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

The 8th International China Pharmaceutical R&D Summit, Shanghai

This event focuses on changes in and the impact of the political environment, and the latest scientific innovations and advances, as well as providing invaluable networking opportunities.

Date: May 20-23

Venue: Grand Hyatt Shanghai

Website: www.chinapharmard.com

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 celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renee Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry and compelling stage presence.

Date: May 12

Venue: National Center for Performance Arts

Website: www.chncpa.com

The Last Will, Wuzhen

Tony Award nominee Austin Pendleton stars as Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare in the off-Broadway premiere of Robert Brustein's The Last Will. The play, set towards the end of Shakespeare's life, has been invited to the first-ever Wuzhen International Theater Festival.

Date: May 15-18

Venue: Ancient Courtyard Theater

Website: www.damai.cn

Culture \>\> In the US

Remaking Chinese Cinema: Through the Prism of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Hollywood, Los Angeles

In this talk based on Wang Yiman's recently published book, Remaking Chinese Cinema, Wang will focus on the process of "foreignizing translation" and its ramifications for imagining a national and regional cinema, as well as the correlated collective subject position. Wang is assistant professor of film and digital media at UC Santa Cruz.

Date: May 9

Venue: Bunche Hall of UCLA

Website: www.international.ucla.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

Gary Locke recently made the first official visit to Xinjiang by a US ambassador in more than 20 years, and with a trade delegation focusing on energy, clean energy, efficiency in energy, and rail transportation. "We're here because we want Xinjiang to fully realize its great potential in terms of its mineral resources," Locke told students at Xinjiang University, "but we also want to focus on the human resources, the people of Xinjiang as well, and that's why we're here at this university.

"For centuries Xinjiang has served as a commercial and cultural center since the Silk Road of ancient times, a vibrant link between the East and West," he said, "and this region presents boundless opportunities for further cooperation and engagement between the United States and China."

Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai traveled to Boston where he visited Zhou Danling, the Chinese student injured in the recent Boston Marathon bombing, and her family. He also met the family of Lu Lingzi, who lost her life in the incident, at Boston's Logan airport.

At the Boston Medical Center, Cui conveyed to Zhou and her family good wishes from President Xi Jinping, the Chinese government, the Chinese embassy and the Chinese consulate-general in New York. He discussed the ongoing efforts made by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as relevant US authorities in searching for, rescuing and assisting Chinese nationals killed or wounded during the bombing.

During a recent visit to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Consul-General for Houston Xu Erwen met with Governor Alejandro Garca Padilla at the governor's mansion.

US Ambassador to China Gary Locke expressed his condolences to the family and friends of Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian, the Shanghai Diocese, and the people of China on the bishop's recent death. "Bishop Jin was deeply dedicated to his congregation and tirelessly led the Shanghai Diocese for almost 30 years, until the age of 96," he said. "During his years of service, he worked diligently to promote understanding between Chinese Catholics of all persuasions."

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(China Daily 05/03/2013 page23)