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SEMINARDATE Wednesday 3th amp Thursday 4th of September 2014

LOCATION Beijing (China)Jinma Hotel No38 Xueqing Road - Jinma Mansion Suit AHaidian District

ORGANISATION Flemish Land Agency (VLM) amp Chinese Agriculture University (CAU) REGISTER NOW

Future approaches on rural development based on a ten-year Sino-Belgium cooperation

The Flemish Land Agency (VLM Belgium) and the Chinese Agriculture University (CAU China) in cooperation with the Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Center in Beijing (LCRC China) and the Ghent University (UGent Belgium) are pleased to invite you to a two-day seminar on rural developmentImproving the quality of rural and peri-urban areas is a universal challenge Land development projects should be sustainable integrated and comprehensive in order to find a balanced mix of agriculture nature industry housing recreation and culture New rural policies land management tools and scientific insights and innovation on environmental management require a dynamic and integrated approach

Since 2004 similar land administrations and scientific institutions from Belgium and China face these challenges together and share their know-ledge and experience

Learn from their experiences and discuss the future challenges on rural and peri-urban development during this Sino-Belgian seminar on rural development

Plenary speeches on rural development9h00-9h10 Policy Welcome by prof Tao Wang vice president China Agricultural University (CAU)9h10-9h25 Mr Michel Malherbe Belgian Ambassador to China 9h25-9h45 Ms Carmen Cano de Lasala deputy head EU Delegation to China 9h45-10h05 Representative directorate-general Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) China10h05-10h25 Land

administrationir Toon Denys CEO Flemish Land Agency (VLM) Belgium

10h25-10h45 Ms Luo Ming deputy director general of Land consolidation and Rehabilitation Center (LCRC) China

10h45-11h20 Typical Chinese break11h20-11h40 Science Prof Li Daoliang China Agricultural University (CAU) 11h40-12h00 Prof Guido Van Huylenbroeck dean Faculty Bioscience Engineering

Ghent University Belgium 12h00-14h00 Lunch

PROGRAMME

Wednesday September 3 2014

Parallel sessions with discussion14h00-16h30 1 Integrated

land consolidation2 Applied scientific research

on rural development3 Peri-urban development

16h30-17h00 Typical Belgian break17h00-17h40 Plenary report on the three main topics17h40-18h00 Seminar conclusion

ThursdaySeptember 4 2014

Field visit in Hebei guided by the Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Center (LCRC) in China

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PRE-REGISTRATION

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MORE INFORMATION

The official language of the seminar is English and Chinese (always simultaneous translation)

Free for invitees

European and Flemish contact Ms Joy Laquiegravere - tel 0032 485617681 - e-mail joylaquierevlmbe Chinese contact Mr Lihong Shen - tel 0086 10 62737994 - e-mail hnslhcaueducn

FLEMISHLANDAGENCY

VLM CAU LCRC UGent