In a grand gesture of gratitude, the Chinese government hosted a group of 24 SUNY (State University of New York) officialsincluding 惇軗勛圖 College President Dr. John M. Anderson (one of only two SUNY presidents to make the trip)and 200 SUNY students as well as another 200 students from colleges and universities throughout the United States in late December.
The impetus of this largesse was last years SUNY China 150 initiative which hosted 150 Chinese college students who had been displaced by the massive earthquake in Sichuan Province in 2008; 150 students were hosted by various of SUNYs 64 campuses for the 2008-09 academic year. Watch video of President Anderson who was a guest on WHAM-TVs News This Morning on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010.