The Graduation Ceremony of Customs Administration Seminar for Developing Countries
The grand graduation ceremony of Customs Administration Seminar for Developing Countries was held on June 27. This foreign-aid program was hosted by the Ministry of Commerce, and organized by our university. 43 customs officials from 33 countries attended the seminar. Presented at the graduation ceremony were the dean of Academy for International Business Officials, MOFCOM, Mr. Jin Xu, the vice-principle of UIBE, Mr. Liu Ya, the director of Foreign-aid Training Liaison Office of Academy for International Business Officials, MOFCOM, Mr. Lu Changming, the division chief of Education and Training Center of General Administration of Customs, Ms. Chen Lifen, the general Party branch secretary of School of Continuing Education UIBE, Mr. Li Baoyuan, the assistant dean of School of Continuing Education UIBE, Mr. Feng Jianguo, the department chairman of School of Public Administration UIBE, Mr. Xu Wei, and the officer from Education and Training Center of General Administration of Customs, Mr. Li Boru. The ceremony was hosted by the division chief of International Division, Mr. Xia Haiquan.
The dean of Academy for International Business Officials, MOFCOM, Mr. Jin Xu, congratulated the students on finishing the 21-day seminar on behalf of Ministry of Commerce, and affirmed their achievements during their study in China. He underlined that although now China is a developing country with relatively poor and backward Midwest region to be developed, Chinese government will do everything in its power to stimulate economic growth, improve people’s living quality and balance the economic growth between east and west region. At the meanwhile, it will promote cooperation and communication among developing countries in the areas of economy, culture etc. Mr. Jin hoped that the officials could serve as ambassadors between China and other developing countries to promote mutual development.
(Dean of Academy for International Business Officials, MOFCOM, Mr. Jin Xu was giving a speech)
Vice-principle Mr. Liu Ya mentioned in his speech two highlights of the seminar: firstly, the seminar was a valuable experience, because the experts were all officers-in-charge, including four director level officials, from General Administration of Customs and professors from customs major in our university, who were spoken highly of; secondly, the fieldtrip to Shenzhen Customs was practical and rich in content. Through the fieldtrip to inspection and clearance office in Huangang port, Yantiangang cargo terminal and Dapeng customs, students got firsthand experience of China customs operation. Vice-principle Liu Ya hoped that with the platform provided by the seminar, the customs in developing counties could improve international communication and cooperation, build a fair environment for trade cooperation, accelerate the development of international trade, and thus seek the people’s happiness.
(Vice-principle Liu Ya was giving a speech)
Division chief of Education and Training Center of General Administration of Customs, Ms. Chen Lifen, congratulated on the officials’ accomplishments, and hoped that after returning to their own counties, the students could share their experience in China with customs at home, and apply what they learnt in the seminar to practical customs assignments and international cooperation.
During the ceremony, the specially prepared photo presentation was displayed, reviewing officials’ lives, study, fieldtrip and visiting in the past three weeks. Later, 43 students made short speeches, showed their gratitude to the host and organizer for their careful arrangement and commended the team upon their hardwork. They strongly believed that by joint efforts the cooperation among those countries would be improved continuously.
At the end of the ceremony, Dean Jin Xu awarded the certificates of Academy for International Business Officials, MOFCOM to the officials. Vice-principle Liu Ya awarded them Honored Alumni Certificate. Secretary Li Baoyuan granted gifts to the officials. Officials from Vanuatu, Pakistan and Jordan gave gifts to the Ministry of Commerce and our university in return. At last, all members had a group photo taken to mark the occasion.
