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Speech at seminar about Mr. Zhang Jian in Haimen, China. 2009-04-17

Ladies and Gentlemen.

Good morning. My name is Jari Liu. I am from Sweden. I am very honored I am invited to join the international seminar about Mr. Zhang Jian, and I am given opportunity to address my congratulations.

I knew the name of Zhang Jian and Haimen from my Chinese wife Ruoyi. My wife is an excellent Chinese journalist. She once came to Haimen to report about the story of Zhang Jian. Zhang Jian's story got her great interest. Her enthusiasm also deeply affected me. Through the internet, I started to know that Mr. Zhang Jian was a great reformer, industrialist and educationalist. I have read about the history of the late Qing dynasty of China. I was surprised by Mr.Zhang Jian. It is incredible that Mr. Zhang Jian had such beautiful Chinese soul with people in his heart and, meanwhile he also had wonderful far sight international vision. In my opinion, any great figure of a nation is the treasure of this nation, but also the treasure of all human beings world.

My wife Ruoyi often tells me exciting stories about her jobs. Thanks to her I learned that China's reform and opening policy has been carried out 30 years. During the past three decades, every aspect of China has changed dramatically. At this time of last year I took my first trip to China, and this time is my fifth visit to China. I deeply feel the pace of China's development from my every visit. I think the seminar of Zhang Jian is held at the perfect time. Today the world is experiencing the economic crisis. It is necessary for the world to have a reformer like Mr. Zhang Jian, a reformer having a vision to promote the dialogue between the East and the West, to unite the human being together to walk forward for tomorrow.

During the past two months, my wife and I have searched for the information about Zhang Jian in the libraries Stockholm. Every time, when we found the information about Zhang Jian and his Swedish friends, even if only a little bit information, we feel very happy. One of Zhang Jian’s Swedish friends was Johan Gunnar Andersson. He was a famous geologist. He was invited by Mr. Zhang Jian to do some research on Chinese geology. Another Swedish friend of Zhang Jian was Von Heidenstam. He was invited by Zhang Jian to assist on water conservancy work in Nantong.

When I read this information that Swedish did some useful jobs for China, I feel very happy. I believe those Swedish also learned a lot from Mr. Zhang Jian. Today, I am standing here as an ordinary Swedish who loves Chinese culture, and respect Mr. Zhang Jian, I really appreciate the host of this international seminar. You give me a great opportunity to learn more about the Chinese people and Chinese history, meanwhile, I congratulate the opening ceremony of the International Symposium. I believe the seminar would be a big success.

Jari.Liu