Institute of International Education

Institute of International Education
2008 U.S. Higher Education Fairs in China

Wuhan, China
March 11, 2008 (Tuesday)

China: Shenyang |Wuhan| Chengdu

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-	Fair Schedule
-	Fair Venue
-	Hotel Information
-	Shipping Information
-	Who Attends the Fair?

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Fair Schedule

Tentative Schedule:
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

Fair Venue

Wuhan Jin Jiang International Hotel No. 707 Jianshe Avenue Wuhan, Hubei, 430015 China Website: wuhan.jinjianghotels.com

Hotel Information

Wuhan Jin Jiang International Hotel
No. 707 Jianshe Avenue
Wuhan, Hubei, 430015
China
Website: wuhan.jinjianghotels.com

You can make room reservation at Wuhan Jin Jiang International Hotel by use of the attached Wuhan Fair Room Reservation Form. Please return the reservation to the hotel by email at reservation@wuhan.jinjianghotels.com. (Note: The room reservation must be received by hotel on / before March 1, 2008 in order to enjoy the special room rate.)

Shopping Information

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: Ms. Kitty Zhang, Director of Sales&Marketing
[Hold for the IIE Fair on March 11, 2008]
Wuhan Jin Jiang International Hotel
No. 707 Jianshe Avenue
Wuhan, Hubei, 430015
China
Tel: +86 27 8578 6888 Ext. 6360

Should you have any questions regarding the delivery of fair materials, you can contact Ms. Kitty Zhang at kitty.zhangxin@jinjianghotels.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?

No previous fair statistics are available as this is the first time that IIE has held the US Higher Education fair in Wuhan. However, statistics from fairs in other Chinese cities indicate that Chinese students are primarily interested in graduate level programs (masters and doctoral) in the US.

The majority of Chinese students study at the graduate level. 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:

Biology/Biological Science

Computer Science

Engineering

Business, Management and Marketing Math & Statistics

English

Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city in central China. It lies at the east of Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han River. Arising out of the conglomeration of three boroughs, Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang, Wuhan is known as the "thoroughfare of nine provinces"; it is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and expressways passing through the city. The city of Wuhan, first termed as such in 1927, has a population of approximately 9,100,000 people (2006), with about 6,100,000 residents in its metropolitan area. In the 1920s, Wuhan was the capital of a leftist Kuomintang (KMT) government led by Wang Jingwei in opposition to Chiang Kai-shek, now Wuhan is recognized as the political, economic, financial, cultural, educational and transportation center of central China.

Wuhan is the scientific and educational center in Central China, with 35 higher educational institutions such as Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, which cover all the fields of science and technology and employ elites and explorers in these fields. Wuhan has formed a comprehensive scientific and educational strength ranking the third in China with its main force: three national development zones and four scientific and technologic development parks as well as numerous enterprise incubators, over 350 research institutes, 1470 hi-tech enterprises, and over 400,000 experts and technicians.

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