Session 5 of Yintai Salon for "The Chiang Family and Modern Chinese History Research Program", hosted by Yintai Foundation, was held at the Lee Shau Kee Academy of Humanities, Peking University. The salon was themed "Opening the Black Box of History-Decryption of Modern History Archives of Hoover Institution". Lin Hsiao-ting, Curator of East Asian Collection at the Hoover Institution gave a lecture. Wang Qisheng, a professor at the Department of History, Peking University hosted the salon.

The Law of the Jungle in Commerce has been passed down from modern merchants to the contemporary commercial context, from the already disappeared enterprises and market players to the 19-year history of Yintai. What Shen perceives as the core is: One must be strict with himself, kind to others and sharing when it comes to interest. He holds that, when running their own business in future, especially after possessing money and power, young starters are often lost. They underestimate potential challenges and difficulties and do not know how to keep a balance between themselves and other people, their partners or the government.

Soong Ai-ling, Soong Ching-ling and Soong May-ling were China's most brilliant women in the 20th century. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen. The destinies and choices of the Soong sisters closely linked to Sun have provided a perspective of Chinese women over the century.

Beijing Yintai Centre's Special Asset Support Program ("Beijing Yintai Centre's Quasi-REITs), having Hengtai Securities as its manager and distributor, and Minsheng Bank as its regulating bank and custodian, finally declares establishment days ago. Anticipating an investment of 7.5 billion yuan, it represents the first mortgage REITs and the largest quasi- REITs project by individual size in China, ranking the second among corporate asset-backed securities (corporate ABS) by individual size.

The seven-day Yintai Foundation 2016 Young Scholar Workshop on "the Chiang Family and Modern Chinese History Research Program" has been wrapped up, and the closing ceremony was held. Yang Tianshi, a researcher at the Institute of Modern History CASS; Chen Hongmin, Director of the Center for Chiang Kai-shek and Modern Chinese History, Zhejiang University; Lai Chi-kong, a professor at the Department of History and Director of the Business History Research Center, University of Queensland and the young scholars of the workshop attended the ceremony.

All trainees of the Yintai Foundation 2016 Young Scholar Workshop on "the Chiang Family and Modern Chinese History Research Program" watched The Rocking Sky, a documentary telling about the fight and romance of Chinese air force pilots during the War of Resistance against Japan. Zhang Zhaowei, Director of The Rocking Sky; Wu Yuan, the descendant of a Chinese air force pilot; Hangzhou's literary historians and local citizens also watched the documentary.

What is the personality of Chiang Kai-shek, an important figure in modern Chinese history? How did an unruly teenager in the eyes of his clansmen in Fenghua grow into a great man leading the Chinese nation against foreign aggression?

The 2016 Young Scholar Workshop on "the Chiang Family and Modern Chinese History Research Program", hosted by Yintai Foundation and the Center for Chiang Kai-shek and Modern Chinese History, Zhejiang University, opened at Zhejiang University (ZJU) Xixi Campus. More than 40 tutors and trainees from countries and regions such as the Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the U.S., the UK, Japan, South Korea and Italy attended the workshop.

June 29, 2016 saw the grand opening ceremony of Hangzhou Binjiang Yintai Sheraton Hotel, an establishment of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE Stock Code: HOT).

On the evening of June 19, 2016, the 2nd session of Yintai Salon launched by Chiang Family and the Modern Chinese History, a program funded by Yintai Foundation, was successfully held.