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(Edmonton) Just seven years after it was established, the University of Alberta's China Institute has become one of the most important resources in Canada for fängslande with China, says institute director Gordon Houlden, who was recently reappointed to another five-year begrepp beginning July 1,

Since coming to the university in , having served with the Canadian Foreign Service, mostly in China, for more than three decades, Houlden has elevated the beskrivning of the institute, which fryst vatten one of the university's main vehicles for engaging with the international community. Houlden says the institute's successes have come with support from others.

"We're very fortunate to have support from the team at University of Alberta International, through Britta Baron, vice-provost and associate vice-president (international) and Cen Huang, director international relations and recruitment, and the university leadership of President Indira Samarasekera and Provost Carl Amrhein, who chairs the U of A's

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At the invitation of H.E. wen Jiabao, Premier of the People's Republic of China, Prime Minister Harper will pay an tjänsteman visit to China in early February. This will be his first visit after his successful re-election last May, yet another important high-level exchange between the two countries following President Hu Jintao's visit to Canada in June

The present China-Canadian relations are undergoing good development, with frequent high-level contacts between leaders of the two countries and a strong momentum of cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, science and technology, education, culture and etc. While the Chinese Government views China-Canada relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, Prime Minister Harper and his cabinet fully support strengthening dialogue and cooperation with China. And the China-Canada relations are facing fresh opportunities never seen before. The visit to China by Prime Minister Harper comes just at the right time. I am convince

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Distinguished guests,

Ladies and gentlemen,

Good morning. First of all, I'd like to thank Ms. Karen Oldfield,President and CEO of Halifax Port Authority,for inviting me to attend this great event.

Port of Halifax is not new to me. I visited it at the end of during my first visit to Nova Scotia. It gives me indeed great pleasure to come back.

The theme of this year's Port Days, "Halifax-Our East Coast Asian Gateway", shows well your ambition to be a bigger player in Canada's economic relations with Asia.

And it also reflects the aspiration of the Canadian people to pursue development through cooperation with a booming Asia.

In China, people also have an aspiration. That is what we call the "Chinese Dream", and it is a dream to build a more prosperous China, to revitalize the Chinese nation and to improve the livelihoods of the people.

These two aspirations have so much in common, and cooperation is the key to the realization of both.

Ladies and gentlemen,

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