The Australian National University will be one of the first in Australia to provide advanced leadership training to select Chinese senior officials.
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| Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb, Vice Minister Madam Shen Yueyue, Ambassador Madam Fu Ying and Professor Andrew MacIntyre. |
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ANU and the University of Sydney will jointly train Chinese Vice-Ministers and Vice-Governors, funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Similar training has previously taken place at elite US and European universities including Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge.
The arrangement between the ANU Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government (APSEG), Sydney University and the Chinese Government was formalised in a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 4 May at the Chinese embassy.
APSEG Director Professor Andrew MacIntyre said the partnership was a reflection of the high esteem in which ANU is held internationally.
“The Chinese Government representative Vice-Minister Shen Yueyue said the program was highly selective and targeted the world's most renowned universities,” he said.
“She said that the training to be delivered at ANU and Sydney University was a direct result of agreements reached between Prime Minister John Howard and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during his recent visit to Australia, and had been facilitated with support from UNDP and AusAID.”
The Advanced Leadership Program is designed to build the knowledge and skills capacity of China's national and local leaders to accelerate rural reform and coordinate urban and rural development.
The first Vice-Governors and Vice-Ministers to train under the program are expected to arrive in Australia in November.
The day before the MOU was signed, Madam Shen visited the ANU campus, accompanied by Chinese Ambassador Madam Fu Ying and a contingent of senior officials.
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