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Forum on Dialogue and Challenges of Civilizations Concludes
May 11, 2010 is the 400th anniversary of Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci. "Xu Guangqi - Ricci Research Centre of Dialogue among Civilizations" (the "Society for Xu Ricci") of
Mr. Michel Camdessus, former president of IMF pointed out that the crisis we now face is multiple which constitutes the unprecedented challenges, such as the international financial system crisis, the ecological damage and loss of cultural diversity. These crises influence each other and need to be examined from the perspective of world governance with technical solutions. The establishment of a new economic model is indispensable.
President Stephan Schelensog of Global Ethic Foundation in Tübingen argued that one of the key issues in the 21st century is how to achieve cross-cultural and inter-religious cooperation peacefully. Wars between nations, competitions between religions, clashes of civilizations and dialogues between different civilization and religions are all prerequisites for peace, and the dialogue between civilizations is based on global ethics.
Professor Zhuo Xinping of Institute of World Religions, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Director of Christian Research, Prof. John Lagerwey of French Institute of Higher experiment, Professor Zhang Zhigang of Philosophy and Religious Studies of Peking University made wonderful interpretations on "the global significance of religion in China," "View of five religious dialogue" and "Islamic civilization" among the others.
Shanghai Forum 2010 kicked off on the morning of May 29. Over 300 experts from the academia, politics, commerce and industries invited from more than 30 countries and regions attended. Under the theme “Economic Globalization and the Choice of Asia: Reflect, Recover, and Restructure,” in-depth discussions on economic recovery and transition of
Discussions were organized into seven sub-forums. They are “Reflection and Restructuring after the Global Financial Crisis,” “Emerging Energy and Low Carbon Economy: the Engine for Asia Economic Transformation,” “Structural Re-adjustment of World Economy and Regional Cooperation”, “Restructuring of International Relations in Asia”, “Public Policies in a Changing World: Roles and Implication”, “Reflection on Asia Cities after the Global Financial Crisis” and “Impact of China’s Economic Recovery: Path and Experience”. In addition, there was a roundtable titled “China’s Capital Market Development and Innovation”.
It is privileged for this year’s forum to have attendees including Tang Jiaxuan, former state-councilor of China, his Excellency Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shen Xiaoming, Vice Mayor of Shanghai, Jae-Won Chey, Vice Chairman and CEO of SK Holdings, Chen Jian, President of the United Nations Association of China, Koguan Leo, President of Asia Society, Li Yang, Vice President of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Jae-Youl Kim, President of Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies, Prof. Lawrence Lau, President of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Mukul Sanwal, a consultant for The United Nations Secretariat of the Convention on Climate Change, Prof.
Shanghai Forum is an international economic forum hosted by
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China-UK Managing Quality Services’ Programme Launched at Fudan
On May 7, Fudan Healthcare Investment Co., Ltd., Taivex Health Management & Consulting Co., Ltd., Zhongshan Hospital, Huadong Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, EENT Hospital and UK Bupa Group signed an agreement on managing quality services in hospitals, which symbolized China-UK Managing Quality Services'(MQS) Programme has entered into a substantive implemental phase and the special medical services and billing process at Fudan’s affiliated hospitals has aligned with international insurance agency.
Ms. Carma Elliot, Consul General of UK in
Bupa is an internationalized medical care and healthcare company. As the leader in healthcare industry, it enjoys high reputation in the world and boasts stringent assessment criteria in certifying its cooperative hospitals. Bupa Group’s “Managing Quality Service (MQS)” project is an important part of China-UK Partners in Health Innovation (PiHI) initiative. Bupa ’s MQS project is aimed at improving the quality of management and services of hospitals in
Nordic Centre at
Nordic Centre at Fudan University celebrated its 15th anniversary and opening of the new Nordic Centre Building on Fudan campus from 23rd May to 2nd June. Around 200 guests from all five Nordic governments, member universities, organizations, companies as well as a number of Chinese universities gathered at Fudan to commemorate the 15 years of fruitful collaboration between Chinese and Nordic universities. VIP guests included State Secretary of Swedish Ministry of Education and Research Mr. Peter Honeth, State Secretary of Norwegian Ministry of Research and Higher Education Mr. Kyrre Lekve, Permanent Secretary in the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Mr. Uffe Toudal Pedersen, Secretary General, Research and Innovation Council of Finland Mr. Ilkka Turunen, Commercial Officer of Consulate General of Iceland in Shanghai Mr. Hafliði Sævarsson, Head of Education and Research Department of Nordic Council of Ministers Mr. Gard Titlestad, as well as rectors and vice-rectors from most of the 26 Nordic member universities.
The two week-long celebration featured a host of exciting activities, including 4 seminars “The welfare state and its response to the challenges of the 21st century and book launch: The Nordic Welfare State (Chinese edition)”, “Making it in China – university/business collaboration”, “Sino-Nordic S&T collaboration”, “Art and design - Aalto-Tongji Design Factory Opening” on 25th; Rectors’ Summit “Sino-Nordic Collaboration in Research and Higher Education”, Anniversary/Opening ceremony and celebration dinner on 26th;Expo visits to Sweden Day, Finland Day and Norway Day on 23rd, 27th and 28th; and Student Day-- Student Summit, Career and Education Day and Sino-Nordic music night on 29th. The celebration week concluded with 2010 Ubiquitous Healthcare and Welfare Services and Supporting Technologies Conference which was also the official Nordic Centre opening conference from 31st May to 2nd June.
On the Rectors’
On the afternoon of 25th, all the guests witnessed the inauguration of the
The Nordic Centre at
| EVENT |
The 2nd Joint Meeting of “C
On May 9, the second joint meeting of provosts from Chinese top 9 universities ("C9" League), namely Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Nanjing University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China, Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, was held at Fudan University. Vice President of Fudan Prof. Cai Dafeng attended the meeting and addressed welcome remarks.
