ISSN 1039-3498 | no. 45 | June 2000
Minister for Culture, China visits National Library
Pictured, from left: HE Mr Sun Jiazheng with National Library staff Di Ouyang (demonstrating the CJK Service), Ching Sun, Pam Gatenby, Marie Sexton and David Toll. Photograph: Loui Seselja
His Excellency Mr Sun Jiazheng, Minister for Culture, China visited the National Library on 17 April, as part of a trip to Australia formally hosted by Senator the Hon. Richard Alston, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
The delegation of seven senior officials led by Mr Sun was primarily interested in ways of expanding cultural relations between China and Australia.
At the Library the delegation showed great interest in a number of areas and developments including the Chinese Australian Oral History Project, the Asian Collections and the Australian National Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) Service.
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