I. International Conferences Held in China 2002-2003
Biodiversity
III MMSEA Conference and Mountain Festival—indigenous knowledge, sustainable livelihoods and creative means of resources governance, concepts, strategies and action on mountain cultures and biodiversity, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, August 23-28, 2002. Sponsored by Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge, a non-governmental organization that works to promote local and regional inter-sectoral and intercultural dialogue among rural communities, NGOs, academia and governmental agencies.Co-sponsors included the Rockefeller Fund, Bioresources Innovation Department of the Yunnan Provincial Government and the Lijiang Dongba Institute.
Birds
23rd International Ornithological Congress (IOC), August 11-17, 2002, Beijing. Website includes lists of birds that can be seen at several natural reserves in China: http://www.ioc.org.cn
Business and Management
Sino-International Cable TV Executive Management Conference, March 18-19, 2002. The Conference is an annual event co-hosted by MediaView and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) of China.
Climate
International Symposium on Climate Change (ISCC), March 31-April 3, 2003, Beijing. Sponsored by China National Climate Committee; co-sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and China Association for Science and Technology (CAST); organized by China Meteorological Administration (CMA).
Culture
The 2002 China Qufu International Confucius Festival in September 2002 attracted international guests to QufuCity, the birthplace of the ancient Chinese educator and philosopher in ShandongProvince, east China. Cao Zhi, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, helped open the ceremonies to honor Confucius on his 2553rd birthday.
The Fifth Beijing International Tourism and Cultural Festival in Beijing in September 2002 featured folk artists from 46 countries and regions in a Saturday parade down Ping'an Avenue, a major thoroughfare in downtown Beijing.
Education
2003 China International Education Conference, April 2-6, 2003, Beijing. Sponsored by the China Education Foundation; endorsed by the Chinese Ministry of Education and China Scholarship Council.
China International Forum on Education sponsored by the Chinese Education Association for International Exchange, October 19-25, 2002.Coinciding with the forum, China Education Expo 2002 was held in Beijing and Shanghai.Leaders from the National People's Congress, the Ministry of Education and the Beijing municipal government attended.
Environment
Fifth International Eco-city Conference, August 19-23, 2002, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. China ecologically sound urban development. Held annually.
Water China 2002, August 28-31, 2002, Beijing. Water management and treatment. Held annually.
China International High-Tech Symposium and Exhibition on Coal Chemical Industry and Conversion, November 6-9, 2002, Beijing.Hosted by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association and China Coal Industry Association.
Ecotourism
Ecotourism as Part of Yangtze Conservation Measures, November 7- 8, 2002, Changde City, Hunan Province. Sponsored by the World Wildlife Federation and Changde Tourism Bureau. The forum drew over a hundred participants from the ChineseAcademy of Sciences, WWF, universities, and stakeholders from local governments, communities and nature reserves.
Film
Sixth Shanghai International Film Festival, June 8-16, 2002. Ratified by the State Council of the People's Republic of China, the Shanghai International Film Festival is a non-specialized competitive film festival accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations. Sponsored by the ChinaState Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government.
Fashion and Design
Shanghai International Fashion Festival, March 18 to April 6, 2003. Co-organized by the festival commission, Luwan District government and ShanghaiInternationalGarmentCenter.
Hong Kong Fashion Week, January 14 to January 17, 2003, Hong Kong Convention and ExhibitionCenter.
China International Fashion Week, starting November 21, 2002, Beijing Hotel, Beijing.
Health
China-ASEAN Seminar on "Functional Food," sponsored by China's Ministry of Science and Technology, September 2002, Beijing. Specialists from Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and other ASEAN nations gathered with Chinese agricultural and food experts to discuss the potential of functional food and functional food's impact on human health.
Fourth Asia-Pacific Travel Health Conference, October 20-23, 2002, Shanghai. Hosted by the InternationalTravel Healthcare Association in collaboration with the International Travel Medicine Society, China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association, China Tourism Association, Chinese Foundation for Prevention of STD and AIDS, China Preventive Medicine Association, State General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China, Chinese Society of Aerospace Medicine, and Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection & Quarantine Bureau.
Medicine
2002 International Conference on the Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, November 3-5, Chengdu, capital of southwest China's SichuanProvince. The conference was organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Health, State Drug Admin
istration, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, ChineseAcademy of Sciences, and Sichuan provincial government. Attending the conference were senior officials from the United Nations, World Health Organization, and foreign science and health departments.
Ninth International Child Neurology Congress (ICNC) September 20-25, 2002, Beijing, http://www.ciccst.org.cn/icnc2002. Local organizers: PekingUniversityHealthScienceCenter (PUHSC), China Child Neurology Society (CCNS), ChinaInternationalConferenceCenter for Science and Technology (CICCST).
Science and Technology
Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Human Interaction, organized by the Institute of Software, ChineseAcademy of Sciences, November 1-4, 2002, Beijing.
International Conference on Nanometer Science & Technology (Nanometer China 2002), September 2002, Beijing. Hosted by the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ChineseAcademy of Sciences; sponsored by the Technology Clearinghouse of China (TCC) and supported by the China Engineering Plastics Industry Association.
The Second World Integrative Medicine Congress met in September 2002 in Beijing with over 1,000 health officials and medical experts from around the world.
Asia Wind Power Conference and Exhibition, April 9-11, 2003, BeijingInternationalConvention Center. Sponsor: Technology Clearinghouse of China; supporters: Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (now Ministry of Commerce), State Environmental Protection Administration, and State Power Corporation.
Tourism
Bo’ao Forum for Asia Tourism Conference, November 17-20, 2002, Guilin. Co-organized by the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), Bo’ao Forum for Asia (BFA), and Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD). Over 500 experts, scholars and other travel industry personnel from all over the world attended the conference. Francesco Frangialli, secretary-general of the World Tourism Organization, was among those who addressed the conference.
