On October 10, Yuntai, a commercial real estate and asset-light management company which is co-initiated by Yintai Group, was launched officially in Beijing.

On September 29, 2018, the 5th Award Ceremony of Shen Guojun Scholarship & Faculty Fellowship for 2018 academic year of Fenghua No. 2 Middle School in Ningbo was held successfully.

X Financial was listed successfully in USA.

In the night of September 14 BJT, Yintai-invested Qutoutiao was officially listed on NASDAQ.

On September 8, a new session of training activity organized by the Human Resources Department of Yintai Group was held successfully at Beijing Yintai Centre.

The training session of the “Blue Pioneer” Program on the second part—ocean protection and pollution control—was held from August 23 to 26, 2018. The program serves as public benefit talents incubator on ocean protection, initiated collectively by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Paradise International Foundation, Yintai Foundation and Environment Research Center at Duke Kunshan University.

On August 22, the signing ceremony of the cooperation intention agreement among the Yongkang Municipal People’s Government, Yintai Tourism Industry Group and Fangyan Scenic Area was held successfully in Yongkang.

Mr. Shen Guojun, a founding member of the Board of Hupan University and the chairman of Yintai Group, gave another lecture on Business Jungle Rules at Hupan University, August 20. To “discipline” oneself, to “cooperate” with others and to “share” benefits are the rules to be adhered to by entrepreneurs, which shall not be changed nor be allowed to at any time, according to Shen. The core rules, in particular, are not to be discriminated by time.

On August 7, the 2018 African Ranger Awards Ceremony took place in Cape Town, South Africa. 50 frontline wildlife defenders from 17 African countries received the African Ranger Awards. Co-Chairman Jack Ma and Executive Chairman Shen Guojun of The Paradise International Foundation attended the ceremony and presented awards to the defenders of Africa's ecological environment.

In late July, the "Blue Pioneer" program, jointly initiated by the Paradise Foundation, Yintai Foundation and the Environment Research Center of Duke Kunshan University, entered the stage of reserve survey according to the program schedule. 20 students, divided into two groups, headed to Daling Estuary National Marine Park, Linghai, Liaoning Province and Sunny Bay, Sanya, Hainan Province respectively for surveys.