The '2009 Education Forum for Asia's Euro-Asian Cooperation Forum' sponsored by Education Forum for Asia held a dinner party at the Xi’an Grand Castle Hotel on November 16^th 2009 to welcome the many distinguished guests of the conference. On hand for the dinner was former Premier of Kazakhstan H.E. Mr.Sergey Terchshenko, former Prime Minister of Nepal H.E. Mr. Kirti Nidhi Bista, former Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium H.E. Mr. Jose Desmarets, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress Mr. Zhang Daohong, and 200 other local and international guests. The Vice Mayor of Xi'an Mrs. Li Qiushi gave a very warm welcome to the visitors.

       During the dinner party themed"Love Around Beichuan", an event devoted to the students and teachers of Beichuan Middle School (the school hit hardest by the quake), the Head Master of the school and 3 of the students were present. "Although the earthquake destroyed our school, our homes, and our entire county, it will not crush the spirit of our citizens nor the futures of our future generations. We will not surrender and our wills will be strong, because we have the support of you, our national and international friends." One student, Yang Qin, from Beichuan Middle School expressed their concern for those affected by the quake, their gratitude for the love and care of all those who helped them through these troublesome and trying times, and rather than simply having a few students represent the entire school body, they all worked together to compile a book entitled "Students Chant for Love Around Beichuan"about their experiences and reflections on the experience of watching their school and community collapse around them. The unique gift was presented to the Director of the European Business Counsel, Zui Hong, European Parliament Representative, Gui Lin, and CEO of the American based ILF Mrs. Chiling Tong. The book is a compilation of the experiences and reflections of the teachers and students of Beichuan Middle School during the earthquake and all proceeds from the sale of the book will go directly into rebuilding the school and lives of the people affected. Up until now"Love Around Beichuan" has received over 2,000,000 yuan in donations from warm hearted people all around the globe.

       During the dinner party, the Principal of Beichuan Middle School, Liu Yachun, talked about the progress of their school and the addition of 8 new classes in junior high and high school levels with a total of 3300 students. Due to a shortage of teachers, Education Commission of Xicheng District in association with Qiaoxin Education Charitable Trust have sent some Beijing’s most outstanding teachers into Beichuan to assist with the teaching and make up for the current shortage of teachers. Apart from taking part in the daily duties of a teacher, the teachers from Beijing will giving training sessions to the Beichuan teachers on ways of improving educational concepts, methods, and skills in order to give the students a deeper and wider way of viewing things and learning. Also, during the dinner party, the Principal of Beichuan Middle School, Liu Yachun, on behalf of all the students and faculty, presented a special award to express their great appreciation and love 3 schools that gave assistance to them in their time of need. (Beijing Yihai #8 Middle School, Beijing #35 MiddleSchool, and Beijing Li Xun Middle School) With an expected completion date of the reconstruction of the school scheduled for May 12 of next year, Beichuan Middle School has given the Chairman of Education Group, Linda Wang, a permanent honorary Head Master status for helping them to rebuild their school and trying to help them overcome their teacher shortage. Linda Wang is still reaching out to many other schools all across China to give further assistance and support through the promotion of the "Love Around Beichuan" book so that they may once again restore peace and security and accomplish their goal of '3 years to restore, 6 years to progress, 9 years to great success'. The final goal of Beichuan Middle School is to become one of the leading schools in the nation.