Themed 'Interpreting the Republic of China: The Daily Routines of Politicians Versus History', the salon was set in the history of the Republic of China, and investigated the growth environment, characters, religious beliefs and hobbies of the Republic leaders, and these affected their decisions and behaviors and thereby the process of history, so as to deepen our understanding of historic characters and particular historic events out of the details of usual and unusual occurrences. Professor of Peking University's History Department, academic member of Yintai Foundation's 'The Chiang Family and the Modern Chinese History' program Wang Qisheng had a dialog with researcher of the CASS Institute of Modern History and director of the Republic of China History Laboratory Luo Min over this topic.

On March 17, 2016, President Shen attended the Philanthropy and Social Influence Summit organized by Stanford PACS in Peking University as the only Chinese entrepreneur invited, and shared his 'Shared Value, Platform Thinking' -based philanthropic philosophy and the Yintai model of strategic philanthropy with renowned philanthropic specialists and entrepreneur representatives.