During the meeting, several specific implementation measures have been discussed and substantial progress has been made. From September this year, undergraduates of "C9" League member universities will have opportunities to study at another 8 universities. In this fall semester, a total of 330 exchange quota will be available to the undergraduates.
The “C
In Oct. 2009, nine premier universities which were the first members of the “985 Program” joined hands to form the first college league in
Fudan Volunteers Finish Service at Shanghai Expo
On May 16, the first batch of Fudan volunteers completed their service to Shanghai Expo. There have been more than 2,200 Fudan volunteers who worked during both trail and formal Expo operation from April 24 to May 16. “The First Generation of Haibao”, who demonstrated spirit by overcoming different challenges, such as bad weather and unexpectedly large amount of visitors, has won high praise from Shanghai Expo Bureau and Expo visitors.
In the afternoon of the day, a ceremony was held to mark the completion of Fudan volunteer service at “Volunteers’ Home” at the Expo site. Ms. Ying Dongmei, Secretary of Fudan Communist Youth League handed three “gifts” created by Fudan volunteers to the next shift. The first is a Shanghai 2010 Expo flag painted by many Fudan volunteers. The second is 24 suggestions of site service improvement. The third is thirteen Expo volunteer manuals written by Fudan volunteers. Those manuals attempt to offer a collection of useful guidance to Expo volunteers, such as specific volunteer functions of different sites, and recommendation of canteens especially suitable to volunteers.
To congratulate
On 29th May 2010, a ceremony was held at Fudan School of Management for conferring honorary doctor degree upon Chancellor of Washington University in St.
Mark S. Wrighton, receiving Ph.D. in chemistry at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1972, was elected the Chancellor of Washington University in
In 2007,
Fudan Alumnus Tang Jiaxuan Lectures at Alma Mater
On May 30, Fudan Alumnus of Class 1955 School of Foreign Languages and Literature, former State Council Member Tang Jiaxuan was invited to give a speech at Life Forum and exchange views with students at Fudan University. This is the first time for Mr. Tang Jiaxuan to return to his Alma Mater after graduation half a century ago.
After a short video named Heavy Rains and Warm Breezes that introduced Tang’s diplomatic life, Mr. Tang Jiaxuan began his speech by recalling his study life at
On the same day, Mr. Tang Jiaxuan attended a joint meeting by Chinese Association for Japanese Studies and National Society of Japanese Economy, visited Fudan Jiangwan Campus and
| VISITOR |
On May 12th, Mayor of Montreal, Mr. Gerald Tremblay visited Fudan, accompanied by representatives of Canadian universities including
Visit by
President of Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology （KACST） Dr. Al-Suwaiyel visited
KACST is an independent scientific organization administratively reporting to the Prime Minister. KACST has three main responsibilities, namely proposing national policies for the development of science and technology and developing plans to implement them; coordinating with government agencies, scientific institutions and research centers in the Kingdom to enhance research and exchange information and expertise; and finally conducting applied research and provide advice to the government on science and technology matters. On February 11, 2009,
During the meeting, KACST introduced its 20-year development plan in twelve fields including energy, petrochemistry, nanotechnology, information technology, aviation and environmental protection. Besides, KACST has direct connections and collaborations with a lot of international scientific research organizations, including Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Currently a research team of 20 experts from CAS was co-acting with KACST on the study of cultivation of date palm and genes of camels. Moreover, MoU on development of telecommunication technology and technician training was sign in July 2007 between Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd and KACST.
Speech by Foreign Minister of the Principality of
On May 17, H.E. Ms. Aurelia Frick, Liechtenstein government minister of justice, foreign affairs, and cultural affairs visited Fudan University and gave a speech titled “Liechtenstein: A microstate responds to global challenges“ to Fudan students. Before the speech which was chaired by Prof. Chen Zhimin, Deputy Director of Fudan Institute of International Studies, H.E. Ms. Aurelia Frick was warmly received by Fudan Vice President Gui Yonghao who introduced Fudan’s internationalization.
On May 18, Prof. Achim Bachem, Chairman of Juelich Research Center headed a delegation to
Prof. Bachem also introduced the cooperation with our Department of Physics and wished to enhance the joint work in the future.
Visit by Australian Foreign Minister
On May 18th Foreign Minister of Australia, The Hon. Stephen Smith，MP，visited Fudan University, accompanied by Australian Ambassador to China Dr Geoff Raby and Consulate General Mr. Tom Connor. Chancellor of
Visit by James S.C. Chao and Elaine Lan Chao
On May 19th, James S.C. Chao, Chairman of Foremost Group, and Elaine Lan Chao, Former US Secretary of Labor, together with a delegation visited Fudan University. They were warmly received by Fudan President Prof. Yang Yuliang who expressed appreciation of the efforts Chao’s family had made towards the US-China relationship and cooperation. Dr. James S.C. Chao remarked that he enjoyed returning to campus and wished that his family could make more contributions to the cooperation between
During the visit, James S.C Chao and Elaine Lan Chao visited the
Former German Minister of Justice lectures at Fudan
On May 20th, Former Minister of Justice of Germany Ms Gmelin lectured at School of Economics of Fudan University. Prof. Dr. Herta Däubler-Gmelin served as Justice Minister in Gerhard Schröder's first cabinet from 1998 to 2002. She studied history, economy, law and political science in Tübingen and
Visit by Vice Chancellor of
On May 25th, Prof. Steven Schwartz, Vice Chancellor of University of Macquarie, led a delegation including Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development and Ext. Relations), Director of International Higher Degree Research, Coordinator of International Research Relations to visit
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