{"id":6147,"date":"2015-10-15T12:05:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T11:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=6147"},"modified":"2015-10-15T12:05:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T11:05:47","slug":"yunus-addresses-business-forum-in-shanghai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/yunus-addresses-business-forum-in-shanghai\/","title":{"rendered":"Yunus addresses Business Forum in Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yunus\"<\/a>A one-day forum of bankers and investment fund managers on Inclusive Finance and Social business has been addressed by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus.
\nThe program has been organized Shanghai Jiao Tong (commercial) University in the campus.
\nOver two hundred leading bankers and investment fund managers attended the day long forum and interacted with Professor Yunus.
\nProfessor Yunus pointed out that China has joined all other nations in the world in signing the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations last month.
\nGoal number one is to bring poverty to zero by 2030. China has the opportunity to lead the world in achieving this particular goal. It now falls on all banks and investment funds to make sure they play their role in achieving this goal.
\nHe pointed out financial services to the poorest, and building social businesses, to address their problems, may be helpful in achieving the goal.
\nHigh net worth people, bankers, managers of investment funds, head of Boston Consulting Group, China, NGO leaders attended a dinner hosted in honor of Professor Yunus. The dinner was accompanied with Shanghai\u2019s famous cultural programs.
\nThis Forum was planned by the business faculty of the university specially to coincide with Professor Yunus\u2019s visit to Shanghai.
\nSome of the faculty members, who attended this year\u2019s Social Business Day in Dhaka on May 28, took the lead in organizing the Forum.<\/p>\n

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