ladies and gentlemen:
good afternoon!
its my great honor to come to east china normal university to attend the opening ceremony of “XX master of education program for developing countries” in this most beautiful autumn season. on behalf of ministry of education people`s republic of china, please allow me to extend my warmest welcome to all participants coming from afar.i would also like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to ecnu for their hard work.i `d also like to say a big thank you to the ministry of commerce for their tremendous support and guidance without which this program will not be possible.
nowadays ,developing countries are playing an increasingly important role in the international community.china, along with other developing countries has actively engaged in multipolarizing of world political patterns, democratizing international relations, establishing new international order of justice and fairness, boosting world economy and settling global issues. being a member of family of developing countries,china attaches significant importance to traditional friendship and bilateral relations with other developing countries.to strengthen cooperation and nurture the talent for them in the field of human resources,we have run “master of public administration program for developing countries ” since XX and has received wide praise and recognition.
in addition to that program ,the ministry of education and ministry of commerce have decided to launch “master of education program for developing countries” in XX.the first session of this program is specifically designed for developing countries in africa with the aim to help these nation to train intermediate and high senior educational administrators.
nowadays ,development is top priority for each country.education is the foundation stone of a nation`s revitalizaton and social
development ,playing an essential role in social and economic development. the recently released “china`s national plan for medium and long—term educational reform and development(XX-2020)” lays out the direction of chinese education for the next ten years, demonstrating chinese government`s resoluation in building china into strong country of human resources .being educational administrators from different countries and different institutes with great potential leadership,each of you must have you own perspective and insights into education.in this sense,this program provides us with a fascinating opportunity to share among us these valuable experience.