2009 Winter Universiade Update: Official Welcome of FISU EC by Executive Vice-Governor of Heilongjiang Province
February 28th, 2008
FISU President Killian & Executive Vice-Governor of Heilongjiang Province Du Jiaho
Today, February 28th, the FISU President and the FISU Executive Committee members were officially welcomed to Harbin by Mr. Du Jiaho, the Executive Vice-Governor of the Heilongjiang Provincial Government. Present at today’s meeting also were Mr. Zhang Xinsheng, Vice-Minister of Education and FISU Vice-President and the leaders representing the departments of the Provincial Government of Heilongjiang and the Municipal Government of Harbin. Executive Vice-Governor Du Jiaho said that since the attribution of the Universiade, Harbin’s reputation in the world has been very much promoted. ‘By hosting this event we have been given a chance to contribute to the development of University Sports. All Heilongjiang’s 38 million citizens including Harbin’s 4 million people are attaching a lot of importance to work as the host of the 24th Winter Universiade.’
Counting down the days to the 2009 Winter Universiade
Ten days ago, the Harbin OC held the ‘One Year Count Down Ceremony’, to commemorate this ‘a counting-down board was erected at the centre square of Harbin to tell the citizens how much time is left, to encourage them in their work and therefore to lay a solid foundation for a successful staging of the Winter Universiade’, Mr. Du explained. With the strong support of the Central Government, Heilongjiang Province and Harbin City are investing their full strength on the preparation of the games.
Executive Vice-Governor of Heilongjiang Province Du Jiaho
FISU President George Killian
‘Thank you for inviting us’, Mr. Killian replied. ‘We are delighted to be in Harbin. As you know, for the last couple of days, FISU delegates have been working in Harbin, giving comments, but also appraisal of the work done so far’, Mr. Killian said to the Executive Vice-Governor, referring to the CSU and CTI meetings and inspection visits from February 25th to 27th. ‘We are confident in having a fruitful Executive Committee meeting here in Harbin and are already looking forward to return for the Winter Universiade next year.’
