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OpportunitiesNews of China-Related Educational, Cultural, and Charitable ProjectsAmerican companies participate in a broad range of programs that bring benefit to the people of China and strengthen the bonds of US-China friendship beyond the commercial realm. Opportunities introduces significant charitable, cultural, and educational projects that seek American business support and aims to help companies identify programs that merit their assistance. The materials contained in Opportunities are condensed; our goal is to provide contact information and only a brief description of each organization's interests. For more detailed information, interested companies should contact the programs directly. (Note: Neither the US-China Business Council nor the CBR is a sponsor of any project listed in Opportunities and makes no recommendation with regard to corporate assistance to any specific project.)
The International Children's Heart Foundation (ICHF) is a nonprofit charity organization based in Memphis, TN, that provides heart surgeries to needy children around the world, including in China. Founded by William Novick, the primary surgeon, ICHF began its first mission in Croatia in 1993 and began visiting China in 1998. Its first China trip was to Shanghai, where Novick operated on 17 children. Since then, ICHF has visited Beijing; Wuhan, Hubei; and Nanjing, Jiangsu, and has so far operated on 174 Chinese children. ICHF hopes to continue its two-week China trips to operate on children with complex defects who would die without treatment; teach Chinese colleagues how to care for children with heart defects and newborns with heart diseases that require immediate surgery; bring new techniques and medicines to Chinese hospitals; and help Chinese colleagues establish research programs. To contribute or provide other assistance, visit the ICHF website. Contact InformationSandy McMahanAdministrative Director 1750 Madison, Suite 100 Memphis, TN 38104 Tel: 901-869-4243 E-mail: skmcmahan@aol.com www.babyheart.org
The International Consortium for CURE of Childhood Cancer (CURE) is a nonprofit organization based in Columbus, OH, that specializes in working with Chinese medical professionals and policymakers to improve cancer treatment and to reach optimal cure rates for Chinese children. About 40,000 Chinese children develop cancer each year, and more than half of the cases are left undetected or receive inadequate treatment, leading to a 95 percent mortality rate among those afflicted. CURE, working with leaders of the China Welfare Institute, hopes to develop a cancer treatment plan in China by establishing 135 programs across the entire country. Each program will have a Center of Excellence, which will provide and supervise patient care. In addition, each center will be affiliated with 10 regional hospitals to train Chinese doctors in providing adequate diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care for childhood cancer patients. To help or contribute to the project, contact CURE or SCLF.
Meridian International, a nonprofit institute in Washington, DC, that promotes cultural understanding through ideas and the arts, is taking the "Wide Skies: Recent Art of the American West" contemporary art exhibition on a China tour in 2007. Meridian has worked closely with the PRC Ministry of Culture on this project and has received the endorsement of Vice Minister of Culture Meng Xiaosi. The exhibition is part of an exchange with the China International Exhibition Agency, whose contemporary art exhibition "Ancient Threads, Newly Woven" is currently touring the United States. The Meridian exhibition will also be part of the cultural displays inaugurating the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The art show will debut in late fall at Meridian's gallery in Washington. The first China show will be held in early 2007 at the National Art Museum in Beijing and will then move to Shanghai; Xi'an, Shaanxi; and Urumqi, Xinjiang. Meridian is also taking suggestions on other possible venues in China. Contact InformationNancy MatthewsMeridian International Center Program Director, Arts & Cultural Affairs 1624 Crescent Place, NW Washington, DC 20009 Tel: 202-939-5518 Fax: 202-319-1306 E-mail: nmatthew@meridian.org www.meridian.org
The PRC State Forestry Administration is cooperating with the US National Arboretum (USNA), part of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), to build a 12-acre Chinese garden in the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. The Chinese design team, headed by Professor Peng Zhenhua of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is working with USNA Director Thomas S. Elias in developing a concept for the garden. Recently, USDA, the Chinese Academy of Forestry, and the PRC Embassy in Washington, DC, signed a memorandum of understanding to move forward with the construction of the garden. USNA is seeking corporate donations, as well as other help, to complete this project. Contact InformationDr. Thomas S. EliasDirector US National Arboretum 3501 New York Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Tel: 202-245-4539 E-mail: eliast@ars.usda.gov www.usna.usda.gov/gardens/collections/classicalchinesegarden.html |
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