On March 19, 2023, the 2023 “American Chinese Under 30 Youth Elite List” was released in Los Angeles, and ICSO founder Yao Jitong was selected as the “American Chinese Under 25 Youth Elite List”. This list is jointly organized by non-profit organizations such as the All China Youth Federation and the Los Angeles Post. It is the first professional award specifically designed for the new generation of Chinese, international students, and “overseas returnees” overseas, and is considered one of the most authoritative and influential awards in the youth entrepreneurship ecosystem in the United States. The candidates on this list need to have excellent performance in innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, foresight, service, social responsibility, personal professionalism, and other aspects. The organizer specifically pointed out that this year’s list includes the “American Chinese Under 25 Elite List” (AACYF Top U25), which includes ten participants from different fields. Their impressive performance is impressive, and Yao Jitong is one of them.
As a young man, Yao Jitong has had a clear understanding and meticulous planning of her life since childhood, influenced by her family and upbringing environment. He made public welfare a lifelong goal he needed to pursue. At the age of 15, he co founded the ICSO International Public Welfare Support Organization with his classmates, aiming to promote the development of global public welfare. After years of development, as an international public welfare team founded and composed of Chinese international students worldwide, ICSO has independently established three branches worldwide, operating over 150 public welfare projects in 12 countries and 54 regions, with over 10000 overseas student volunteers and a total fundraising amount of over 3 million US dollars. It has now become the world’s largest Chinese international student public welfare organization.
For Yao Jitong, public welfare is not just a cause, it is also one of the ways to express his shared interest thinking. He once pointed out that “public welfare and business are complementary, and it is necessary to operate public welfare projects with a commercial mindset, and to innovate business with a public welfare mindset. Only in this way can public welfare make business good for a long time, and achieve the social goal of shared benefit.” It is precisely because of this, in ICSO, Always filled with a mindset of mutual benefit and a passion for helping each other.
ICSO is deeply committed to education, environmental protection, and social assistance projects, providing educational assistance to children in mountainous areas, protecting the UK’s marine ecosystem and wildlife, and helping groups in the dark. The purpose of ICSO is to operate public welfare projects with a commercial mindset, innovate business with a public welfare mindset, and achieve social goals of mutual benefit in the long run.
With the globalization of the world and rapid economic development, according to data from the Ministry of Education, as of 2021, the total number of Chinese international students has exceeded 1.1 million, with an annual increase of over 300000 students. These international students have traveled to various parts of the world, leaving footprints unique to Chinese people in various corners of the world, and continuously expanding their global influence. The “Elite List of Chinese People Under 30 in the United States” is one of the most authoritative and influential awards in the youth entrepreneurship ecosystem in the United States, representing the overall positive, energetic, and talented style of the new generation of Chinese and international students. Yao Jitong’s inclusion on the list is also the best proof of this.
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