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I?want?to?thank?you?very?much?for?the?chance?to?be?here.?It’s?wonderful?to?see?all?of?you,?so,?please?have?a?seat.?I’m?here?in?China?because?I?just?got?back?from?Xinjiang?and?also?Gansu. ? Someone?asked?me?one?time:?“How?did?you?get?started,?in?the?government??”?And?I?would?say?to?them?that?I?didn’t?really?expect?to?start?in?the?government.?So,?I?started?in?America,?as,?you?know,?a?third?grader,?I?came?to?United?States?when?I?was?about?eight?years?old.?I?started?third?grade.?I?didn’t?speak?English.?And?it?was?very?very?difficult,?with?my?parents?as?well.?We?didn’t?know?the?language?in?America,?we?didn’t?understand?the?food.?We?didn’t?understand?the?tradition,?the?culture.?So?I’m?still?very?Chinese?that?way.?People?asked?me?“what?prepares?you?to?success??What?motivates?you?”?And?for?me,?I’d?say,?No.1?I?want?to?make?my?parents?proud.?Because?they?sacrifice?so?much?for?the?children;?No.2?I?always?want?to?work?for?a?bigger?purpose?than?just?for?myself.?So?I?always?want?to?be?able?to?contribute?and?to?help?other?people.?So,?if?you?were?to?ask?me?what?were?my?career?goes??I?didn’t?have?any,?which?in?retrospect?was?a?good?thing.?Because?our?community?at?that?time?was?so?small.?So,?for?me,?when?I?graduated?from?school,?I?was?serious.?I?had?very?simple?goals:?one,?is?to?get?a?job;?two,?it?is?basically?to?get?an?apartment,?so?I?can?be?independent.?And?then?I?went?to?Harvard,?Business?school.?I?graduated?from?Harvard?Business?school.?And?because?my?family?was?in?business,?I?decided?to?go?into?banking,?to?get?some?experience?in?banking.?I?didn’t?understand?so?much?of?what?was?banking?was?all?about,?but?I?learned.?So?I?worked?for?Citi?Group.?And?then?when?I?was?in?the?middle?of?working?for?Citi?Group?after?4?years,?I?had?the?opportunity?to?work?at?the?White?House.?Because?Citi?Group?has?a?special?program.?They?selected?outstanding?performers?within?the?bank,?and?gave?them?an?opportunity?to?support?them?for?an?intern?in?the?government.?So?I?was?selected?as?a?White?House?fellow.?A