10/24/2007 — The 2007 XYEF award ceremony was held at Beijing Normal University, Department of Mathematics. Faculty, students, board members and Professor Xie’s relatives attended the meeting. Board member Gang Feng reported the XYEF activities in 2008. Board member Jiguang Bao announced the recipients of the 2007 awards, including 10 students and three Educational Society Exploration teams (see below). The three teams reported their achievements of the exploration activities. The representative of the Student Financial Aid recipients, Qianqian Hou, also shared her experiences. The meeting concluded with the spirit of continuing spreading the unlimited love of Professor Xie to students, friends and colleagues.

9/17/2007 — XYEF awarded Educational Society Exploration Grants to three groups who went to provinces of Xinjiang, Yunnan and Neimenggu. These webpages highlight their activities and achievements through photos and descriptions in Chinese.

9/11/2007 — XYEF received donations from Liu Lei, who received SHA assistantship in 2005. In his most difficult times, the XYEF has provided timely support to enable him to continue his studies. After merely two months after Liu’s graduation, he donated part of his salaries to XYEF. He expressed wishes to continue to contribute to the foundation, “I will put this money to help needy students to help them complete their college education.”

6/27/2007 — XYEF president Dr. Huipin Zhang visited Beijing Normal University and met with students. Students actively put forward many valuable suggestions and expressed support and appreciation for the work of the foundation. Dr. Zhang expressed that these suggestions will be used to improve XYEF’s future work. The meeting lasted about two hours, after which everyone joined for a photo memory.

6/23/2007 — The second board meeting in 2007 was held in Atlanta. Participating members discussed the 2007 social practice activities. Based on “XYEF project application guidelines“, the board selected three teams to go to the provinces of Xinjiang, Neimenggu and Yunnan from six applications. This approval particularly emphasizes on the efficient use of funds, well planning, and activities in minority areas.

6/16/2007 — XYEF board member Mingjie Hu published an article “The longing of the heart” to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the foundation.

4/5/2007 — Ms. Lois G. Lerner, Director of Exempt Organizations, Internal Revenue Service, Department of The treasury wrote to notify Xie Yu Education Foundation that it has been continued classified as an organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. In other words, the permanent status of Xie Yu Education Foundation as public charity is approved.