Dr. Michael Behnke, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chicago, joined the Deputy Chairman of the Ameson Foundation Professor Sean Zhang in visiting the Shaoxing No. 1 Middle School in Zhejiang Province, in order to cultivate a deeper spirit of collaboration between all parties.

During the Ameson visit, Dr. Behnke and Professor Zhang were greeted by numerous dignitaries: Mr. Zhen Guoyang (the Director of the Shaoxing City Education Bureau), Mr. Zhou Guojun (Section Chief of the Basic Education Section, Education Bureau), and the Principal of Shaoxing No.1 Middle School, Mr. Cha Pinyang.

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Ameson Foundation hosted “Dialogue with world leading universities” events with Yangtze Evening Post. Chancellors, heads of registry and student admission officers from the world’s leading universities participated in the events.

Representatives from Chicago University, MIT, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Warwick, University of Bristol, University of British Columbia, University of Auckland, Bocconi University and many others attended and met students and parents in Nanjing. The event was broadcasted live online.

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Mr. Zhou Wanchun, vice secretary of Liaoning Provincial Government, led an educational delegation from Liaoning Province for a 14-day visit to Turkey, India and Egypt. The education visit aims at promoting further collaboration for Liaoning and higher-education institutions in the three countries.

Dr. Boutros Boutros Ghali, former Secretary General of the United Nation and Honorary Chairman of Ameson Foundation, accompanied by Prof. Sean Zhang, the deputy Chairman of Ameson Foundation, met with the delegation in Cairo. Dr. Ghali gave a high appraisal of the educational and economic development of Liaoning Province.

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The first joint training program for Chinese high school principals (co-organized by the Ameson Foundation and the Finnish National Board of Education) was successfully completed in Helsinki, Finland.

High school principals and executive officials from five Chinese provinces took part in the training, that lasted from November 21st to December 2nd, 2005.

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With support from Nanjing Bureau of Education and sponsored by the Ameson Foundation, an intensive training prgram for elementary and high school English teachers in Nanjing was completed at the Ameson Institute. Sixty-four teachers from Baixia, Qinhuai and Xuanwu Districts of Nanjing took part in the training.

This training program was based on Ameson’s experience of teacher’s training from the past few years. However, brand new training models were also adopted.

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Mr. Zhou Ji, Education Minister of China met with Prof. Sean Zhang, Deputy Chairman of the Ameson Foundation, in Beijing.

After being informed about the Ameson activities and projects on educational exchange in China, Mr. Zhou expressed his appreciation and wishes for the Ameson Foundation. He says that he hopes Ameson continues working on promoting educational exchange between China and abroad, which would contribute to the improvement of an overall higher education level and basic education reform.

Ameson Foundation invited Mr. He, senior English teacher of Nanjing Foreign Language School, to give a lecture for English teachers in Jinan, Shandong Province, who are taking part at teachers training in Nanjing.

Mr. He is a top English teacher in Nanjing Foreign Language School, which is considered as the best high school in Nanjing. During the lecture, Mr. He spoke about standards for foreign language learning. He introduced differences in English language teaching in China and abroad, and also their historical background. The talk was well received among the teachers of Jinan.

The Ameson Institute organized a situational teaching training session for more than 100 teachers from Jiangsu, Anhui and Zhejiang Provinces who are undergoing summer training in Nanjing. The teachers visited the Memorial Hall of Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders and Yunjin Museum of Nanjing.

This half-day event proved to be a rather colorful program which brought moral education and situational teaching ideas to the teachers.

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Professor Sean Zhang (the Deputy Chairman of the Ameson Foundation) and Ms. Lica Zhang (Chief Representative of Ameson's Representative Office in Nanjing) attended an official welcoming dinner in honor of Dr. Boutros Boutros Ghali, at the Egyptian Embassy in Beijing.

Dr. Ghali is the former Secretary General of the United Nations, and also the honorary Chairman of the Ameson Foundation.

Mr. Zhang was invited by Mr. Aly El-Hefny, the Egyptian Ambassador to China. The banquet was full of cordial and friendly conversations.

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