Minister kicks off Turkish culture year in China

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Netherlands Ambassador Aart Jacobi visited the city of Wuhan last week, meeting with Jia Yaobin, the vice-mayor, and Wang Junzheng, the vice-governor of Hubei province.

EU Ambassador to China Markus Ederer delivered the opening speech at the launch of the Chatham House report on March 18. The meeting was co-organized by the delegation of the EU, the UK embassy and Chatham House, the British think-tank on international affairs. More than 90 Chinese and foreign experts and diplomats including economist and the former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Cheng Siwei, attended the event. "Resources Futures" analyzes the latest global trends in the production, trade and consumption of key raw materials or intermediate products - from crops, fuels, fisheries, forest products and metals to fertilizers. This meeting included discussion of China's role in global resource security, and options for new initiatives with the EU and other key partners.

Danish Ambassador Friis Arne Petersen was in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province last week to examine new stable facilities for 641 Danish breeding pigs recently released from quarantine stables. The tour was joined by investors from Denmark's Scandinavian Farms. The new batch of pigs are the first to arrive in China in almost two years, during which Danish officials and the Chinese control authority for import, AQSIQ, negotiated rules for exporting pigs from Danish areas within 50 km of an outbreak of H1N1. China's recognition of Danish control systems earlier this year cleared the way to restart the export of breeding pigs, the Danish embassy said last week.

The Greek embassy invited Beijing food-and-beverage executives and local media to a Greek wine-tasting event last week at the capital's Blue Balcony restaurant. Guests sampled offerings from Kondor Asia and the Porto Carras winery.

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