HSYLC

The fourth annual eight-day Harvard Summit for Young Leaders in China (HSYLC 2009) will be held tentatively in Beijing, China from August 15-23, 2009. As HAUSCR’s flagship program, HSYLC 2009 will continue to serve as an intense forum for cultural and intellectual exchange and as an opportunity to cultivate leadership skills in talented Chinese high school students. This program aims to stimulate academic curiosity, and at the same time, broaden students’ horizons to the world beyond their own.

Sponsored by The Goldman Sachs Foundation, HSYLC recruits around forty Harvard undergraduates to create and teach a curriculum for Chinese high school students. Around three hundred students are selected from among thousands of diverse applicants to participate in this unique academic and cultural experience. HSYLC has long received extensive media attention throughout China for its mission of fostering “leadership, scholarship, citizenship and entrepreneurship” in students of both countries through a combination of education, advocacy, and cultural conversation.

Through HSYLC, HAUSCR aims to gather potential Chinese leaders and give them an environment in which they are challenged in every way possible, through seminar classes, team building missions, and conversations with each other and Harvard undergraduates. HSYLC also invites prominent figures in the US and China to speak with students. The rich resources that HSYLC is able to offer to Chinese high school students expand their visions, deepen their understanding and increase their appreciation for their own culture.

Thanks to the generosity of The Goldman Sachs Foundation, HAUSCR is able to institute a need-blind admissions process and offer full financial assistance to all who need it. This extends the opportunity to attend HSYLC to Chinese youths of all different backgrounds. HYSLC 2008 hosted three hundred students from 120 high schools. HSYLC 2009 will continue its effort to select a diverse student body, from which all participants can benefit the most.

HSYLC offers many exciting programs, including Student Seminars, Distinguished Speaker Series, Writing Program and others.