May 23 Beijing Charity Cocktail sponsored by The China Business Network

The China Business Network (TCBN) is sponsoring an invite-only cocktail party this Friday May 23 at the JWMarriott (北京JW万豪酒店, Beijing JW wàn háo jiǔdiàn) in Beijing. CNReviews is also a co-sponsor of the event. Space is limited to 150 people. If you want an invite, see the bottom of the post.

Originally the event centered around tech and VC attendees of the Asian Venture Capital Journal Conference and the CHINICT Conference in Beijing this week. But after the Sichuan earthquake, Christine Lu, Founder of The China Business Network decided to donate all proceeds to earthquake relief. From Christine:

The Library Project has created a program, “Project: Earthquake Relief”, to help rebuild the educational system that was affected as a result of the earthquake. It is projected that hundreds of elementary schools have been damaged in the Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces. The Library Project will be providing educational resources for the displaced children attending temporary schools.

We’re pleased to be one of the co-sponsors of the event.

Here’s more details from Christine’s email to me:

The China Business Network in partnership with:

CNReviews.com – http://cnreviews.com
Danwei.org – http://www.danwei.org
ChinaVortex.com – http://www.chinavortex.com
ChinaOnTV – http://www.chinaontv.com
The Library Project – http://www.library-project.org
Continental Airlines – http://www.continental.com

invite you to join us for an evening of cocktails, canapes and great caliber networking in support of an excellent cause with an immediate need.

ChinaOnTV’s film crew will be on location profiling those of you in attendance for upcoming segments on The China Business Network and ChinaOnTV.

Christine Lu of The China Business Network will be announcing the upcoming Beta launch of a new partnership in advance of the official press release scheduled to go out the following Monday.

Elliott Ng of CNReviews.com will be in town from Silicon Valley to announce partnership plans for a multi-city China tour taking place in November involving key figures and influencers of social media from the international community. (we’re VERY excited about the interest this has received thus far in the US)

Award Winning Film Maker Siok Siok Tan will be showing a trailer of her recently released documentary about the Beijing Olympics called Boomtown Beijing and providing updates on international screenings taking place in benefit of The Library Project’s Earthquake Relief initiative.

All of the proceeds from this Tech Week Charity Cocktail will be forwarded to The Library Project’s Earthquake Relief initiative.

The Library Project has created a program, “Project: Earthquake Relief”, to help rebuild the educational system that was affected as a result of the earthquake. It is projected that hundreds of elementary schools have been damaged in the Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces. The Library Project will be providing educational resources for the displaced children attending temporary schools.

We will also be raffling off one coach class UNRESTRICTED ROUND TRIP TICKET between Beijing and USA on Continental Airlines valid for travel anytime beginning June 1st. ( a US $5K value) — You automatically receive one entry when you RSVP and attend Friday’s cocktail.

It is our goal to raise enough funds to support a new library for one elementary school while connecting business leaders based in Beijing with international based business leaders attending conferences that week . If you are Beijing based or in town this week for the CHINICT or Asian VC Journal Conferences, we hope to see you on Friday night after 7:30pm at the JW Marriott’s Loong Bar. It’s a great opportunity to bring together a wide range of business folks in Beijing.

Confirmed guests so far include:

Founder, The China Business Network
Founder, Danwei.org
CEO, China Business Strategies
CEO, eCitySky
CEO, Youku.com
VP Marketing, Uptake
VP Marketing, Tudou
Founder, CNReviews.com
Director of Beijing Olympic Program, adidas
Group Director Digital Strategy, Ogilvy China
Marketing Director, Spill Group Asia
Founder, Web2Asia
Founder, The Library Project
Founder, Web 2.0 Review
President, House Films
Award Winning Film Maker, Boomtown Beijing

…and hopefully you!

For more information and to RSVP please visit:

Signup URL: http://techweek.eventbrite.com/

You can indicate an option to pay the RMB 175 RSVP rate at the door. RSVPs are preferred as the venue only holds 150. In the event there is still room on the evening of the cocktail, non-RSVPs will be charged RMB 250 at the door.

Other invited guests include:

CEO, Youku
VP International, Baidu
Founder, Danwei
Chairman, Microsoft China
Managing Partner, Goldman Sachs
Vice-Director, TORCH program
VP, The Conference Board, China
Director, UN Silk Road Technology Inititiative
CEO, eCitySky
Director, Digital Strategy, Ogilvy China
President, CHINICT
Editor-in-Chief, Asian VC Journal
Founding Partner, Crossover Capital
Chairman, Venturebank China
Senior Partner, CDH
CEO, Aigo
EU Ambassador to China
VP Corporate Affiars, Alibaba
Beijing Olympic Program Director, adidas
VP Marketing, Tudou
VP Marketing, Uptake
President, NFL China
Managing Director, Xinhua PR Newswire
Founder, JLM PacificEpoch
Founder, BDA
Senior Partner, CDH
CEO, eChinaCash
Founder, The China Business Network
Harvard Alumni Club
Brown Alumni Club

JW Marriott

JW Marriott information can be found here:

• JW Marriott site
• Ctrip (chinese)

Name and location in Chinese:

北京JW万豪酒店
běi jīng JW wàn háo jiǔ diàn

华贸中心建国路83号
huá mào zhōng xīn jiàn guó lù hào

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