Foreign Experts Dinner

Once a year a Banquet is hosted for all of the foreigners working in Lanzhou. The dinner was also a celebration of the 58th Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. This was a good chance for us delegates to met other foreigners. It is also at this Banquet that the Gansu Provincial Government grants the "Dunhuang Award" to foreigners in recognition of their contribution to the development of Gansu Province. This award has been granted every year since 1996. Although Dave Adamson from the Christchurch City Council could not attend the Banquet to receive his award, he is obviously thought of very highly here in Gansu. We were entertained at dinner with a variety of performances, including dances by students from the Northwest Minority University.