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An Invitation to the 2013 Education Forum for Asia Annual Conference Oct. 24 -26, 2013, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, P. R. China Dear : It is our great pleasure to cordially invite you to participate in the 2013 Education Forum for Asia Annual Conference, which will be held from October 24-26, 2013 in Chengdu City with the support of Boao Forum for Asia, Ministry of Education of China, Sichuan Provincial People’s Government. This year’s event will be hosted by Chinese National Commission for UNESCO，Chengdu Municipal Government， Sichuan Bureau of Expo Affairs，Education Department of Sichuan Province, and will be organized by Education Forum for Asia，Chengdu Bureau of Expo Affairs，Chengdu Education Bureau. An historical Memoir providing background information on the Forum is enclosed for your reference. 2012 Education Forum for Asia Annual Conference in Chengdu proved to be a very successful attempt: Being one of the important activities associated with the Thirteenth Western China International Fair, the forum invited over 400 delegates from nearly 30 countries and regions from around Asia and the world; During the conference, the attendees showed their strong desire to enhance the cooperation among countries and they spoke highly of the initiators and the hosts. They also showed their deepest wish that the Conference can be held annually and continue to realize its mission of building bridges for the international cooperation and exchanges in Asian education. With the view to further strengthen the previous achievements, the 2013 Annual conference will bring together nearly 500 guests, both from China and abroad, including forum initiators, former politicians, educational officials, ambassadors and counselors, representatives of international organizations and foundations, educators, experts and representatives from educational institutions, and business leaders. The theme is “Green Education and Sustainable Development.” There will also be eight parallel meetings, namely: Education and the Globalizing Development of Urbanization, Ecological Education and Sustainable Development, Education Charity, Art Education and Culture Development Education, Vocational Education, Private Education, Early Childhood Education, and Media Education. In addition, the 8th Asian Student’s Photography Exhibition, which is jointly organized by Education Forum for Asia, China Youth Daily and China University Media Union and Chengdu Municipal Bureau, will be held during the conference period. The Education Forum for Asia will mark its 10th anniversary of it’s initiation this December. the whole organizing committee of Education Forum for Asia, are very appreciative of your generous contribution and unstinting support for us over the past days. With a clear vision for the next ten years we are sure that the Education Forum for Asia will go on to provide real benefits to the people it seeks to serve – notably improving access to basic education and educational opportunities for disadvantaged children across the region; seeking to assist populations adjust to the rapidly changing work environment and, promoting a more relevant, more dynamic, and higher quality of Education in Asia. We are honored to invite you to take part in 2013 EFA Annual Conference. Please send the RSVP form (see the following appendix) to Education Forum for Asia before September 10th so that timely preparations can be made for your attendance at the 2013 Education Forum for Asia Annual Conference. We look forward to meeting you and hope that we can work together to build bridges for Asian education.
Yao Wang 
Senior Director of Boao Forum for Asia |
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