October 28, 2026 (Toronto, Canada) — The Ontario Women's Parliamentary Forum, hosted by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, took place at the Legislative Building of Ontario at Queen’s Park in Toronto, Canada. MAO Yu Lynn Yuan, Film Director, Gender Equality Advocate and Social Enterprise Founder, was invited to participate in the forum, to observe and learn how Canadian provincial legislative institutions integrate gender equality into their governance and operational frame

September 28, 2026 (New York, United States) — During the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, Mao Yu Lynn Yuan, founder of the multinational social enterprise FANIQUE, film director and gender equality advocate, participated for the first time in meetings at United Nations Headquarters and at conference venues across New York, in her dual capacities as a company representative and an independent consultant to the United Nations Global Marketplace (

4 May 2026 (Toronto, Canada) — Guided by the 3P corporate value model covering Profit, People and Planet, MAO Yu Lynn Yuan helps incubating enterprises build Sustainable Business Model (SBM) integrating social value, ecological value and commercial value.

20 April 2026 (Hong Kong SAR, China) — MAO Yu Lynn Yuan serves as an Independent Individual Consultant (IC No. 1208379) to the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) on a long-term basis as of April 2026. Drawing on her professional expertise in sustainable development and multinational social enterprise operations, she provides professional consulting and support for UN-related cooperation projects and affairs with eligibility to tender.

March 30, 2026 (Hong Kong, SAR, China) — The three-year public welfare programme, Jockey Club Life Adventure Opportunity Hub CEO Challenge 2026, has officially kicked off. The CEO Challenge is supported and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, co-organised by Junior Achievement Hong Kong (JKHK) and Fullness Social Enterprises Society, with the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong serving as the research and evaluatio

March 4, 2026 (Hong Kong, SAR, China) — The speaker’s introduction of Mao Yu Lynn Yuan at TEDxHKU has been officially listed on the TED official website. Her official TEDx speech video titled "Embrace Your Uniqueness: Individuality in the AI Revolution" has also been released simultaneously on the TEDx Talk official platform, bringing this ideological sharing on the unique value of human beings in the AI era to a wider global audience.

September 25, 2025 (Toronto, Canada) - Recently, FANIQUE, a multinational enterprise focused on building sustainable innovation ecosystems, has collaborated with Futurpreneur Canada–a national nonprofit entrepreneurship support organization (ESO) in Canada. Starting from September 2025, Ms. MAO Yu Lynn Yuan, Founder of FANIQUE, will officially take up the long-term role of Entrepreneurship Mentor at Futurpreneur Canada.

September 23, 2025 (New York, USA) — Rooted in New York and focusing on emerging artist worldwide, Visual Art Journal magazine has conducted an in-depth feature interview with emerging artist and film director MAO Yu Lynn Yuan, exploring her unique visual and creative practices in aspects such as the integration of Eastern and Western cultures in her artistic creation, the application of surrealist elements, and the fusion of film with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.

August 14, 2025 (Toronto, Canada) - MAO Yu Lynn Yuan, founder of FANIQUE, officially assumed the role of Entrepreneurship Mentor at The FORUM starting in August 2025.

April 30, 2025 (Hong Kong SAR, China) - MAO Yu Lynn Yuan has been appointed as a mentor and award presenter for this UNICEF HKU Human Rights Case Competition.

February 15, 2025 (Hong Kong, SAR, China) - TEDx HKU took place at the century-old main campus of the University of Hong Kong’s Rayson Huang Theatre, where Mao Yu Lynn Yuan delivered a thought-provoking talk on the value of individuality amid the artificial intelligence revolution. Titled Embrace Your Uniqueness: Individuality in the AI Revolution, MAO’s remarks centered on preserving humanity’s individuality amid rapid advancements in artificial intelligence.

October 20, 2024 (Toronto, Canada) — The University of Toronto Chinese Alumni Association (UTCAA) conducted an in-depth interview with alumni MAO Yu Lynn Yuan, a post-90s filmmaker, director and producer. The conversation covered her cross-cultural educational background, her career transition from venture capital and entrepreneurship to film, and the creative philosophy behind her debut experimental art film Mermaid in the Garden of Escapism. The interview also explored a ra

August 3, 2023 (New York, US) - The Film Sessions Podcast, powered by SWIFF, invites Director MAO Yu Lynn Yuan in an episode to share the st

July 3, 2023 (Toronto, Canada) - Toronto Film magazine interviews Toronto-raised director MAO Yu Lynn Yuan about MAO’s award-winning film

June 6, 2023 (Milan, Italy) - ArteSettima magazine interviews the upcoming director MAO Yu Lynn Yuan to talk about AI and gender equality