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Yu Tao, Dalian Vice Secretary-General and Josai Visiting Professor, Comes to Campus, Gives Lecture

On October 30, 2013, Vice Secretary-General of Dalian Municipal People’s Government and Josai Visiting Professor Yu Tao came to our Tokyo Kioicho Campus where she delivered a lecture.

Ms. Yu has been involved in work in a great number of fields over the years including economics, culture, welfare, medicine, and education and has made significant contributions to academic exchange between Dalian and Josai University and Josai International University as well as cultural exchange between Dalian and Japan. She also provided tremendous cooperation and support in hosting and organizing events in which both universities have participated such as the Dalian, China Internship Program, the Josai-Dalian-Northeastern Alumni Association, and the Josai Executive Program for Women’s Empowerment and Leadership (JEWEL). For the Dalian, China Internship Program, Ms. Yu provided important introductions to various hospitals and retirement homes where the training took place. She also served as an advising instructor for the JEWEL program, which was highly regarded by participants as, “an excellent opportunity to observe the startling economic development taking place in Dalian as well as China at large.”

Ms. Yu’s lecture, which took place at the 3rd building of Josai’s Tokyo Kioicho Campus, was titled “The Present Condition and Future Prospects of Dalian” and used the most recent data to discuss Dalian’s present economic situation and future outlook. In so doing, Ms. Yu addressed―in fluent Japanese before a large audience of students and faculty, including Chancellor Noriko Mizuta―the rapid growth of the elderly population in Dalian and the state of caregiving to stress the necessity of bolstering social welfare measures. She also discussed female social status and employment opportunities and opportunities for career advancement based on her own wealth of experience. In the Q&A that followed, Ms. Yu provided thoughtful answers to a variety of inquiries on women’s working environment and the state of female employment in China, the future of the BPO (business process outsourcing) industry in Dalian, and the potential relaxing of China’s one-child policy.

A reception was held after the lecture, giving Josai and Chinese exchange students an opportunity to interact in the presence of Ms. Yu.

Ms. Yu delivers her lecture

Ms. Yu delivers her lecture

The lecture before a large audience of students

The lecture before a large audience of students

Chancellor Mizuta delivers opening remarks

Chancellor Mizuta delivers opening remarks


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