About 1,000 senior executives and entrepreneurs from Nanjing are expected to participate in a special program at Tel Aviv University over the next five years.
Tel Aviv University in cooperation with the Consul General of Israel in Shanghai is to host host a delegation from the city of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province in China, headed by Mr Yang Weize, Secretary of CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee. This is the first time that a delegation from China is participating in a special executive development program of studies to be conducted by LAHAV Executive Education at Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Management. About 1,000 senior executives and entrepreneurs from the city of Nanjing in China are expected to participate in this special program over the next five years.
To mark 20 years since the establishment of diplomatic
relations between the People’s Republic of China and Israel, the city of
Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, will hold “Nanjing Day” at Tel
Aviv University’s campus on Monday, 21 May 2012. A cooperation accord
between Nanjing, a city with a population of eight million, and Tel Aviv
University, will be signed, and an exhibition of Chinese art, “The
Beauty of Nanjing”, will be opened. "The Night of Nanjing”, open to the
general public, will take place in the Bar Shira Auditorium from 18:30
to 19:30, with performances by dancers, singers and acrobats from
Nanjing who will be coming specially for this event.
“Nanjing
Day” will be held in the presence of Prof. Joseph Klafter, President of
Tel Aviv University, Her Excellency, Madam Gao Yanping, Ambassador of
People’s Republic of China to the state of Israel, Mr Yang Weize,
Secretary of CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee and will be attended by
Prof. Asher Tishler, Dean of the Faculty of Management, Dr Michael
Angel, Chairman of LAHAV Executive Education, Mr Udi Aharoni, CEO of
LAHAV Executive Education, and members of the delegation from China,
senior officeholders from Tel Aviv University, academics, and
representatives of the business and public sectors.
Apart from Mr
Yang Weize, the delegation from Nanjing will include 30 senior
officeholders and entrepreneurs. Among them will be Mr Zhou Qian, Vice
Mayor of Nanjing, Mr Zheng Zeguang, Vice Mayor of Nanjing and Ms Chen
Liqin, Vice Chairman of Nanjing People's Political Consultative
Conference and the Executive Vice Director of the Organization
Department, CPC Nanjing Committee.
The delegation will meet
President of the State of Israel Shimon Peres, Dr Giora Yaron, chairman
of Tel Aviv University’s Executive Council, Prof. Joseph Klafter,
president of Tel Aviv University, Prof. Aron Shai, rector of Tel Aviv
University, Prof. Asher Tishler, dean of the Faculty of Management, Udi
Aharoni, CEO of LAHAV, academics, and leaders of the business and public
sectors in Israel.
Chinese organizations usually send their
senior officials to study in the US and Singapore. The members of the
Nanjing delegation chose Israel and LAHAV Executive Education at Tel
Aviv University’s Faculty of Management for their studies in order to
get a first-hand taste of Israeli entrepreneurship and innovation from
Israel’s experts in the field.
Under the cooperation accord
between the educational entity representing the city of Nanjing and
LAHAV Executive Education to be signed on “Nanjing Day” on 21 May at Tel
Aviv University, every year for the next five years, the city of
Nanjing will send over 200 senior executives, entrepreneurs and
officials for studies at LAHAV. The title of the program of studies will
be Entrepreneurship and Innovation The Israeli Model. In the first
program, scheduled to begin on 22 May 2012, the students from China will
learn about the special characteristics of this model, and how it
supports the creation of global enterprises in various hi-tech areas.
The program includes meetings with leading academics, managers of
venture capital funds, government officials, and visits to leading
companies in the area.
Prof. Klafter said, "Tel Aviv University
is proud to play a focal role in strengthening academic relations
between China and Israel. The program of studies for senior officials
and leading entrepreneurs from the city of Nanjing, the first of its
kind at Tel Aviv University, opens opportunities for important academic,
scientific and research activities."