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Institute of International
Education
2008 U.S. Higher Education Fairs in
China
Chengdu, China
March 13, 2008 (Thursday)
China: Shenyang |Wuhan| Chengdu
Click here for general information about China and Chengdu
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| Fair
Schedule |
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| 3:00 pm |
Registration opens for participating college
respresentatives |
| 4:00 pm |
Country Briefing and Dinner |
| 6:00 pm |
Fair Opens to the Public |
| 9:00 pm |
Fair Ends |
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| Fair
Venue |
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Crowne Plaza Chengdu
31 Zong Fu Street
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610016
China
Website: www.ihg.com |
| Hotel Information |
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Crowne Plaza Chengdu
31 Zong Fu Street
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610016
China
Website: www.ihg.com
You can make room reservation at Crowne Plaza Chengdu by
use of the attached Chengdu Fair Room Reservation Form.
You can return the reservation form to the hotel by email
at Susie.liu@ihg.com.
(Note: The room reservation must be received by hotel on
/ before March 1, 2008 in order to enjoy the special
room rate.) |
| Shipping Information |
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Please work with your courier to ship the fair materials
directly to the fair venue. Please make sure you have included
the following information on your boxes so that the hotel
staff will hold your boxes for the fair:
ATTN: Susie Liu, Assistant Crowne Meeting Director
[Hold for the IIE Fair on March 13, 2008]
Crowne Plaza Chengdu
31 Zong Fu Street
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610016
China
Tel: +86 28 8678 6666
Should you have any questions regarding the delivery of
fair materials, you can contact Ms. Susie Liu at Susie.liu@ihg.com.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please make sure your carrier is able to
clear customs in the countries you ship to, and make sure
they can take care of duty and taxes for you. Please do
NOT ship your materials as "cargo" or "door-to-airport"
because these services generally do NOT include customs
clearance. Neither IIE nor the hotel will be able to assist
if your packages are delayed in customs or undeliverable
due to improper labeling. |
| Who Attends the Fair? |
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No previous fair statistics are available as this is the first time that IIE has held the US Higher Education fair in Chengdu. Statistics from the previous fairs in China and Open Doors reports indicate that although Chinese students are primarily interested in graduate programs, there has been a strong trend of students’ looking into undergraduate studies. In 2006/07, their breakdown was as follows:
14.7% undergraduate
70.8% graduate students
10.6% other
3.8% OPT (Optional Practical Training)
Popular courses include:
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Biology/Biological Science |
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Computer Science |
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Engineering |
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Business, Management and Marketing Math &
Statistics |
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English |
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Art and Design
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Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan (old spelling: Szechwan) Province, is the most important commercial center in West China. Many important economic centers, communication and transportation areas are located here. This metropolis of 10.44 million lies 1,500 miles from China’s eastern seaboard. The city has a market reach of 200 million consumers and it is the distribution center for southwest China encompassing Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces, and the Municipality of Chongqing. Sichuan Province boasts one of the most diversified industrial bases in the country and Chengdu is a key manufacturing center for the electronics, machinery, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, metallurgy and food processing industries. The IT industry has been designated as the Number One Project for growth in Sichuan Province. Sichuan is also the national headquarters for feed grain companies. In 2003, the city of Chengdu had a GDP of RMB 187.08 billion ($22.6 billion), a 13% increase over 2002.
Chengdu is the scientific and educational center in Southwest China. There have been 38 ordinary collages and universities, 15 other higher education institutions, 50 colleges and universities engaged in adult higher education (including 22 adult education collages), 299 doctor tutoring stations and 619 master tutoring stations, 143 ordinary senior middle-schools, 381 ordinary junior middle-schools, 1,416 ordinary primary schools (including pilot schooling stations), 1,797 kindergartens, 13 special education schools, 122 secondary vocational schools, 694 varied training institutions, 21 community education agencies, 185 citizen education agencies, 117 varied science/technology research institutes, 1 juvenile hi-tech park, 18 juvenile training center, 15 culture exhibition halls, 11 museums, 17 public libraries and 398 cultural activity stations. Such educational and cultural institutions mentioned above provide compulsory education, volunteered education, vocational education, ordinary education and adult education, laying firm foundation for building up life education system and learning-orientated city. Prestigious universities include Sichuan University, Southwest Jiaotong University, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Southwest University of Finance and Economics, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Sichuan Normal University and Sichuan Fine Arts Institute.
There is a Consulate General of the United States of America in Chengdu.
Click here for more information.
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