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Seminar on Non-timber Forest Products (Bamboo) Development for Officials from Developing
                                       Countries
                               (Oct. 26 ～Nov. 15, 2009)

     Seminar on Non-timber Forest Products (Bamboo) Development for Officials from
Developing Countries is sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), P. R.
China and hosted by China National Bamboo Research Center (CBRC).
     Bamboo is the globally largest and key Non-timber Forest Product for its being
rapid-growth, short-cycle, versatile, renewable, especially a harmonious value cluster in
soci-economy and ecology and reputed well as “Timber for The Poor”. China, known
as a "Bamboo Kingdom", is not only the biggest country of bamboo resources, but also
has art-of-the-state technology, sustainable management, and rich experience in
bamboo resources utilization, or in an internationally advanced position in many areas
of bamboo. Through 40 years’ painstaking efforts, China has acchieved tremendously in
bamboo plantation management and integrated processing and utilization on an
industrialization and commercial scale, and is playing very active and important roles in
poverty alleviation for well-being, women employment, forestry products supply,
ecological environment improvement. At present, China’s bamboo sector is growing
into a booming and sun rising industry streamlined from cultivation, integrated
processing into export, and becoming a pillar of the agricultural economy. Its total
production value in China in 2007 is over US$ 8.5 billion, in which 1.1 US$ billion
from export value. It is believed that bamboo plays an incredible role in improving
globally sustainable forest development and maximizing its value of soci-economy and
ecology.

     Headquartered in Hangzhou, a picturesque city and one of China's most famous
and dynamic bamboo areas, CBRC was established in 1988                 by the State
Administration of Forestry (SAF). It has 3 Missions as enshrined by the Ministry of
Science and Technology, and SAF: (a) Bamboo R.&D.internationally and domestically;
(b) International bamboo training and cooperation; and (c) Bamboo industrialization.
CBRC’s headquarter---China Bamboo Plaza has 20,000 ㎡ and is equipped with labs
for bamboo processing, cultivation and bio-tech., 4-star international training/
conference and accomodation facilities. CBRC has 2 own field bamboo experiment
Stations/Bases: for Bamboo High-yield Cultivation and Hi-tech Processing respectively.
Over 40 training spots all around China set up. Now CBRC carries out the bamboo R.
& D. projects funded by the state, ministerial, provincial levels and by enterprises,
therefore it greatly contributes to the growth of China’s bamboo sector. CBRC also
conducts widely international R. & D. on bamboo with over 30 countries as Rwanda,
Uganda, Ghana, India, Viet Nam, Australia, Japan, the U.S.A, Germany etc., which has
greatly promoted the bamboo industry development in these countries.

     In order to disseminate bamboo technologies, CBRC has already held with great
success 27 training courses/workshops entrusted by the MOFCOM, P. R. China, United
Nations Development Program (UNDP) etc. So far, around 900 participants from nearly
90 countries have been well trained and played an important role in their bamboo
development.

     In this context, the Chinese Government (MOFCOM) entrusts CBRC to host
“2009 Seminar on Non-timber Forest Products (Bamboo) Development for Officials from
Developing Countries” to improve the development of international bamboo sector and to
deepen the south-south cooperation.

1. Objectives
   (a) a good awareness on the update of bamboo sector and forestry in China and the
world; (b) a master of the approach of how to develop bamboo industry from
cultivation, processing and integrated utilization,marketing and government
administration, etc.; (c) improving capability on how to tap the potential of their rich
bamboo resources for soci-economic development and ecological protection; (d)
creating a platform and chance leading to further fruitful mutual economic and
technological cooperation among China and participants’ countries.

2. Date and Duration
   It will be held from Oct. 26 to Nov.15, 2009, or 3 weeks in Hangzhou. It is around
25℃ in Zhejiang province and Shanghai.

