, JianYi Residence Beijing and was honored with the presence of Rotary International Immediate Past President Gary Huang. Other special guests were Carl-Ludwig Doerwald and IPP Frank Yih, RC Shanghai. as well as many others.

Also six Rotaractors joined of our two Beijing Rotaract Clubs.
Gary handed over the official charter of the new Beijing club.
Great evening with old and new friends!

In our weekly Tuesday lunch on 17 May, we had as speaker Klaus Ziegler.
Topic: Role of Standards in International Trade, European and Chinese Perspectives.

(thanks Celine for the pics)

Working with stakeholders – and for the benefit of all – Standards are developed for new products and services. Beneficiaries and business, technology, science, government and society in general. Standard bodies like DIN publish these standards, and encourage their implementation. Klaus explained twofold role of standardization and benefits of standards for business. He then talked about international standardization structure and regional standard organizations.
I know Klaus since many years, he is also a member of our Old China Hands Lunch. He can be called Mr. Standards in China with his exceptional track record. We also talked together in some seminar.

Our usual weekly lunch at the Kempinski Hotel, with a speaker from France, Mr. Loaec.
His topic: “Help each other, protect each other”
Tang is Founder & CEO of TongJuBao. He has 25 years experience in three continents (Europe-Asia-Americas) in financial services. He also knows how difficult it is to provide credit or insurance to those needing it most. That’s where the story of TongJuBao began.

Our next big event will be on Sunday 22 May: the special Gala Joint Anniversary Celebration with RCBM.
The joint Anniversary Celebration of RC Beijing and RC Beijing Mandarin will be held at JE Mansion (健壹公馆), starting at 6 pm. Past RI President Gary Huang will attend the event together with district officers.