Press Release ICPC-4-ENG001
October 13, 2009
ICPC Held Its 4th Congress of Membership Assembly
ICPCs 4th Congress of Membership Assembly was held on its Internet forum from Sep. 2 to Oct. 4, 2009. More than 130 of its membership of 253 in total participated in the Congress. The Membership Assembly had 5 successive sessions to have approved the Congress agenda, work and financial reports submitted by the Board of Directors, elected new Board Members, its alternates and Presidency. Ms. Tienchi LIAO has been elected the President and Ms. Jiazhen QI and Mr. Patrick Kar-wai POON the Vice-Presidents.
On Oct. 11, ICPCs 4th Board of Directors had its first meeting on its internet forum, decided the respective responsibilities of the Board Members and appointed other administrative officers and staff.
ICPCs Leading Officers and Staff (Oct. 2009 Oct 2011)
1) Presidency
President: Ms. Tienchi LIAO (USA/Germany)
First Vice-President: Patrick POON (Hong Kong, China)
Second Vice-President: Jiazhen QI (Australia)
2) The Board
Members: Tienchi LIAO (USA/Germany), Yi ZHENG (USA), Qisheng JIANG
(China) , Shiying ZHAO (China), Yexin SHA (China), Jiazhen QI
(Australia), Jian MA (UK), Patrick Kar-wai POON (Hong Kong, China),
Aizong ZAN (China)
Alternates: Boshu ZHANG (China) and Hui ZHAO (China)
(The last 5 Members and 2 Alternates were newly elected).
3) Secretariat
Secretary-general: Shiying ZHAO (China)
Deputy Secretary-general: Bo JIANG (China)
Executive Secretary (in charge of organizational, international, press
and archive maters): Yu ZHANG (Sweden)
Financial Secretary and Accountant: Emily WU (USA)
Secretary for Membership Rights of Interests: Sulai XUAN (Germany)
Documentation Secretary: Jianhong LI (Sweden/China)
Cashier: Simon SI (USA)
Treasurer in China: Wei WU
Legal Consultant: Jinjin LI (USA)
4) Writers in Prison Committee
Coordinator: Yu ZHANG (Sweden)
5) Freedom to Write Committee
Coordinator: Lang MENG (USA/Hong Kong)
6) Network Working Committee
Coordinator: Wei WU (China)
7) Literature Exchange and Translation Committee
Coordinator: Biao CHEN (Australia)
Note: President Ms. LIAO and Vice-President Mr. POON have been appointed to be the official delegates to the International PEN Congress in Linz, while Ms. XUAN Sulai and Mr. YANG Lian (Board Member of International PEN) will also attend it.
For more information on ICPC, contact
Dr. Yu Zhang
Executive Secretary
Tel: +46-8-50022792
Email: [email protected]