Dear Alumni,

During the seminar on Sept. 21, Prof. Jiang Zhenying, General

Secretary of Chinese Scholar Association, answered a lot of

questions about the PUAASC/CSA/CAST-LA members attending the

Fifth Guangzhou Convention of Overseas Chinese Scholars in

Science and Technology on December 28-30, 2002. Prof. Jiang

encouraged audience to take the opportunity to meet people and

exchange ideas in Guangzhou. From his previous experiences, the

three day event would often bring unexpected opportunities to

attendees immediately or in the future. He said almost all

applicants from Southern California would be accepted within 10

days after they filed their application (in Chinese or English)

from the conference Web site (http://www.ocs-gz.gov.cnor sent

the application forms via fax (8620-82227663) or e-mail

(ocs-gz@ocs-gz.gov.cn).

A copy of the application is also available at

http://pku.org/appendix/Guangzhou-form.doc . The Convention

provided free hotel and meals during the Convention, and

discount service for their family members. Some attendees may be

invited by other attending companies to visit other cities. In

that case, all travel expenses will be covered by these

companies. Attendees are responsible for their air tickets to

Guangzhou in general.

Although the application deadline is December 10, 2002, PUAASC

advises alumni to file applications in October so that you can

have enough time to purchase air tickets after receiving the

confirmation. After you obtained the confirmation and purchased

tickets, please notify PUAASC VP Mr. Yang, Lihong

(lihongya@usc.edu, 323-733-7685). The Southern California group

will meet in advance for getting-to-know each other and planning

other activities before or after the Convention.

If you have any questions, please be free to ask Mr. Yang.

Best wishes,

PUAASC