Abu-Ghazaleh Makes Historic Visit to China

Abu-Ghazaleh to address students at Shenyang Normal University graduation ceremony and visit TAG-Org Shanghai office

SHANGHAI --- June 21, 2009 --- Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman and CEO of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) and chairman of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID), will embark on historic visit to China June 22, 2009.

The visit will highlight and intensify cooperation between TAG-Org and Chinese governmental entities following the launch of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Confucius Institute (TAG-Confucius) and the Chinese visa applications center in Amman, Jordan.

Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh is scheduled to visit Shenyang Normal University which is designated by China?s Ministry of Education as a key university supporting the Chinese language teaching and is among the first universities in China to have established overseas Confucius Institutes.

Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh will be attending the graduation ceremony at the Shenyang Normal University where he will highlight several issues such as the risks to peace and security, working on a new world order, oil crash, the economic crisis and innovation.
Moreover, he will call upon China to play a leading role in the Afro-Asian Knowledge-based Society Initiative and establish a SINO-ARAB trade in services board urging China at the same time to join him in the leadership of the UN GAID.

Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh will reveal plans set by TAG-Org to open several TAG-Confucius Institutes in the Arab world which will offer Chinese language courses for non-native speakers, while hosting researchers and language instructors from China for this purpose, in addition to offering lectures and workshops for businesspeople and governmental sector representatives, which aim to enhance cultural knowledge and exchange.
Mr. Abu-Ghazaleh is scheduled to visit TAG-Org Shanghai Office which was established to provide its services to Arab and Chinese enterprises.

In September 2008, an exclusive agreement was signed between TAG-Org and the Hanban Institute, the executive body of the Chinese Language Council International affiliated to Chinas Ministry of Education, to establish the first TAG-Confucius Institute.

Following this agreement, another Memorandum of Understanding was signed in December 2008 between the Organization and the Chinese governmental Shenyang Normal University.

Earlier in April 2009, under the patronage of HE Dr. Sabri Irbeihat, Jordan?s Minister of Culture, a high-status ceremony was held to celebrate the inauguration of the first TAG-Confucius Institute in the region. The ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of the People?s Republic of China to Jordan Mr. Yuhang Yang, Professor Zhao Dayu, president of Shenyang Normal University and a number of distinctive scholarly leaders, university presidents, deans and professors, in addition to state officials, businesspeople and diplomats.

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About Shenyang Normal University
Founded in 1901, Shenyang Normal University is a key comprehensive university directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education of the People?s Republic of China. It is one of the oldest renowned universities throughout the country and one of the high-ranking universities whose development is given priority by the state.