CCIEE signs long term MOU with the China Research Centre
Prof. Neil Quigley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand with Wei Jianguo, Secretary General of CCIEE on 2 December 2010. On behalf of CCIEE and the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre of the Victoria University of Wellington, they signed a long-term MOU.
Also present at the event were Marc Lanteigne, Professor of politics and international relations at the university and Xu Chaoyou, Deputy Director-General of the Department of External Affairs of CCIEE.
China and New Zealand have wide exchanges in the fields of culture and education and is enjoying extensice trade and economic connection. Mr Wei believed that since CCIEE's inception, CCIEE has achieved promising exchanges and cooperation with other organisations. The signing of the MOU has laid a good foundation for future cooperation between the two organizations.
Prof. Quigley agreed that the signing of the MOU is a good beginning of the mutual cooperation between the two organizations and said that New Zealand has commited itself to the progress of New Zealand-China mutual relations. In terms of monetary policy, reform and innovation, Prof. Quigley believes that New Zealand has played as a world pioneer. With China's economy growing rapidly in the recent years, its economic scale has attracted great attention from New Zealand. The organizations in New Zealand are very keen and willing to learn from China's successful experience and have joint discussions on the economic development mode with their Chinese counterparts.
The two sides also exchanged views on such issues as further strengthening personnel and academic exchanges and cooperation.
Read more about the MOU agreement on the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges website.