March 6, 2002
|
Dalian's
Interest in Agriculture
|
Dalian,
China
|
|
| The day began with a 6:30am.
departure from Beijing and a short plane ride to Dalian. Upon
arrival in Dalian, we had the opportunity to meet with the
Secretary General Sun Chunlan, of the Liaoning Provincial
Committee. This meeting provided the class with a short
briefing of the city of Dalian and its interest in
agriculture. The Liaoning Providences have interest in
vegetables, fruits, flowers, rice, corn, animal husbandry and
forestry. |
State Dinner with Vice Governor Yang
|
Our next stop included a briefing with Governor Yang Xinhau.
The Governor Xinhau spoke of many of the similarities between
the Liaoning Providence and the State of Illinois. Both enjoy
continued development, strong agriculture, and similar growing
seasons. Further discussions included talks of China signing
of the WTO. Since the signing
of the WTO, our Leadership class has been the first group of
agriculturalist to visit Dilian from the United States. Mr.
Xinhau emphasized the importance of China being able to abide
by the same international rules as the other members in the
Word Trade Organization. Governor Xinhau also complimented the
US on being an agriculture model for the rest of the world to
learn from. Following the briefing, we had the honor of
enjoying a banquet provided by the Liaoning Providence.
|
Next, the class enjoyed a tour of the city of Dalian. The tour
included a visit to the Modern Museum of Dalian. Our class
became the first American group to tour the 200 million dollar
facility. |
Dalian, a city growing by the minute
|
Evergreen nursery |
After the museum tour we journeyed on to the
Dalian Evergreen Agricultural Development Center. The facility
specialized in growing tomatoes and flowers in a greenhouse.
Evergreen selectively breeds seedlings imported from Israel
and exported most of its final products to Russia. |
| |
Secretary General Sun
|
| The day ended with a bus ride to
the Dalian airport along with a short flight to Shanghi where
the eventful day concluded. |
