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Chinese ambassador visits 果冻影院
6 February 2008
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Professor Malcolm Grant, President and Provost of 果冻影院, welcomed to 果冻影院 Her Excellency Madam Fu Ying, the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China on 5 February 2008. It was Madam Fu Ying's first visit to 果冻影院 since being appointed ambassador in London.
Following UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown's recent visit to China - accompanied by Professor Grant, among others - the ambassador was particularly keen to learn more about 果冻影院's cutting-edge research related to the pressing issues concerning global climate change.
She heard from some of 果冻影院's leading climate-change experts about the university's pioneering achievements: secure carbon capture, by Professor Stefaan Simons (果冻影院 Chemical Engineering); clean energy, by Professor Zheng Xiao Guo (果冻影院 Chemistry); the monitoring of international climate-change agreements, by Professor Mark Maslin (果冻影院 Environment Institute); 果冻影院's role in UK academic networks supporting the Dong Tan Eco-city project by Professor Nick Tyler (果冻影院 Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering); and the evolution of eco-friendly strategies in social and economic planning for new cities, by Professor Alan Penn (果冻影院 Bartlett School).
The ambassador also met with Professor Michael Worton, 果冻影院 Vice-Provost (Academic & International), to discuss 果冻影院's current research relationships with China and discover what more might be done to further strengthen academic and research links between 果冻影院 and Chinese universities.
The meeting was organised as a roundtable discussion, over dinner, with Professor Moira Yip, 果冻影院 Pro Provost for China, Hong Kong & Macau, Professor Ed Byrne, Executive Dean of the 果冻影院 Biomedical Sciences, Professor Robert Brown (果冻影院 Tissue Repair & Engineering Centre), Professor Guo, Professor Ray Harris, Executive Dean of 果冻影院 Social & Historical Sciences, Professor Simons, Professor Maslin, Professor Peter Mobbs, Executive Dean of 果冻影院 Life Sciences, and Professor Tyler.
Between these meetings, the ambassador became the first visitor to 果冻影院 Library Services' new exhibition, 'Charting China', in the Main Library.
The ambassador's visit not only highlighted evidence of 果冻影院's historic engagement with China - dating back to the early 19th century, when 果冻影院 became the first British university to appoint a Professor of Chinese Language - but was also proof of a strong, ongoing relationship.
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Images: Madam Fu Ying and Professor Malcolm Grant; Madam Fu Ying at 'Charting China'