TAG FORUM

April 1. 2012

CHINA IN THE NEW TRANSITION

H.E. Dr. Yue Xiaoyon

Introduction by Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

Scholar, diplomat, researcher, financial expert, strategist, planner, politician.

Another Oxford graduate (a follow up to HRH Prince Hassan speech here last week).

From China, to the UK, to USA, to Qatar, to Amman.

Phd in law, studies in finance, politics, international relations.

I enjoy the intellectual challenges you pose to me (Mr. X,Y,Z)

But above all I proud of you as a friend.

And thanks for honouring TAG FORUM with your Excellency's first public appearance.

Our China Connection

In our partnership with China we feel like the "ant" partnering with the "elephant". Yet we are very proud to be the ant in this connection.

We are proud that Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property is the only Non Chinese entity to be licensed as Intellectual Property Rights foreign office in China since 2003.

We are proud to be partners with Confucius institute (in teaching Chinese and as anaccredited examination center)

Proud that Confucius institute donated our TAG-Confucius ten thousand Chinese books for our students and visitors.

Proud, and envious, that my grand children speak Chinese.

Proud to render visa services to your Embassy

Proud to provide support for Chinese exhibitions

Proud to organize and celebratewith you your Chinese official events

Proud of our association with theChinese news agency

Proud to continue to provide the China Trademark Association and State Intellectual Property office with advice on TM and copyright regulations and updates in the Middle East.

Proud that on March 21, 2012, international MBA students from Nanchang University visited our Shanghai office as part of their study tour and used AGIP China and TAGOrg as a model for successful international organizations/corporation working in China.

Proud that through our partnership with Shenyang Normal University for teaching Chinese language and culture at TAG Confucius, we also provide:

Scholarships and summer camps for TAG Confucius students, and organize cultural activates such as the musical performance troop.

Proud that I was the first non Chinese to give a commencement speech at SYNU graduation in 2009 (over 10,000 graduates in hall and many more outside).

And proud that the corporate global virtual "University of TAG" plans soon to teach online Chinese all over the world, and Arabic and English in China and the rest of the world through its digital "TAG Languages Academy" led by its Director H.E. Dr. Nabil Al-Sharif.

Your speech today

China in the New Transition! What a theme!

This cuts across every thing and every body.

Perhaps you could also comment on the BRICS meeting in Delhi last week

And thanks for accepting to take questions

The floor is yours and we are all ears.