by Dr. Justine Su, ELPS and China Institute

千人计划"特聘教授李明芳

During 2010, Mingfang Li of the Department of Management at the College of Business and Economics made several academic exchange related trips to China. Appointed as a distinguished visiting professor, Mingfang Li participated extensively in the academic program development, research collaboration, and teaching at Jilin University. He delivered talks at various conferences at Jilin University during April, and during the Summer. During Winter 2010, Mingfang Li traveled to Zhongshan University to give a key note speech at the Entrepreneurship and Family Business Research Summit, and participated at the Inaugural Issue of Journal of Entrepreneurship (of which Li is one of the Chief Editors) celebration (see photo). As a visiting professor of Jilin University, and a professor of CSUN, Mingfang Li attended various academic conferences and participated in academic exchanges with numerous universities in China during the Summer of 2010. In addition, Mingfang Li has worked to establish sister university relations between CSUN and Jilin University. He is a sponsor for several visiting scholars from Jilin University. During October, Mingfang Li coordinated the visit of the EMBA team from Jilin University to the College of Business and Economics at CSUN. He will also mentor a special scholar, Dean Fan Libo from the International Univ. of Finance and Economics in Beijing in the spring semester of 2011.