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Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong
Of the People's Republic of China to the United States
"The US
and China
in the New Millennium"
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Henry Clay
Building,
4th Floor
604 South 3rd Street
Louisville,
Kentucky
Tickets
are $30 per person and
include lunch
Buy Tickets Now
Tickets Must Be Purchased by July 21, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.
NO
TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR
On July 23, 2008,
the World Affairs Council of Kentucky/Southern
Indiana and ResCare will present guest speaker His Excellency Zhou
Wenzhong, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's
Republic of China to
the United States of
America, as part of the Council's
Special Events Series.
Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong was appointed as China's
Ambassador to the United
States in 2005. Prior to his
appointment he was Vice Minister of foreign affairs of China.
Zhou, born in east China's
Jiangsu Province in August 1945, began his
diplomatic career as a staff member of the Beijing Diplomatic Service
Bureau from 1970 to 1973. From 1973 to 1975, Zhou studied at Bath University
and London School of Economics in the UK.
After his return from Britain, he worked in the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and was posted abroad on several missions, including as Attaché
and then Third Secretary of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the
United States from 1978 to 1983, Deputy Consul General of China in San
Francisco from 1987 to 1990, Ambassador of China to Barbados and Antigua
and Barbuda from 1990 to 1993, Consul General of China in Los Angeles
from 1994 to 1995 and Minister and DCM of the Embassy of China in the
United States from 1995 to 1998. He served as Ambassador of China to the
Commonwealth of Australia from 1998 to 2001.
Ticket
Information: To purchase your
tickets by phone using your credit card, call the World Affairs Council
at (502) 561-5422. Tickets are $30/person and include lunch. Tickets may
be also be purchased online at www.worldkentucky.org with your Visa,
Discover, American Express or MasterCard . Tickets must be purchased
by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, July 21, 2008. NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT
THE DOOR.
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