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Submission from Glasgow City Council SUBMISSION FROM GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL History Glasgow – Dalian Relations • Glasgow has been twinned with Dalian in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since 1987. Since that time there have been a number of visits on each side, on roughly an annual basis. • The link between the two cities accords with the China policies of the international community; the EU; and the UK and the Scottish Governments. • The earliest outward delegations, e.g., those led by the then Lord Provost (Susan Baird) and Leader of the Council (Pat Lally), made important links and identified opportunities for Glasgow companies, especially in the engineering sector (power generation, pumps etc.) • In 1989, the Tiananmen Square demonstration and subsequent repression of dissent took place. At that time, the Labour Group discussed the Council’s relationship with Dalian and with the PRC in general, and took a decision to continue with the existing policy. • In subsequent years, the twin city relationship has continued with a regular programme of activities in each city. These were latterly based around arts and culture events, as well as activities with young people. • Lord Provosts Alex Mosson and Liz Cameron made particular efforts to build the relationship, with both visiting Dalian and reciprocally welcoming VIPs to Glasgow. The most prominent of these was the former mayor of Dalian, Mr Bo Xilai, who has already served as Minister of Commerce for the People’s Republic and is expected to be extremely influential in the national government in future years. 2008 Visit • The Lord Provost led a delegation to Dalian and Beijing in April 2008. The visit was a year in the planning and focussed on two main areas of interest for Glasgow:- Education • developing existing contacts, particularly between secondary schools in Dalian and Glasgow. Sport • exploring potential for establishing a badminton coaching exchange programme between sports schools in Dalian and Glasgow. • Exchanging knowledge and expertise in the planning and management of large sporting events, particularly in relation to the 2014 Commonwealth Games. • Discussing how to integrate culture with sport, particularly at large scale sporting events • Establishing contact with Dalian Shide FC to explore possible cooperation with Scottish football clubs aiming to establish themselves commercially in the markets of the Far East. The Lord Provost also visited the British Embassy in Beijing. This offered an opportunity to discuss current and continuing issues at the most senior level. Outcomes of visit • Confucius Classroom The Confucius Classroom Hub will be launched in February 2009, centred in Hillhead Secondary School. Mandarin Chinese is already being successfully taught from S1 in Hillhead, with interestingly increasing numbers of Scottish, i.e. non Chinese background young people studying the language. There is a full time Chinese teacher, and it is intended that the Hub will build on existing good practice. The Hub is not just about language teaching but also about increasing cultural awareness. The area in which the school is situated contains the largest numbers of Chinese families in Scotland. There is a clear vision and enthusiasm for the furtherance of Chinese language and culture both at school and at local authority levels. The ICT support is already in place. The school has a very well established website offering a variety of support and informative links for Chinese. www.hillheadhighchinese.ik.org Glasgow considers the expansion of language teaching to include Chinese not simply as a means of supporting existing community languages. It is hoped that this development can be linked with enterprise, in order that learners may appreciate that they are global citizens in a situation where China will, in all likelihood, dominate the world markets. More productive trade links may be an outcome of the development of cultural awareness through the establishment of a Confucius Classroom in Glasgow City. Following the Lord Provost’s visit, discussions are currently underway on developing an exchange programme involving the Confucius Classroom and a Middle school in Dalian. • Glasgow School of Sport (GSOS) – Badminton Coaching programme Glasgow School of Sport will welcome a small delegation of top level badminton coaches from Dalian in 2009 to progress a badminton coaching exchange programme. This follows a series of meetings with sports officials during the Lord Provost’s visit to Dalian. It is hoped that the programme will also include an exchange of sports pupils, although this is greatly dependant on available funding. • Football links Ongoing dialogue between Glasgow and Dalian to further explore how best to exploit the footballing background of both cities. • Delegations In addition to these ongoing projects, Glasgow has also hosted a number of delegations from Dalian, the most recent being a high level delegation from the Dalian Water Affairs Bureau. Discussions are currently ongoing with Scottish Water to ascertain how they might exchange knowledge and expertise. Influence of Scotland China Plan Glasgow City Council acknowledges that the Scottish Government’s Scotland China Plan makes a particular point of encouraging public sector involvement with counterparts in China, and specifically quotes relations between Glasgow and Dalian as part of the increasing activity of that kind. In terms of the particular objectives of the Plan, some are more appropriate for Glasgow’s needs than others, i.e. Objective 1 – Increase Chinese Language learning and learning about China in Scottish Schools. Whilst the range of initiatives within the Plan supports the above objective, there would not appear to be any sources of additional funding to enable schools to participate in exchange programmes with Chinese schools. Glasgow City Council is well placed to identify appropriate schools in Dalian and to set up and manage an exchange programme. However, due to the costs involved, it is unlikely that schools would be able to take full advantage of the twinning link. An online hub to support teaching of Chinese language and culture in Scotland is an admirable aim but is no substitute for absorbing language and culture at first hand by visiting the country. Objectives 5 – Encourage greater internationalisation of Scottish companies in China Objective 6 – Expand connections between businesses in Scotland and China Glasgow City Council welcomes any initiatives which aim to identify and develop opportunities for Scottish companies. As there are already a number of organisations responsible for developing trade initiatives, it may be helpful to explore in greater detail how best to maximise the business and trade links which local authorities have with municipalities in China. Objective 7 – Develop understanding of Scotland’s national identity through raising awareness of Scottish culture in China Glasgow is particularly interested in the possibility of establishing creative exchanges in terms of digital animation and welcomes the Parliament’s support for the development of creative industries’ engagement in China. Human rights in China Para. 14 states “Scottish Ministers will take the opportunity to raise with appropriate senior Chinese figures concerns about Human Rights in China. We will encourage Scottish organisations to engage in programmes in China which are designed to have positive impact on human rights” Glasgow City Council acknowledges the issue of human rights in China and has opted for a policy of engagement with China. The Council is aware of the work being undertaken by the Active Learning Centre, based at the University of Glasgow who offer 3 month residential Chevening Fellowship courses to progressive reformists in influential positions in China. Additional resources would enable the Centre to build on these contacts and to maximise the influence they might have on their return to China. Gillian Walsh International Officer Lord Provost & International Office Glasgow City Council November 2008 .
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