On the evening of August 4, 2022 (GMT+8), the opening ceremony for Seminar on Regional Development and Planning for the Municipality of Recife, Brazil, hosted by Ministry of Commerce and organized by MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials (Shanghai) was held online. Yan Yuqing, Consul General of Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Recife, Professor He Ying, Vice President of our university, and Huang Dege, Deputy General Manager of China MCC5 Group Corp.Ltd attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.
Since the establishment of the comprehensive strategic partnership, China and Brazil, both important emerging economies and BRICS member countries, have been actively cooperating in various fields, covering economic, financial, trade, social, humanities, science and technology and many other fields, bringing tangible benefits to the people of both countries and strengthening the foundation of cooperation. In 2022, President Xi Jinping emphasized at the 14th BRICS Leaders' Meeting that at the critical juncture of where human society is headed, the BRICS countries, as important emerging market countries and large developing countries, should be willing to take up the responsibility and act boldly, make a voice of fairness and justice, firmly believe in overcoming the epidemic, gather the synergy of economic recovery, promote sustainable development, and jointly contribute their wisdom to promote the high-quality development of BRICS cooperation and inject positive, stable and constructive forces into the world. In this context, this seminar is a pragmatic move to respond to the call of the national leadership to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between China and Brazil, with the aim of enhancing exchanges between China and Brazil in the field of regional development planning and promoting international development cooperation.
Consul General Yan Yuqing warmly congratulated the opening of the seminar and expressed the hope that through this seminar, the communication of urban planning and construction concepts in China and Brazil will be further strengthened. With the help of Chinese experience, especially Shanghai experience, on the one hand, it will strengthen the historical and cultural heritage of Recife, revitalize the modern social value of the old city, and reflect the humanistic characteristics of the city. On the other hand, it improves the level of urban modernization governance, comprehensively improves the quality of urban development, strengthens ecological environment governance, and realizes the concept of "Garden City" as soon as possible. Through policy planning, scientific management and technological innovation, we will create a shared, intelligent and safe city, so that the Recife Capibelipi River will shine as brightly as the Huangpu River in Shanghai.
On behalf of the program organizer, Vice President He Ying expressed a warm welcome to the participants of this seminar and gave an overall introduction of our university' s operation and the course curriculum of the seminar. She said that China and Brazil have developed comprehensive, multi-disciplinary and deep-level exchanges and cooperation in recent years, and have become a model of solidarity, cooperation and development of emerging economies. We hope that the participants will use the seminar as a platform to share their advanced experience in promoting regional development planning and discuss the bottlenecks and problems they encounter in this field, so that they can deal with the new environment and challenges jointly.
As an expert representative, Huang Dege introduced China's development and construction achievements since the reform and opening up. He said that the achievements of China's stepping into a new development stage cannot be separated from the development planning and the mechanisms and measures to ensure the implementation of the plan. “Stones form other hills may serve to polish the jade of this one.” He sincerely hoped that the seminar could strengthen exchanges and mutual learning between the two countries in economic and social development.
On behalf of all the participants, Ms. Aiute Sidia, Deputy Director of Economic Development Department of Pernambuco State, Brazil, thanked the organizer for the organization and the Consulate General for the great support, and said that Pernambuco State, especially Recife, has the advantages of location, talents and resources. It is willing to learn from China's experience in economic construction and investment attraction, strengthen cooperation with China, and promote the economic and social development of Pernambuco State for the benefit of local people. Mr. Oliveira, the representative of the participants and the former director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the city government, said that this seminar is an important opportunity to exchange and learn from each other, and he would like to strengthen the exchange of experiences between Recife and Shanghai, improve the urban planning and construction, contribute to sustainable development, further develop the advantages of the Recife gateway and strengthen international cooperation.
The workshop will last 14 days and will be attended by 19 government officials from the Department of Economic Development of the State of Pernambuco, the Regional Council of Engineering and Agronomy of the State of Pernambuco, and the Municipal Government of Recife.
Written by: Zhang Xinyue, Hong Xingzhi
Photos by: Ni Haoran
Reviewed by: Chen Wei
