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Chinese New Year Celebration at Port Discovery
February 20, 2010
Kids of all ages celebrated the Year of the Tiger at Port Discovery Children’s Museum during an annual event supported by the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee.
The event highlight continued to be our personalized Chinese calligraphy bookmarks, with artistry by a master calligrapher and on-site translations for names by committee members. In addition, committee members passed out fortune cookies and provided basic Chinese language, chopsticks, and zodiac lessons.
China Marine Resource Management Group Delegation visits NOAA
Singapore International Water Week
June 22 - 26, 2009
Peter Gourlay, Chairman of the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Environmental Sub-committee and President of Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership, is attending the Singapore International Water Week from June 22 through June 26, 2009 where he will speak as part of the North America Business Forum.
Singapore International Water Week is the global platform that brings policymakers, industry leaders, experts and practitioners together to address challenges, showcase technologies, discover opportunities and celebrate achievements in the water world. The theme of this year's event is "Sustainable Cities – Infrastructure and Technologies for Water". See www.siww.com.sg for more information.
Chinese Embassy Official Visits BaltimoreJune 11, 2009
Duan Jun, 1st Secretary at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the USA, visited Baltimore as the guest of the Mayor’s Office of International & Immigrant Affairs and the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee. Ms. Duan, a native of Beijing, recently arrived in Washington, DC to work in the embassy department responsible for relations with U.S. state and local governments.
In Beijing she managed PRC relations with U.S. Sister Cities and other friendship associations. As part of her visit she attended the June monthly meeting of the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee.
Baltimore Medical Delegation Visits Xiamen
April 24 - 27, 2009
A delegation of four Johns Hopkins’ doctors and the Chairman of the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee attended the 50th anniversary celebration of the Xiamen Maternity and Child Health Hospital (also known as the Lin Qiaozhi Hospital in honor of this Xiamen native and pioneer of modern Chinese obstetrics and gynecology.) While in Xiamen the doctors presented medical lectures to the hospital staff and also met with the Dean of the Medical School of Xiamen University to plan long term cooperation and exchanges.
Participants included:
W. Fontaine Bell, Chairman of the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee
Dr. Alvin Zhang, Clinical Cardiologist and President of the Chinese American Doctors Association
Dr. Lei Zheng, Clinical Oncologist and Secretary of the Chinese American Doctors Association
Dr. Jessica Linda Bienstock, Director of the GYN/OB Residency Program
Dr. Nancy Ann Hueppchen, Director of the GYN/OB Medical Student Clerkship Program.
Chinese New Year Celebration at Port DiscoveryJanuary 24, 2009
The Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee was a sponsor and participant in Port Discovery’s Chinese New Year Celebration for local children.
The highlight of the event was a master Chinese calligrapher who made bookmarks of individual’s names translated into Chinese. Committee members provided the “on-site” translation. Other activities included Chinese children’s games and a workshop on using chopsticks.
Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership Reception for Beijing Municipal Water Delegation
January 14, 2009
The Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee was a cooperating partner and participant in a reception for a visiting delegation from Beijing’s Municipal Water Authority. The reception was organized by Peter Gourlay, President of Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership (MD-AEP) and Chairman of the Baltimore-Xiamen Committee’s Environmental Sub-committee.
Henan Province Business Delegation
December 4, 2008
A 10-person delegation of business executives from Henan Province, China’s most populous province (99 million), was hosted by the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee and the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) at an afternoon information and matchmaking session held at BDC’s headquarters. Attending from the Baltimore side were senior representatives from BDC, the Baltimore Mayor’s Office, M&T Bank, Cooper Wallace LLC, Christopher B. Miller Co., John S, Connor, Inc. Dartrans, Inc, the Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland and the Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership.
Baltimore-Xiamen Dim Sum Brunch in Honor of Calvin Chin
November 9, 2008
More than 70 people attended this first annual dim-sum brunch to honor the late Calvin Chin, a patriarch of Baltimore’s Chinese community and a founding member of the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee. The event was held at Jesse Wong’s Kitchen in Hunt Valley. Former Baltimore Mayor and Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer was Honorary Chair of the event and many city and state dignitaries came to show their respects. Proceeds of this event went to support business, education and cultural exchanges between Baltimore and Xiamen.
Annual China Town Hall Meeting at Baltimore City Hall
April 17, 2008
The second annual China Town Hall meeting took place at Baltimore City Hall. Norman Ornstein of the American Institute for Public Policy Research spoke on the topic of "China Issues in the 2008 Presidential and Congressional Campaigns." The Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee, the Maryland-China Business Council and the University of Maryland's Institute for Global Chinese Affairs jointly sponsored the event.
Xiamen artist delegation visits Baltimore
July 18 - 24, 2007
A five-person delegation of top writers and artists from Xiamen visited Baltimore to participate in Artscape and to make contacts with the Baltimore art community in preparation for future exchanges and cooperation.
