The Year of the HorseLunar New Year 4712

Lion Dance and Fortune God

Welcome by

John WangPresident, AABDC

Edward Jay GoldbergSenior Vice PresidentMacy’s Public Affairs

Introduction of the Honoree by

John W. AllenTrustee, Chinese Culture Foundation

Honoring Distinguished Artist, Xinle Ma

Traditional Asian Dance andMusical Performance

Dear Friends,

I would like to welcome everyone to our annual Lunar New Year Reception. and I want to thank Terry J. Lundgren, Macy’s Chairman, President and CEO, and Ed J. Goldberg, Macy’s Senior Vice President, for hosting this splendid event. Macy’s has been a long-time supporter of theAABDC and our annual “Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award” Gala Dinner.

As we usher in the Year of the Horse, more specifically the wood horse, we look forward to a more peaceful year with abundant goodwill, when prosperity will prevail. This annual event provides a terrific opportunity to pay homage to our traditions and to celebrate with all New Yorkers our past achievements and new horizons.

Each year the Lunar New Year Reception highlights the success of a particular group of Asian Americans. This year we will recognize a well known painter of horses by honoring a “Distinguished Artist”, Mr. Xinle Ma.

I would also like to offer my sincere thanks to all the organizations that support this year’s event: Bloomingdale’s, China Culture Foundation, Con Edison and Colgate-Palmolive.

Finally, thank you for joining us tonight to celebrate the coming Year of the Horse. We appreciate your continued support and hope to work with you to build a stronger partnership in the coming year.

Sincerely yours,

John WangPresidentAsian American Business Development Center

ELIZABETH WANG GALLERYCelebrating 20 Years of Providing the finest

Traditional Contemporary Chinese Art to the World

The Chinese Culture Foundation is a New York based501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to share

the finest Chinese culture with the world. Since its founding in 2003, the Chinese Cultural Foundation

has conducted a series of cultural and educational events at many prestigious global gatherings.

These include: the First World Cultural Summit at the Palace of Versailles in France, the World Economic Forum -

China Business Summit in Beijing, the Asia Capital Forum in Dongguan, the Institutional Investor - China Investment Forum

in New York City, the China-U.S. Business Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and special events at the United Nations, the National Arts Club, Bank of China,

Citibank, Harvard Club and other cultural, business, government and academic venues throughout the world.

Xinle Ma graduated from the Xi’an Academy

of Fine Arts in 1990 where he received classical

training under master painter Huang Zhou.

He subsequently received his Master of

Fine Arts Degree from Bowling Green State

University, followed by additional studies under

Philip Pearlstein at Columbia University.

Known for his monumental scale and highly

detailed brushwork, Xinle Ma’s paintings have been exhibited in museums and

galleries in China, the United States, Canada, Japan, Singapore and Spain. His

works are included in important corporate and private collections

including those of former President Bill Clinton, David Rockefeller, and former

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. He has conducted numerous solo exhibitions includ-

ing ones in the Shanghai Art Museum, the Beijing National Art Academy,

and the Xi’an Museum of Art.

The Shanghai Publishing House has just released its 2014 Calendar featuring

Xinle Ma’s paintings to celebrate the Year of the Horse. A selection of his original

paintings can also be viewed at

the Elizabeth Wang Gallery in New York City.

Distinguished Artist

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