On August 14th, the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles convened a joint meeting in collaboration with the LA municipal government, LA Police Department (LAPD) and University of Southern California (USC) to address the safety issues of Chinese students on campus in USC as well as other local universities, in light of the killing of USC Chinese student Xiran Ji. Consul General Liu Jian and Mayor Eric Garcetti were present on the occasion and delivered speeches respectively.

The four parties expressed deep condolences over the tragic death of the deceased student. They made an overview of the law & order situation on campus, looked into the root causes of similar incidents, provided updates on measures already taken and discussed future steps. Consensus were reached that lessons should be drawn from the tragedy and that concrete, serious and responsible measures be taken to improve the security environment on campus with a view to avoiding similar tragedies in future. They called for joint efforts in striving for a better, safer environment for not only Chinese students, but all university students in LA.

The four parties agreed on immediate and concerted efforts on such ssues, i.e., improving mutual communication, intensifying preventive security measures, promoting education among students and freshmen in particular on safety awareness and self protection,etc. Last but not least, the four parties agreed upon the creation of a working group for better coordination in future.