In September 2018, the Fuller sculpture by artist-architect Doris Sung was unveiled at the South Coast Botanic Garden. The Long Family Foundation was proud to dedicate the dynamic blue-hued globe along with the 200 people who came to celebrate its installation.
In advance of the Global Chinese Philanthropy Initiative: Tsinghua Forum, taking place on June 28th, 2018, UCLA's Asia Pacific Center released an article featuring Long Family Foundation Chairman John Long. John shared his vision to establish a first-of-its-kind bilateral initiative that would explore both Chinese and Chinese American motivations and patterns of giving, resulting in the development of an philanthropic ecosystem that fosters further dialogue and collaboration across cultures.
On September 6th, 2017, the founding members and global partners of the Global Chinese Philanthropy Initiative (GCPI) held day long conferences, press events and private dinners with featured philanthropists and key supporters to launch GCPI in the US and China, revealing finding from the Phase I research, of this two part study. Among the key research findings this study found over 400% increase in the number of Chinese and Chinese American foundations and startling increase in charitable giving by both Chinese and Chinese American donors, over the past decade.
Building off the success of 2016’s inaugural Lunar New Year celebration, the UCI Long Institute and its partners the School of Social Sciences, School of Law, The Paul Merage School of Business in concert with the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, School of Medicine, School of Humanities, School of Social Ecology, and UCI Libraries hosted the 2017 Lunar New Year celebration on Monday, January 30, 2017 from 3:30-6:30pm in the Social Sciences Plaza. South Coast Plaza sponsored the VIP "Lucky Rooster Lounge" and 7 restaurant booths each donated 1200+ plates of food and drink. We had over 8,400 plates underwritten by Henry Huang 97’, Pick Up Stix, Panda express, Pei Wei, PF Chang’s, 85 Degrees, Paradise Bowls, and 2,400 drinks donated by Starbucks and Cha Tea. The Year of the Rooster was celebrated with live cultural entertainment, featuring dragon and lion dancing, martial arts, drumming, ribbon dance, wishing tress, Chinese music and much more. Admission was free and open to the public.