Foreigners Honored for Contributing to Nations Development

BEIJING, September 29 (Xinhua)

The Chinese government Wednesday honored 50 foreign experts from 16 countries for their outstanding contributions to Chinas development.

"Chinas modernization and its fight against the financial crisis have been helped by foreign experts wisdom," Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang said at the annual "Friendship Award" ceremony.

Congratulating all honored experts, Zhang said China will adopt more open policies to attract overseas talent and boost international cooperation.

"We will continuously innovate talent-related systems and improve laws and regulations to build an open environment where foreign experts can live and work comfortably and happily," Zhang said.

Zhang encouraged foreign experts, overseas Chinese, and international friends to take part in Chinas modernization and boost friendship between the Chinese people and the world.

The foreign experts recognized work in industry, agriculture, energy and environment protection, education, science and technology, health care and sports.

"Chinas Friendship Award is important, not simply because it recognizes contributions made by foreign experts, but because it serves as a statement of what is important to China. It reflects the commitment of government leaders to the future vitality of the country," said American David Heath, an award winner.

Heath said he hopes Chinas commitment to collaboration and intellectual exchange will be even greater in the future.

"We are honored to have been a part of Chinas remarkable history and remain committed to its future," Heath said.

Foreign experts working China totaled 480,000 person-trips in 2009,compared with fewer than 10,000 at the end of the 1980s.

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外国专家因突出贡献被授予“国家友谊奖”

    本周三，来自16个国家的外国专家由于在我国的经济建设和社会发展中所做的突出贡献获得了中国政府的表彰。

       “中国现代化建设取得的辉煌成就，中国应对国际金融危机取得的显著成效，饱含着外国专家的智慧和心血，闪耀着外国专家的知识和智力光芒。”国务院副总理张德江在“友谊奖”颁奖大会说。

       在祝贺所有获奖专家的同时，张德江指出，中国政府将实施更加开放的人才政策，积极引进海外人才和海外智力，进一步加强国际交流合作。

       张德江强调说：“我们将不断创新体制机制，完善政策法规，努力营造一个的开放型人才政策环境，让外国专家在华生活开心、工作舒心、事业顺心。”他欢迎更多的外国专家、海外华人华侨专家和国际友人，以各种方式参与中国的现代化建设，以各种途径增进中国人民与世界各国人民的友谊。

      此次获奖的外国专家主要从事于我国工业、农业、能源环保、教育、科技、医疗卫生和文化体育等行业领域，并取得了重要的成果。

    “中国的‘友谊奖’是一个重要奖项，它不仅体现了中国对外国专家所做贡献的充分认可，更能使人看到中国重视的是什么，它反映着中国政府领导人加强国家未来发展活力的决心。”来自美国的获奖专家大卫?黑斯在发言中说。

   他希望中国未来的对外智力交流与合作百尺竿头，更进一步。黑斯说：“我们为自己成为中国历史发展中的一员感到无比自豪，我们将继续努力，共同创造中国的美好未来。”

   上世纪80年代末在华工作外国专家人数不到10000人，2009年已达480000人。

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