ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" Content="Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0"> <TITLE></TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 MARGINHEIGHT="0" MARGINWIDTH="0"> <P> <TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width="77%" border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <TABLE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; WIDTH: 85%;" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=center align=left width="40%" bgColor=lightcyan borderColorDark=darkblue><B><FONT face=Verdana>About Us</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR> <TD width="40%" bgColor=whitesmoke><FONT face=arial> <DIV style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"> <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"> <TD width="100%"> <FONT color=orangered size =2 ><B>Who Are We</B></FONT></FONT></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD vAlign=top width="100%"> <P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Founded in March 2004, </SPAN><ST1:PLACE><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Xilin</SPAN> </ST1:PLACENAME><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">North</SPAN> </ST1:PLACENAME><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chinese</SPAN> </ST1:PLACENAME><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Education</SPAN> </ST1:PLACENAME><ST1:PLACETYPE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Center</SPAN> </ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Xilin NCEC) is located at </SPAN><ST1:PLACE><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lake Forest</SPAN> </ST1:PLACENAME><ST1:PLACETYPE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Academy</SPAN> </ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">in </SPAN><ST1:PLACE><ST1:CITY><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lake Forest</SPAN> </ST1:CITY><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> , </SPAN><ST1:STATE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Illinois</SPAN> </ST1:STATE></ST1:PLACE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. Xilin NCEC is a subsidiary of Xilin Association, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization committed to serve Asian population&#39;s needs in the Greater Chicago area.&nbsp;</SPAN> <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=left><ST1:PLACE><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Xilin</SPAN> </ST1:PLACENAME><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">North</SPAN> </ST1:PLACENAME><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chinese</SPAN> </ST1:PLACENAME><ST1:PLACENAME><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Education</SPAN> </ST1:PLACENAME><ST1:PLACETYPE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Center</SPAN> </ST1:PLACETYPE></ST1:PLACE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Xilin NCEC) offers a wide variety of Asian language, culture and art programs for </SPAN><ST1:CITY><ST1:PLACE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chicago</SPAN> </ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&#39;s north or far-north suburbs or southern </SPAN><ST1:PLACE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wisconsin</SPAN> </ST1:PLACE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">residents and children of all ages. We seek to provide high-quality and fun learning experiences to our children with quality and affordable programs. Our education program includes Chinese as Second Language, Math, Chinese Arts, Martial Arts, Performing Arts and Training.</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt"><O:P></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=left><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt"></O:P></SPAN></P></SPAN></FONT></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"> <TD width="100%"><SPAN> <P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align=left><FONT size=+0><FONT color=orangered size =2 ><B>Our Mission</B></FONT><B><O:P> </B></FONT></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="MARGIN-LEFT: -0.05pt; WIDTH: 100.02%; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TR> <TD width="100%"> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Provide an innovative education system for children&#39;s academic development which combines Eastern and Western philosophies. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Provide Asian culture, language and art programs. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Develop and promote educational exchange programs between </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><ST1:PLACE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">U.S.</SPAN> </ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">and </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><ST1:PLACE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">China</SPAN> </ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Develop events and activities to promote cross-culture experiences among Asian and non-Asian population. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Encourage interest and active involvement of the Asian community in the </SPAN><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><ST1:PLACE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">US</SPAN> </ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> political process, economic development and culture affairs.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><O:P></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></O:P></SPAN></P></TD></TR> </TABLE></DIV></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></O:P></O:P></O:P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P> </BODY> </HTML>