Conferences & Meetings \>\> In China

Global Spine Congress, Hong Kong

Features multilingual sessions and world-renowned speakers as well as special symposiums conducted by spine specialists from across the Asia Pacific region.

Date: April 4-6

Venue: Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Centre

Website: www.globalspinecongress.org

International Symposium on Corporate Responsibility & Sustainable Development, Guangzhou

Topics include: the tensions between respect for the natural environment, social justice, and economic development; the long view versus short-term imperatives; the competing priorities of north and south, east and west; and the separate agendas of business, consumers, communities, civil society and government.

Date: April 9-12

Venue: Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Website: www.cr-sd.org

Real Estate Investment World China, Shanghai

Topics including business models, capital sources and investment strategies will be discussed at this real estate development, investment and finance forum for developers, investors, funds and asset managers.

Date: April 15-18

Venue: The Ritz Carlton Shanghai

Website: terrapinn.com

China-CIMT China International Machine Tool Show, Beijing

First held in 1989, this is the largest machine tool show in China and one of the four biggest internationally. It serves as a major event for machine tool sourcing and as a trading platform for this global industry.

Date: April 22-27

Venue: China International Exhibition Center Website: www.cimtshow.com/enshow.shtml

Beijing International Technology Transfer Congress 2013

Focusing on technology transfer and international technology cooperation, the theme for this year's event is "Beyond the borders: Drive innovation to win". The congress will feature 40 distinguished speakers from more than 30 countries and about 300 attendees including overseas technology managers and Chinese professionals.

Date: April 24-27

Venue: Beijing International Hotel Convention Centre

Website: www.britishchamber.cn

China Consumer Electronics Fair 2013 (CCEF) , Shenzhen

Held together with China Electronics Fair (CEF), China's largest electronics trade show, CCEF creates an international consumer electronic communication platform. It shares CEF's more than 70,000 buyers and focuses on helping consumer electronics manufacturers to develop China's market.

Date: April 10-12

Venue: Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Centre

Website: www.chinacef.com.cn

China International Software Cooperation Conference, Chengdu

Attended by key players in China's software industry, the event showcases products and research, and offers networking opportunities in the high-tech industry.

Date: April 10-13

Venue: New Century International Conference Centre

Website: www.chinasoft.org.cn

Conferences & Meetings \>\> In the US

China Goes Global: The Partial Power, with David Shambaugh, San Francisco

China scholar David Shambaugh talks about his new book China Goes Global. The book delves deep into China's extensive commercial footprint, growing military power, increasing cultural influence and diplomatic activity, and new prominence in multilateral institutions.

Date: April 4

Venue: Nixon Peabody, Embarcadero Center

Website: asiasociety.org/northern-california

National Chinese Language Conference, Boston

Dedicated to new ideas and effective practices in the field of Chinese language teaching and learning and Sino-US educational exchange, the conference will offer cutting-edge approaches to teaching that incorporate culture, technology and international exchange.

Date: April 7 to April 9

Venue: 110 Huntington Avenue, Boston

Website: asiasociety.org

Culture \>\> In China

Keren Ann 2013 Live Tour Beijing Concert, Beijing

Hear New York and Paris-based musician Keren Ann, an artist with many identities: singer, composer and songwriter. Keren, who plays guitar, piano and clarinet, has released six solo albums and many of her songs have been performed by internationally acclaimed artists and featured in films and television series.

Date: April 14

Venue: M-Space of Wukesong Arena

Website:www.theatrebeijing.com

Culture \>\> In the US

Performance: Shen Wei Dance Arts, New York

A pioneer and visionary in contemporary performing and visual arts, Shen Wei's choreographic works are internationally renowned for "their gorgeous visual imagery". The performance will present selections from Shen's most recent works, followed by film screenings and a discussion with Shen and Rachel Cooper, director, Asia Society Global Performing Arts.

Date: April 2

Venue: 725 Park Avenue

Website: asiasociety.org

Diplomatic pouch

A traveling exhibit sponsored by the US embassy in China, The Sum of Many Parts: 25 Quiltmakers in 21st Century America, has opened in Dalian with a guest appearance by one of the featured quilt artists, Martha Ginn of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The exhibit runs through April 14.

China's new premier, Li Keqiang, met former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in Beijing, calling for more people to become involved in China-US relations. Li applauded the robust growth of China-US relations over the past 40 years, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, adding that ties between the two nations cannot go further without support and participation from their two peoples. Kissinger highlighted the vital importance of US-China relations in promoting world peace and development.

Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli met former US Secretary of Defense William Cohen last week and pledged to create a fair business environment for foreign enterprises, Xinhua News Agency reports. During the meeting, Zhang said China is readjusting its economic structure and deepening reform and opening up, which will generate new opportunities for China and the US to boost economic cooperation.

Wang Chen, vice-chairman and secretary-general of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met with a delegation of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in Beijing on Wednesday. The delegation was headed by a ranking member of the committee, Senator Bob Corker. The Republican from Tennessee kicked off his visit to China on Tuesday at the invitation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the NPC.

At the invitation of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Consul-General Sun Guoxiang met with the superintendent of the academy, Lieutenant General David H. Huntoon Jr., and addressed more than 200 cadets of the Department of Foreign Languages on March 22. Sun spoke about the foreign policy of the People's Republic of China and Sino-US relations.

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(China Daily 03/29/2013 page23)