The Young Icebreakers Scotland

Last week 3 representatives of the Scottish Young Icebreakers returned from a 10 day trip to China on the last leg of the UK/China mission. Lucy Keany (Ricefield), Rachel Kinloch (Edinburgh Napier 2009 Ambassador to China) and Fiona Macintyre (Scottish Enterprise Saltire Foundation Alumni) spent 10 days on a tour of China with a group [...]

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After 3 days of events in Edinburgh meeting their Scottish counterparts, Guo Xiangyu Deputy Secretary-General of the All-China Youth Federation and leader of the delegation of 25 young business leaders from China said they had had ‘ the most meaning-full, positive, productive and fun time with the Scottish [...]

Alex Salmond has now joined the list of high profile people in Scotland that have voiced their support for The Young Icebreakers. He stands alongside Premier Wen Jia Bao, Lord Smith of Kelvin Kt and Jack McConnell MSP at a time when the YIB are in the final stages of planning the launch in Scotland. In a letter received this [...]

For a week in early February, Adam Purvis who is leading the Young Icebreakers in Scotland attended the inaugural One Young World Summit in London as one of 13 UK Ambassadors. This was made possible by generous contributions from Lord Smith and Edinburgh Napier University.

Today(26 November) the Tibetan delegation met the YI representatives at the Chinese Embassy in London.  The delegation was led by Legqog, Director of the Standing Committee of Tibet Autonomous Region People’s Congress (legislature) of China. This was a fantastic opportunity for our next generation of business leaders to familiarise themselves the leaders [...]

On the 17th of September the 48 Group in Scotland held a reception in honour of Mme Tan (Consul General of the PR of China in Edinburgh) and the 60th anniversary of the formation of the peoples republic of China.

Representatives of the public and private sectors in Scotland attended [...]

Veteran of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Bo Yibo and Jack Perry, greet each other in Beijing.

Jack Perry, the founder of the 48 Group Club, [...]

Speaking at the first anniversary of the ‘Young Icebreakers’ held at the Berkeley Hotel, London in May 2009, Mark Tucker, Group Chief Executive of Prudential plc, said:

“The initiative of the ‘Young Icebreakers’ exemplifies the best traditions of the 48 Group Club: bold and imaginative, but rooted in the pragmatism that is born of experience. ‘Young [...]

On the 3rd of  March 2009 a China panel was assembled at Young Icebreakers’ Conference at RBS Gogarburn. They addressed an audience of over 300 young people (senior school students upwards) to ask them to consider the importance of China today. The panel focused on what  these young people ought to do to develop themselves, [...]

On January 31, 2009, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council met with Chairman of 48 Group Club Stephen Perry and representatives of “Young Icebreakers” in the hotel where he stayed in London.

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