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日前,三位有斯公益中学生小记者Ryan Li(来自加拿大)、Adella Fu(来自美国)和Allan Xiong(来自美国)采访了(美国)尼森国际股份有限公司总裁、中美企业峰会主席、中美慈爱基金会会长沈群先生,用青少年的视角记录精彩的生命故事。本次采访的英文稿在合作伙伴Business Link Media Group的五月刊杂志上发表,中英文稿在本公众号发布,欢迎查看。
今年年初,有斯公益在北美和中国招募了首批中学生小记者,开启系列“有斯访谈”,邀请传媒业界导师和优秀大学生为小记者做持续赋能培训,让小记者学习新闻采访、沟通表达和写作技能,并且通过有斯公益平台,邀请不同领域、不同行业背景和人生阅历的受访嘉宾,为小记者们提供深度访谈的机会,分享精彩的人生故事,感受不同的魅力人生。很高兴我们的小记者从中有了更多成长和锻炼的机会,期待更多精彩!
有斯公益小记者视频连线采访沈群先生

采访稿发表在合作媒体《Business Link Magazine》
让我们先认识一下沈群先生吧:
沈群,北京人。1983年毕业于北京大学中文系,1989年赴美留学,1991年获美国南伊利诺伊大学传播学硕士学位。曾任中央人民广播电台编辑、记者,研究生毕业后曾任教于美国著名私立大学Pomona College。连续数年获得美国国会议员颁发的国会奖。20世纪90年代起,沈群开始致力于中美文化经贸交流,主持运营了“旧金山中国民间灯会”、策划举办了“中美电影节”(担任电影节共同主席)、“中美企业峰会”(担任峰会主席)、“硅谷创业节”(担任主席),均在中美两国引起较大反响。同时,作为国际影视制片人,主持拍摄了跨国制作的多部电影、电视剧和纪录片,并撰写出版了自传体纪实文学《美国也荒唐》。2018年,沈群创建了中美慈爱基金会(A Perfect Love),为那些收养中国孤儿或残疾孩子的美国收养家庭提供经济援助和支持。
中英采访内容如下:
When Steven Shen first came to America in 1989, he was a man on a mission. That mission was to help Chinese adoptees with disabilities thrive with their American foster parents. Not only did his calling drive him to create a charity for Chinese adoptees, but he also continues to make a lasting impact today in so many different ways.
1989年沈群先生第一次来到美国时,他肩负着使命。这项使命是帮助中国的残疾被收养者与他们的美国养父母一起茁壮成长。他的使命不仅驱使他为中国被收养者创建了一个慈善机构,而且在今天,他还通过许多不同的方式继续产生持久的影响。
In 1989, Shen arrived in America to pursue a Master’s in Radio and Television. He already had a degree from  Peking University and six years of experience at China National Radio, but he knew that he wanted more. He became an instructor at Pomona College but wanted to aim higher. In 1993, he decided to use his credentials and experience to found his own business, called Newshen International Consulting Group in order to provide advice and guidance to Chinese entrepreneurs to assist them in bringing their business to a country with an entirely different culture.
1989年,沈群先生来到美国攻读广播电视硕士学位。他已经获得了北京大学的学位,并在中央人民广播电台工作了6年,但他知道自己想要更多。他成为了波莫纳学院(Pomona College)的一名讲师,但他想有更高的目标。1993年,他决定利用自己的资历和经验创办自己的公司,名为新深国际咨询集团,为中国企业家提供建议和指导,帮助他们把业务带到一个完全不同的文化国家。
In fact, he told me in an interview that this cultural difference between Chinese people who predominantly like listening to authority and following instructions versus Americans who generally fight for their freedoms and are very creative and self-motivated was the biggest challenge for him when he was first creating his business. These cultural differences were the main factor in motivating Shen to create Newshen so that future Chinese entrepreneurs would not have to deal with the challenges that he and many others before him had to face.
