OCTOBER 2001
A trade Mission to Jiangmen of nine, led by Dr. John Jang, went to Jiangmen to reach for business opportunities. The members included representatives of Riverside Community College and Center for International Trade Development.

APRIL 2-13, 2002
Blue Star Regiment Delegation from John W. North High School in Riverside spent five educational and exciting days in Jiangmen. The group included 82 students and 11 adults and was led by Dr. John Jang, Mr. Dale Kinnear and the Riverside Unified School District Superintendent, Dr. Susan Rainey. The Blue Star Regiment Band performed in Taishan City and Jiangmen City. Students stayed with host families and attended classes. The group also traveled to Beijing and Hong Kong.

APRIL 16-22, 2002
A 12-member Education Delegation from Jiangmen came to Riverside. Led by Deputy Director of Education Bureau of Jiangmen City Mr. Lu Xue Feng, the group joined the Riverside annual Orange Blossom Festival, visited Riverside Community College, University of California Riverside, and Riverside Unified School District. The Inland Chinese Association gave a beautiful farewell party for the group.

MAY 8-18, 2002
A 16-member Medical Delegation from Riverside County Medical Association spent five days in Jiangmen hosted by Jiangmen Central Hospital. The group was welcomed by Dr. Huang Hong Biao, President and Dr. Zhong Kaiyun, Director and Party Secretary. While there, the RCMA delegation provided numerous formal and informal medical education programs to the physicians and nurses from Jiangmen Central Hospital, including presentation on AIDS and Advances in Neurosurgery. In additional to visiting Jiangmen Central Hospital, the RCMA delegation also visited a traditional Chinese hospital observing acupuncture and other holistic medicine techniques as well as the viper unit for snakebites. The delegation was led by Dr. John Osborne, M. D., RCMA President and Dr. Steve Larson, M. D., Delegation Chair. The group also traveled to Beijing and Shanghai.

December 2, 2002
Dr. John and Holly Jang and Marylin and Lewis Jacobsen were honored guests at the 90th Anniversary Celebration of the founding of Jiangmen Central Hospital. They were recognized for their work in establishing the Friendship Cities relationship.

February 13, 2003
Two young pediatricians from China are spending three months in the Inland Empire as guests of Riverside County Medical Association. They are Dr. Ma Shaofeng, a pediatric surgeon, and Dr. Guo Qing-Yun, a neonatal and neurology specialist, at Jiangmen Central Hospital. They have extensive medical appointments and “shadowing” opportunities at area hospitals and doctors’ offices.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF JIANGMEN
Jiangmen (Rivergate) is on the West River, about a two-hour ride by ferry from Hong Kong. The city-proper has about 350,000 population, and the Jiangmen region (which includes five counties under the city) is about 4 million population. The area has extensive industry of many kinds: glass, exercise equipment, thread and fabric, batteries, photo processing, washing machines and air conditioners, and many other products both for sale within China and for export. Developing a network of highways is a major project. Citrus and other agriculture are important parts of the economy. The gross domestic product of the area has increased more than 20 percent in each of the last 10 years. Jiangmen is recognized as one of the key municipalities in the Pearl River (Canton) Delta in Guangdong Province. Approximately 45 percent of the Chinese American population in Southern California trace their family histories to Jiangmen.

ADDITIONAL RIVERSIDE CITY TIES: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COUNCIL
The Riverside-Jiangmen Friendship Committee is part of the International Relations Council. The City of Riverside also has sister-city ties to Sendai, Japan; Cuautla and Ensenada, Mexico; Kangnam-gu, Republic of Korea, and Hyderabad, India. Ties are being explored in South Africa. Riverside International Relations Council is the umbrella organization assisting all the sister-city affiliations.For information contact:

Marylin Jacobsen
Chairman, Riverside-Jiangmen Friendship Committee
and President, World Affairs Council of Inland Southern California,
and Director,RCC Center for International Students and Programs.
4800 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92506
(909) 222-8160 fax: (909) 222-8376

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