Foreign Experts Club Established in Changsha

On Dec 17, Changsha Foreign Experts Club was established in Dolton International Hotel, where you can appreciate the Chinese tea ceremony, taste western-style coffee and hold Christmas parties, first of its kind set up by government in central China. Wang Guishu, director of the Provincial Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs, and Fan Xiaoxin, minister of the Changsha Organization Department attended the plaque-conferring ceremony. The municipal government grants VIP cards to the 115 foreign experts, with 500 yuan deposited to the card per year in advance as experts' activity grant.
It is learned that there are over 4000 foreign experts coming to work in Hunan every year, among which 400 are residents in Changsha. Fan remarked that overseas scholars have made an active commitment to the economic and social development of Changsha in terms of bringing advanced technology, ideas and managerial experience, and giving full play in connecting Hunan to the outside world, thus extending the popularity of Changsha all over the world. Great endeavor will be made to promote the strategy of Enhancing the City with Top Talents" and further broaden the international cooperation as well as reinforce the foreign intellectual work in the future.
Translator: Ma Huiqin