Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations (HAUSCR)

What Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations (HAUSCR) does

Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations (HAUSCR), also doing business as Harvard Undergraduate Association for U.S. Cross-Cultural Relations (HUAUSCR), is an officially recognized Harvard College student organization founded in 2006 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The organization operates a portfolio of six annual educational conferences and programs — HSYLC (largest student-run conference in Asia across Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen), China Thinks Big (CTB, research and innovation competition with 10,000+ participants), Business Pioneer Case Challenge (BPC, with Harvard Business Publishing), Young Scholars Academic (YSA) Journal, HWeek/XWeek immersion programs, and Dean's List — targeting primarily top-performing Chinese high school students seeking liberal arts exposure and pre-college differentiation, alongside Harvard undergraduate students serving as Seminar Leaders and program organizers.

The organization's deliverables are educational conferences, competitions, and academic publishing; it does not build proprietary technology. Program delivery combines on-site conferences at four Chinese city venues with Harvard Center Shanghai hosting CTB National Finals and HWeek/XWeek programming. Program content is sourced from academic partnerships with Harvard Business Publishing (50,000+ teaching materials), Peking University scholars (YSA paper revisions), and academic challenge prompts from Harvard, Yale, Peking University, and Tsinghua faculty.

The revenue model combines participant program fees across the six conferences with corporate sponsorships (notably HSBC for CTB) and institutional partnership support, with no public pricing disclosure. Distribution is community-led and event-driven: recruitment flows through Harvard's student and alumni networks, application-based volunteer selection (300+ volunteers), and direct outreach to Chinese high school prospects, complemented by social media (3M+ online followers for CTB). HAUSCR is governed by annually elected student Co-Presidents (Alisa Zhou and Yichen Li for 2025-2026) with an advisory board of academic and industry figures including William Kirby of Harvard, Stephen Orlins of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and former Goldman Sachs President John Thornton; the organization has no external equity ownership and operates within Harvard College's institutional framework.

Name

Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations (HAUSCR)

Legal name

Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations

Website

https://hauscr.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations (HAUSCR) is a Harvard College student organization that runs six annual educational conferences and programs — including HSYLC, China Thinks Big, and a peer-reviewed academic journal — serving primarily top-performing Chinese high school students and Harvard undergraduate volunteers in cross-cultural educational exchange.

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Headquarters

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Cambridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Conference Programs: Revenue generated through program fees for conferences like HSYLC, CTB, BPC, HWeek, and Dean's List targeting Chinese high school students
2. Corporate Sponsorships: Partnerships with corporations such as HSBC becoming official sponsor of CTB in 2017, indicating sponsorship revenue stream

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

HAUSCR is a Harvard College student-run nonprofit organization that organizes annual educational conferences and academic programs—including HSYLC, CTB, BPC, YSA, Dean's List, and HWeek/XWeek—targeted at high school and undergraduate students with a focus on U.S.-China cross-cultural relations, academic enrichment, and leadership development. The programs blend lecture-based learning, case competitions, and mentorship, drawing on Harvard's brand and partnerships with leading Chinese universities.

Product overview

HAUSCR operates a portfolio of six annual educational conferences and programs targeting high school students, focused on cross-cultural exchange between the U.S. and China. The core offerings include HSYLC (largest student-run conference in Asia for liberal arts education), China Thinks Big (research and innovation competition), Business Pioneer Case Challenge (business case analysis with Harvard Business School Publishing), Young Scholars Academic Journal (academic publication program with Peking University partnership), Dean's List (Harvard immersion program), and HWeek/XWeek (extended immersion at Harvard, Yale, and MIT). These programs collectively impact over 10,000 students annually.

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Brands

• HSYLC: HAUSCR Summit for Young Leaders in China - the largest student-run conference in Asia, dedicated to bringing liberal arts education to China's top-performing high school students.
• CTB
• BPC
• YSA
• HWeek
• XWeek
• Dean's List

Products and services

• Harvard Summit for Young Leaders in China (HSYLC)

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Harvard Business School / Harvard Business Publishing EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021First-time cooperation in middle school education in China. Harvard Business Publishing authorized BPC (Business Pioneer Case Challenge) for youth business case analysis, using official Harvard Business School teaching content including 50,000+ teaching materials. Students study business management, economics, and strategic thinking through authentic HBS cases.
• Yale UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016XWeek, the sister program to HWeek, brings students not only to Harvard but also to Yale and MIT, expanding the university immersion experience.
• MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016XWeek, the sister program to HWeek, brings students not only to Harvard but also to Yale and MIT, expanding the university immersion experience.
• Tsinghua UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012CTB launched as a joint venture between HAUSCR and Tsinghua University in 2012, becoming the most impactful Chinese online research competition for youth.
• Peking UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerYSA partners students with scholars at Peking University who lead a series of revisions to help students develop and improve their academic research papers before publication in the journal.
• Harvard Center ShanghaicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTB National Finals held at Harvard Center Shanghai; accounts for one-third of the Center's annual traffic. HWeek and XWeek also utilize Harvard Center Shanghai for programming.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Crimson Education: A venture-backed college admissions coaching company that serves high-achieving international students, including Chinese students pursuing U.S. Ivy admissions — overlapping target demographic with HAUSCR but operating as a commercial, tech-enabled service.
• PrepScholar: Test prep and college admissions platform with strong penetration in China, serving students preparing for SAT/ACT and U.S. college applications — overlapping audience with HAUSCR's Chinese high school student programs.
• Worldstrides: A commercial educational travel provider that runs student programs in China and globally; comparable delivery model (in-country conferences, structured itineraries, faculty engagement) to HAUSCR's HSYLC and HWeek.

Broad incumbents

• Harvard Business Publishing Education: The publisher of Harvard Business School teaching cases and a content partner of HAUSCR for BPC. Comparable as a broader educational content provider serving business learning at the secondary and postsecondary levels.
• National Committee on U.S.-China Relations: U.S. nonprofit dedicated to constructive engagement with China through educational, policy, and leadership programs; Stephen Orlins (a HAUSCR advisory board member) leads the organization, evidencing ecosystem overlap.
• Asia Society: A leading educational and cultural organization promoting U.S.-Asia understanding across multiple countries, including youth education and leadership programs comparable in mission to HAUSCR's cross-cultural programming.

Direct peers

• 100,000 Strong Foundation: U.S.-focused nonprofit dedicated to dramatically increasing the number of American students studying in China and Chinese students studying in the U.S. — directly comparable mission and target population to HAUSCR's HSYLC and CTB.
• Yale-China Association: Founded in 1901, Yale-China runs educational and cultural exchange programs between the U.S. and China, including teacher training, fellowships, and student programs — a directly analogous Ivy-China educational exchange mission to HAUSCR.
• Tsinghua University: Co-creator of CTB (China Thinks Big) since 2012 and a strategic partner for HAUSCR's programming — a Chinese elite university partnering on the same research and innovation competition space.

Regional players

• China Institute: A New York-based nonprofit promoting understanding of China through educational programs, teacher training, and cultural events — comparable U.S.-China cultural education mission, though focused on the U.S. side.

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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