Program promotes ties between East and West COMMITMENT TO the strengthening of economic and cultural ties between B.C. and Pacific Rim countries goes beyond the usual governmental rhetoric for Chinese educator and journalist Li Hongyun. As one of 10 Chinese instructors from the China Enterprise Management Training Centre in Chengdu, Sichuan, presently Studying Canadian business management at Capilano College, 25-year-old Li is positioned at the forefront of a burgeoning east- west exchange of resources. Li and fellow instructors are Participating in a reciprocal in- Strustional exchange program which has been in place between China and Canada since 1984. For example, last year Dr. Jon Jessiman, Capilano Coliege Associate Dean in charge of Inter- national Programs, returned from the Chengdu training centre, where he had Ied a team of five college and university instructors teaching international trade subjects to Senior and mid-level management Chinese business people. Li’s areas of teaching expertise at the centre include economics and financial investment. He also helps the visiting Canadian in- By MICHAEL BECKER News Reporter structors bridge the language gap. Said Li: “The students are adults who come from factories and corporations-to learn business management. Canada sees the cen- tre as a window to Chinese business. It’s very fashionable to talk about management in China today. “In China there are young peo- ple with knowledge and ambition to make the country stronger. The government will give more freedom in the economy. Privatization is happening now. The Chinese people are satisfied, but they are awakening and look- ing to the outside,’’ he said. For Li the process of looking to the outside began as a young man. He grew up the oldest in a family of six children in the Da Ba Moun- tain farming area of Sichuan pro- vince. He graduated from the Eastern China Teachers University in Shanghai with a B.A. in economics in 1984. The gov- emment then sent him to join a working group at a large silk fac- tory in Sichuan. The group was assigned to make the factory, which employs approximately 4,000 people, more efficient. Said Li: ‘‘Because we were with the government we could apply funds, buy equipment and make organizational changes with the cooperation of the factory leader. It is very hard to make changes. You always meet some contradic- tion.”’ Li also works as a journalist, writing twice a month for the In- formation Newspaper. The news- paper, written in the Mandarin language, is a government-run business newspaper serving the Sichuan province. Returning to China in May to continue teaching and writing, Li also looks to the future. ‘‘I would like to have a transportation com- pany to move goods and people. It’s very difficult to move around in China. Because I am young, I’d like to see if I can make it better and make a contribution to my country.”” 33 - Wednesday, January 25, 1989 ~ North Shore News Best bets with beef PAGE 36 CHINESE EDUCATOR and journelist Li Hongyen is consolidating Pacific Rim connections as 2 business management student at Capilano College. Li works at the China Enterprise Management Training Centre in Chengdu, Sichvan. He also works as a business writer for the Infor- mation Newspaper in Sichuan, China. 2 PCE COLONIAL SOFA & SWIVEL ROCKER Features no-sag springs and soft edge. . Upholstered in a durable nylon Malden cover. Choice of two decorator colours. MATTRESS & FOUNDATION Deluxe foam top, quilted ticking. 39" 2 ° pce. set $4 49 Not avatiable in Guitdtord Stove REG $769. Prices in effect while quantities last. «