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 After having passed several training programs on economic management and intellectual property right management in Korea and Singapore, Mingxing worked for the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Science & Technology of China (MOST) with his initial portfolio covering the S&T exchange and cooperation programs between China and the United States. Then, in 2000, Mingxing himself packed the suitcase and travelled West, to Washington DC, serving as Second Secretary in the Science & Technology Office of the Chinese Embassy in USA. Four years later Mingxing boarded the plane back to Beijing to work as the Deputy Director of the Division of International Organizations and Conferences in the Department of International Cooperation of MOST. At that time, the Director of that division was Luo Delong, now the Executive DDG of CN-DA, who led the ITER negotiations between his country and other Parties since 2003. While Mr. Luo was charged to build up the ITER China office, the predecessor of CN-DA, Mingxing was once more sent to the new world, France, after personal involvements in the process of the negotiations. He arrived in Cadarache in November 2006, just a few days prior to the signing of the ITER Agreement at the Elysee Palace in Paris. At ITER Mingxing serves as the Administrative Officer in the Office of the Director General. His main job includes the organization of weekly Senior Management Meetings and Monthly Progress Report, the reviewing of the documents and contracts asking for DG approval and the preparation of materials and presentations for DG meetings and visits- like this week - at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. Sometimes he also takes a seat on the same plane with the DG when visiting the Far East. "Yes, life here at ITER is certainly different to what I have experienced before," says Mingxing. "But it is challenging. And I am very proud to be part of this great Project!" Mingxing and his family found a home in Manosque like all other Chinese staff, which he describes as "very convenient". Very convenient meaning that his four year old daughter Meiyun, "beautiful cloud" in Chinese, can easily attend the "Kindergarten" of the International School, where she is learning Chinese, French and her favorite - drawing. Writing a portrait about a colleague, no matter how long you have been working with him, often ends with a little surprise. Which comes as no surprise! What do we know about the person sitting on the other side of the office wall except for his origin and his profession? The fact that Mingxing as a Chinese is good at playing ping-pong is not necessarily striking. But Mingxing has yet another passion as a good amateur player in GO Chess, a 3000 years old game popular mainly in Far East. In contrast to the common chess board, GO has 19 x 19 big board battle fields and simple yet unique rules. While man has been defeated by computers playing the other Chess, even super computers like "deep blue" still has a long way to "GO". Mingxing will be happy to explain why this is so. << return to Newsline #61 |
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