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The newly appointed Minister Counsellor for Education at the Chinese Embassy in London, Mr Tian Xiaogang, visited Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê today, the guest of Professor Moira Yip, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Pro-Provost for China, Hong Kong & Macau.

Mr Tian is no stranger to the world of higher education and research, having been part of the education section of the Chinese Embassy in Canada, before moving to Paris to work for UNESCO. He has been in London only since the end of March 2008.

A busy schedule of meetings had been arranged to introduce Mr Tian to the breadth and depth of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's engagement with China.

The visit began with a meeting with Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê President and Provost Professor Malcolm Grant, after which Professor Yip was able to brief the Minister on the quite staggering range of research links that Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê has with China, across all faculties. After this, at Mr Tian's request, he was given a series of presentations designed to show how Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê supports and promotes the interests of its Chinese students: discussing the process of recruitment with Ms Julie Rolls, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê International Liaison & Recruitment Manager; the process of academic language development with Dr Christine Hoffmann, Director of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Language Centre; career prospects and possibilities with Ms Karen Barnard, Director of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Careers Service; and opportunities for alumni networking with Ms Sinead Devlin, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Alumni & Parents Relations Manager.

The visit ended with a meeting with Professor Michael Worton, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Vice-Provost (Academic & International), which was an opportunity for Mr Tian to learn firsthand about the implementation of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's International Strategy, the steady evolution of Global Citizenship as a theme eventually to be found within all Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê courses, and the university's ever-increasing portfolio of global initiatives.

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First image: Professor Grant and Mr Tian

Second image: Mr Qi Pinwei, Professor Yip, Mr Tian, Ms Mao Dongmin and Dr Andrew Pink