Conferences & Meetings \>\> In China

Global Mobile Internet Conference, Beijing

GMIC Beijing 2013 will gather more than 10,000 mobile Internet industry professionals this year to set the stage for the next phase of mobile innovation and development. Under the theme "Transforming mobile Internet", the event will host executives, developers, entrepreneurs and investors behind the integration of mobile Internet into sales and marketing channels, healthcare, transportation, agriculture, energy and social development.

Date: May 7-8

Venue: Beijing International Convention Center

Website: beijing.thegmic.com

Dive China 2013, Guangzhou

With 400 booths spread over an area of 8,000 square meters, Dive China 2013 will be double the size of last year. Pavilions will be set up to showcase dive equipment, accessories, resorts, clubs, foreign trade and more. There will also be an underwater photography competition, dive films, forums and lectures during the fair.

Date: May 10-12

Venue: China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex

Website: www.chinadiveshow.com

Canton Fair 2013 (Spring)-The 113th China Import and Export Fair, Guangzhou

Ranking among the top in the world in terms of scale, Canton Fair is an international trade event with a long history. In 111 events the fair has been responsible for $963.1 billion in export trade volume with more than 6 million overseas buyers.

Date: April 15-May 05

Venue: China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou

Website: www.cantonfair.org.cn

China International Technology Fair, Shanghai

A platform for exhibitions, exchanges and trade in the latest global innovation and technology, the theme of this year's event is "innovation-driven development, intellectual property protection, technology trade promotion". There will be exhibitions, forums and events as well as professional services during the fair.

Date: May 8-11

Venue: Intex Shanghai, and Shanghaimart Expo

Website: en.csitf.cn

Conferences & Meetings \>\> In the US

China's Investment Surge in Silicon Valley, San Jose

Silicon Valley's dynamic high-tech market attracts many Chinese firms and investors as they expand their businesses overseas. During the forum, experts and business leaders will explore the latest trends emerging from Chinese investment in Silicon Valley.

Date: May 23

Venue: San Jose Hilton

Website: asiasociety.org

3rd Annual US-CHINA PHARMA, Boston

This two-day conference focuses on how to adapt to China's new healthcare system with strategies on maintaining profitable long-term growth. Topics under discussion will include intellectual property, brand marketing, and generic and bio-similar products.

Date: May 20-21

Venue: TBD

Website: www.chinamdpartnership.com

Culture \>\> In China

Renee Fleming Vocal Recital, Beijing

One of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renee Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry and compelling stage presence. She will present songs including O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave from Semele, Hello, Young Lover from American musical The King and I, and Italian arias including Ombre di Nube.

Date: May 12

Venue: National Center for Performance Arts

Website: www.chncpa.com

China Culture Industries Fair, Shenzhen

A platform for cultural exchange and cooperation between China and the rest of the world. This is the only national-level event of its kind in China.

Date: May 17-20

Venue: Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center

Website: en.cnci.gov.cn/default.aspx

Culture \>\> In the US

Christopher Nugent, "Literary Information in a Tang Leishu", Cambridge, MA

The social elite in Tang China were expected to display familiarity with a substantial body of past literary works in contexts as varied as social poetry composition and the civil service exam. While simple memorization was one strategy, there was a recognized need for more systematic ways of organizing literary information so that it could be mastered and utilized efficiently. Christopher Nugent will examine leishu (categorically arranged writings) as one way of managing literary information in this period.

Date: April 29

Venue: CGIS South, Doris and Ted Lee Gathering Room (S030), 1730 Cambridge Street, Harvard University

Website: fairbank.fas.harvard.edu

Front Row: Chinese American Designers, New York

Guest-curated by designer Mary Ping, the show will demonstrate the unique visions of 16 Chinese-American designers, showing the origins of their careers and development of signature styles, as well as their relationship to the concepts of New York and Asia.

Date: April 26-Sept 29

Venue: The Museum of Chinese in America

Website: www.feedage.com

Diplomatic pouch

Approximately 1,200 people attended an April 22 memorial service for Lu Lingzi, the Boston University student who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombing, including Zhong Ruiming, deputy consul- general from China's New York consulate, who offered condolences from the speaker's podium. Lu's piano teacher Han Nah Son performed a favorite Chopin piece, and a horseshoe-shaped table was laden with white bouquets and two teddy bears in BU sweaters, while a gong was placed at the white-draped entrance doors.

"Her dream was very simple," friend Zheng Minhui told the throng of students and staff, including university chaplains, as well as the general public and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. "She wanted a not necessarily rich life, but a peaceful life, with a stable job, a happy family and a lovely dog."

US Secretary of State John Kerry saluted Stephen A. Schwarzman, head of the Blackstone Group, for creating a $300 million scholarship last week for study at a Chinese university. "Increasing the number of American students that study abroad in China is a top priority for the Obama administration," he said. "That's why the State Department sends more students to China than any other country through exchange programs like the Fulbright, Gilman, and Critical Language Scholarships. We are investing in the long-term US-China relationship.

Schwarzman hopes the program will rival the Rhodes scholarship in prestige and influence. Backed by a group of mostly Western blue-chip companies with interests in China, the Schwarzman Scholars program, endowed with one of the largest single gifts to education in the world, will pay for 200 students every year from around the globe to attend a one-year master's program at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Mona Locke, wife of US Ambassador Gary Locke and a special adviser for the EducationUSA program, promoted student exchanges at two events in Shanghai last week. She discussed why it's important to study abroad, cultural differences between China and the US, how to prepare a personal statement and how to choose a major. She spoke about her own experiences growing up as a second-generation Chinese-American.

Send embassy and consulate news to michaelpeters@chinadaily.com.cn.

(China Daily 04/26/2013 page23)