Overseas Chinese Students Encouraged to Serve Development of Western ChinaA group of 22 young Chinese Ph. D. students studying overseas will start four days of talks on cooperation with enterprises in Shaanxi Province, northwest China, on April 29.They are the first group of the 100 overseas Ph.D.'s of Chinese origin scheduled to visit the province and neighboring Gansu Province to scout out possible projects. The purpose of the work is to determine what sort of assistance local enterprises need, help them make development plans, and provide them with technological services, personnel, information and management services. The program is sponsored by the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, Shaanxi Provincial Youth Federation and an association for Chinese students studying in Japan. Yan Weijia, one of the organizers of the activity, said that the scholars are majoring in the fields of computer science, information technology, materials, environment, and management. The program is also aimed at enhancing exchanges between Shaanxi and foreign countries, Yan said. |
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