Fun-Den Wang, CORE’s Chairman, Gave a Speech at Expo 2005 2005-07-11   Under the leadership of the Ministry of Education of PRC, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, and the Beijing People’s Municipal Government, the Beijing Municipal Education Commission opened the Beijing International Education Expo 2005 (called Expo 2005) on the afternoon of July 9, 2005 in the China International Exhibition Center of Beijing. Expo 2005 continues its successful mission of “Opening-up, Cooperation, and Development”, and consists of 6 major activities. They are the Meeting of Internationally Well-known Universities in Beijing, the International Educational Exhibition, International Educational Forums, the Modern Educational Technology and Facilities Fair, the Education Fair & Conference for Educational Cooperation Programs, and Lectures on Study Abroad Services. More than 500 educational organizations and educational-products enterprises, from America, Britain, Canada, Malaysia, South Korea, Africa, and some provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities of Mainland China and Hong Kong attended Expo 2005. CORE’s Chairman Dr. Fun-Den Wang was invited to give a presentation as a keynote speaker. His presentation topic was “Global Educational Resources and CORE OCW in China.” In his speech, Dr. Wang began with a brief introduction of global educational resources (GER), OCW’s key role in the movement of open sharing of global educational resources, and organizations that have been promoting OCW in the world. He, also, in more detail, introduced the specific work that CORE is doing in to promote OCW in China, such as CORE’s Lead Universities, translations of excellent courses from English to Chinese and from Chinese to English, CORE’s member universities, and CORE’s website and so on. Dr. Wang reported on the cooperation between CORE and MIT and other universities from abroad in order to introduce their open sharing educational materials into China. We believe that Dr. Wang’s presentation and CORE’s work must play an indelible role in open sharing of educational resources globally and developing OCW in China. Expo 2005 is an important program for the Beijing Municipal Education Commission to fulfill the tenets of the Beijing Education Conference, enlarge educational opening and reform, and promote Beijing’s competitive ability in international education. It is a wonderful educational conference for educators and Beijing citizens and follows the successful Expo 2004. Expo 2005 will end on July 11, 2005.           close