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Issue: 1154 Date: 10/4/2012
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Rural Development Meets With Chinese Delegation
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| Members of the China Executive Leadership Program and Agricultural Development Bank of China pictured with staff from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rural Development recently hosted the Chinese Delegation in partnership with the University, which has a program to bring delegates to the U.S. to share information about finance and agricultural issues. |
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by Kristen Grifka, RBS, and Cheryl Gamboney, LAPAS
On September 17, 2012, several USDA Rural Development employees met with a delegation of leaders from the Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC) to discuss how RD facilitates rural community and economic development. Staff from RBS, RHS and RUS described the variety of programs and forms of assistance that RD uses to support communities so they are self-sustaining and thriving.
This visit was one of many that Rural Development has hosted in partnership with the University of Illinois, which has a program that brings delegates from ADBC
to the U.S. to learn about a variety of financial and agricultural programs.
During the meetings with RD, delegates discuss their interests and concerns as they relate to real questions and problems facing China.
The delegation members came from provinces in China that grow diverse crops including rice, corn, wheat, sorghum, soy, fruit and potatoes, in addition to unique products including grapes, pears, pomegranates and tea. The ADBC is interested in learning from us ways that it can support agricultural production as well as how it can strengthen its rural communities in China.
Since January, Rural Development staff have met with delegations from the Republic of Georgia, Turkey, Russia, Iraq, Croatia, Philippines, Africa and a group of six European Countries representing
the European Union, to learn about sustainable economic development in the U.S.,
public/private partnerships to increase economic development in rural areas,
economic diversification in one-industry towns, explore the links between
innovation and regional economic development in the U.S., share best practices
and discuss successes and challenges. Delegations were comprised mostly of
regional and local political leaders, and economic development and innovation
leaders, including government department heads, chamber of commerce representatives and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) leaders.
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