This year’s Advisory Board Meeting is the 15th annual meeting since the inception of the Board in 2000. This year also marks the 30th anniversary of Tsinghua SEM.  Advisory Board members have played an important role in Tsinghua SEM’s rapid development and globalization. In the meeting that lasted for more than an hour, ZHU Rongji listened carefully to the remarks made by the Board members. Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, expressed his deep impression with Dean QIAN’s leadership and affirmed the importance of school’s leaders to the development of the School. He considered Tsinghua SEM as one of the best schools in the world. Mike McNamara, CEO of Flextronics, lauded the development of Tsinghua x-lab, calling on Board members to provide more funding and resources to support the growth of Tsinghua x-lab and the entrepreneurial Tsinghua students. Jack Ma, Executive Chairman of Alibaba, expressed that he is deeply honored to be a member of the Advisory board and said, “Being a Board member is not only to help young people, but also a huge learning opportunity for me.” YUAN Guiren, Minister of Education, mentioned that the Ministry attaches great importance to some of the practices of Tsinghua SEM; many the reforms in Tsinghua University were first implemented at Tsinghua SEM, including reforms in faculty personnel administration system, educational programs and pedagogy, and student internships. He remarked that the Ministry is considering to promote such reforms as Tsinghua University’s experience and to encourage similar reforms nationwide. Vice Premier LIU Yandong remarked by pointing out that apart from playing a role in the reforms to develop Tsinghua University, the Tsinghua SEM Advisory Board and Tsinghua SEM also played a significant role in promoting the progress of China’s education. Tsinghua SEM Advisory Board will have deep and significant impacts on China’s education, its younger generation and the relationship between China and the World.