事实上,他在一次采访中告诉我,主要喜欢听从权威和听从指示的中国人与通常为自由而奋斗、非常有创造力和自我激励的美国人之间的文化差异是他在年轻时面临的最大挑战。首先创建他的业务。这些文化差异是促使他创建Newshen的主要因素,这样未来的中国企业家就不必面对他和他之前的许多人所面临的挑战。
However, Newshen wasn’t Shen’s only project. In 2009, he used his expertise as well as his numerous connections to create the first China-US Business Summit, which today has over 1,500 members in both China and the United States. This summit has facilitated many different business ventures and strives to connect Chinese entrepreneurs with American businessmen to create strong connections that can benefit both parties.
然而,《Newshen》并不是沈群先生的唯一作品。2009年,他利用自己的专业知识和众多人脉,创办了首届中美企业峰会,目前在中美两国拥有超过1500名会员。峰会为许多不同的商业活动提供了便利,并努力将中国企业家与美国商人联系起来,建立有利于双方的牢固联系。
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Steven Shen is a man of many talents and qualities. One of which is his generosity. It would have been easy for Shen to simply call it and lay back on his laurels after founding such a successful company and business summit, but he noticed an even greater problem that almost nobody knew about.
沈群先生是一个多才多艺的人。其中之一就是他的慷慨。在创办了这样一家成功的公司和举办了中美企业峰会之后,沈先生本可以很容易地就此止步,然后安于现状,但他注意到一个几乎无人知晓的更大问题。
Shen was already aware of the cultural differences that Chinese entrepreneurs faced when they attempted to enter the American market, but he also noticed that these differences were even bigger for Chinese adoptees living in America, in particular those with disabilities. In response, he founded A Perfect Love Foundation, which has started five different projects to assist Chinese kids and their American parents in everyday life. For example, one of A Perfect Love’s main projects is providing free Chinese language and culture classes to Chinese adoptees so they can maintain their old culture and pass it on to the next generation. Other projects of the foundation include building new handicap-accessible homes for families, providing funds to families to help cover medical expenses for their adoptees, gifting families with everything on their Christmas wishlist, and filming documentaries about these Chinese adoptees to raise awareness about their plight and increase support for them.
沈群先生已经意识到中国企业家在试图进入美国市场时所面临的文化差异,但他也注意到,这些差异对于生活在美国的中国被收养者来说甚至更大,尤其是那些残疾人士。作为回应,他成立了中美慈爱基金会,已经启动了五个不同的项目,帮助中国孩子和他们的美国养父母的日常生活。例如,其中的一个主要项目是为中国被收养者提供免费的汉语和文化课程,以便他们能够保持他们的旧文化并将其传递给下一代。基金会其他项目包括为一些家庭建造新的残疾人之家,为这些家庭提供资金,帮助他们支付被收养人的医疗费用,给这些家庭送去他们圣诞愿望清单上的所有东西,以及拍摄有关这些中国被收养人的纪录片,以提高人们对他们困境的关注和支持。
While Shen has accomplished many outstanding feats, he has a message for any young person out there trying to make a difference just like him: just get a foot in the door and start by changing the world step by step. He stresses the importance of building on your past achievements and using them to help others.
虽然沈群先生已经取得了许多杰出的成就,但他也向任何像他一样想要有所作为的年轻人传达了一个信息:只要迈出第一步,就可以一步一步地改变世界。他强调了建立在你过去成就的基础上并利用它们来帮助他人的重要性。
To conclude, Steven Shen acts as an inspiration for us all to change the world and help others. His humility and perseverance have made a huge difference in regard to Sino-American relations on a macro and micro level. His actions have not gone unnoticed and his altruism should act as a call to action for other people who want to improve the world. Not only has he achieved his mission, but he has also well exceeded it and as such, he is truly a role model for all
of us.
总而言之,沈群先生鼓舞了我们所有人去改变世界,帮助他人。他的谦逊和坚持,促进了中美民间的文化经贸交流和友好。他的行为没有被忽视,他的利他主义应该成为对其他想要改善世界的人的行动呼吁。他不仅完成了自己的使命,而且远远超越了自己的使命,因此,他真的是我们所有人的榜样。
采访:Ryan Li, Adella Fu,Allan Xiong

撰稿:Ryan Li
指导老师:Marilyn Tian, Fiona Mu, Rory Hu
有斯公益小记者制作的感谢卡
本次采访的英文稿刊载在《BUSINESS LINK MAGAZINE》
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