3. Venue
     China National Bamboo Research Center (CBRC)
     No. 310, Wenyi Rd., Hangzhou, 310012
     Zhejiang Province
     P.R. China

4. Main Course Contents
     1.General situation and the latest situation of bamboo, forestry, agriculture and
environmental protection in China.
      2.Bamboo sector outline in China and the world, including its resources,
cultivation, processing, utilization and research; bamboo biology, taxonomy and
ecology, bamboo propagation, bamboo plantation establishment for shoot, for timber,
for both shoot and timber, coastal bamboo forest for shelter, bamboo forest for water
preservation, for water & soil preservation, for ecological protection, for ornamentation,
for pulping); low-yield bamboo forest improvement, bamboo intensive and directional
cultivation and management for high-yield and high quality timber and shoots,
sustainable and ecological cultivation of bamboo plantation, bamboo pest prevention
and control, bamboo shoot production, harvesting, freshness preservation and
processing. Bamboo timber processing and utilization, including its traditional
utilization for daily-used articles and building and more modern production
technology for high-valued and commercial bamboo products: bamboo floor, bamboo
& wood composite floor, building modules panel, man-made bamboo boards for
vehicles/trains/containers/furniture, machine-made bamboo mat/curtain/cushions and
its derivatives for all kinds of household use; bamboo timber preservation; bamboo
charcoal for fuel/active charcoal, bamboo pulp and paper; bamboo vinegar, bamboo
healthcare products and medicine, bamboo fiber and fabric, bamboo building material
like corrugated sheet etc, integrated processing and utilization of bamboo timber.
International bamboo market, marvelous bamboo role in soci-economic development,
government administration and initiative for promotion of bamboo sector etc.

5. Training Methods
     Famous experts, professors, academicians from bamboo and forestry, managers
from bamboo processing factories, plantations,and government officials in forestry
/bamboo all over China would be invited to offer lectures at CBRC. Training is
composed of in-class lectures, field tours, practicing, and follow-up discussion, etc.

6. Work Language
    English required, but accepted in case participants speak little English but good
Spanish or French.

7. Participant’s Qualifications and Requirements for Admission
     Participants are requested:
     1) To be nominated by his/her related governmental department or employer;
     2) To be younger than 55 years old;
    3) To be in good health conditions, without infectious diseases and not handicapped.
Able to finish all course activities physically;
     4) To prepare a report on bamboo (forestry) in participant’s country for proper
communication;
     5) Not bringing family members to the training course; and
     6) To observe all the laws, rules and regulations of P. R. China and respect the
Chinese customs during the training period.

8. Training Expenses
     1) The expenses of seminar during stay in China, e.g. boarding and lodging, local
transportation will be borne by the Chinese Government and distributed by CBRC, with
a pocket money of RMB 80 Yuan per person per day.
     2) The international travel costs including round trip tickets and the transit fares
will be paid by the Chinese Government through the Economic and Commercial
Counselor’s Office of the Chinese Embassy.
    3) The expenses of accidental medical care, accidental insurance during the training
period in China will be borne by the Chinese Government
    4) The below expenses should be paid by participants:
    Passport visa including transit to China; Charge for over- weight baggage or retuned
change fee of air ticket by personal reasons; Telecommunication fee; Costs except for
China’s arrangement (entertainment, glasses, tooth, hair cutting, check and treatment
for chronic disease, earlier arriving or later departure by personal reasons, etc）.

9.Application and Admission
    The participant should be nominated by his/her Government. The nominated
participant is requested to fill up the Application Forms, which should be endorsed by
the concerned Government departments, and submit it to the Economic and
Commercial Counselor’s Office of the Chinese Embassy (ECCOCE) for approval and
with copies to International Cooperation Division.
     After approved by ECCOEC, Admission Notices will be issued to the accepted
participants by the ECCOCE through the related governmental departments of the
participants, or directly to participants. With the Admission Notices, the participants are
requested to go through all necessary formalities for entering into China and bring all
the documents like Admission Notices, Application Forms, and Health Certificates to
China for attending the Seminar on time.

10. Insurance
     The seminar organizer does not hold any responsibility for such risks as loss of life,
accidents, illness, loss of properties incurred by the participants during the seminar
period.

11. Liaison Address
     The Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Office of the Chinese Embassy
(ECCOCE)

International Cooperation Division, China National Bamboo Research Center (CBRC)
Attn: Prof. & Dr. Ding Xingcui, Director of International Cooperation Division
Project assistant: Ms. Cai Hanjiang，Ms. Zheng Youmiao
No. 310, Wenyi Rd., Hangzhou, 310012
Zhejiang Province
P.R. China
Tel: +86 571 88869217, 88869207
Mobile: +86 13805791796
Fax: +86 571 88869217, 88860944
E-mail:cbrc@mail.hz.zj.cn, estrellacai@gmail.com,judyinshanghai.2006@hotmail.com