Torchlight Foundation

TorchLight Foundation is a non-profit organization and was founded in 2016 in Hong Kong and New York. The vision of TorchLight Foundation is to promote a deeper understanding of the U.S. and China, and communication and collaboration between the two countries from educational perspectives. 2016 TorchLight Foundation participates in and organizes two programs:'TorchLight China Internship Program' and 'U.S- China Relations Conference'. TorchLight China Internship Program The TorchLight China Internship Program will be held annually from the summer of 2019. The program serves outstanding students studying at universities in the U.S. and industry-leading institutions in Greater China. A pilot Program has been successfully held in the summer of 2018. 20192018 Columbia U.S- China Relations Conference TorchLight Foundation initiated the first U.S- China Relations Conference at Columbia University in 2017. The Conference is organized by students. In the previous two Conferences, over 50 high-profile speakers from policy-making, business, and academic world were invited to discuss most important issues concerning U.S- China Relations, and the Conference has recorded over 600 participants. 201750600 Past speakers include: Jeffrey Sachs, Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General; Rober Kopech, Former Vice President of World Bank; Pedro Nueno, Founder and Dean (Europe) of China Europe International Business School; Lanlan Zhang, CEO of CICC Securities (US) and Ebrahim Rahbari, Global Economist of Citigroup. Jeffrey Sachs Robert KopechPedro NuenoCEO