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Alumni were eager to join in on the festivities as it was the first event in a long time due to the pandemic. The event attracted over 40 Darden alumni and their family members. Officially, this was the 10th mixer for the Darden China Alumni Chapter since it was named \u201c\u8fbe\u4eba\u4f1a\u201d in 2019. Previous mixers covered insights from local alumni on areas including real estate, healthcare, mergers and acquisitions, talent development, automotive, biotech, etc. <br \/><br \/>Big thanks to the many alumni who supported the event including:<br \/><strong>Organizers<\/strong>: Dylan Lu (MBA\u201911), Jimmy Jee (MBA\u201922), Chenqian Gan (UVA Ph.D), Shaojian Zhang (MBA\u201999, alumni chapter leader in China)<br \/><strong>Gift sponsors<\/strong>: Trinity Zhang (MBA\u201914), Hans Yan (MBA\u201910)<br \/><strong>Photographers<\/strong>: Kelly Chen (MBA\u201919) and other alumni who shared with us their photos.<\/p>\r\n<p>The slide deck below highlights additional moments captured from the festivities.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, 4 February, Darden alumni in China got together to celebrate the Lunar New Year. 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