“我的5個女兒有4個都來過中國學(xué)習(xí)或參加交流項目，其中有兩個漢語都講得很不錯。出國學(xué)習(xí)給她們帶來很大的提升，希望你們以后能得到同樣的體會和經(jīng)歷?！?017年7月11日，加拿大總督戴維·約翰斯頓一行訪問重慶，在美麗的南濱路，與計劃前往加拿大學(xué)習(xí)的部分中國學(xué)生共進火鍋晚餐，并寄語中國青年：“希望你們通過在加拿大的學(xué)習(xí)生活，變得更有好奇心、包容心、判斷力和同理心，這些可貴的特質(zhì)將伴隨你們成長?！?/p>

這是約翰斯頓第二次以加拿大總督身份訪華，重慶是其此次行程的第一站。此次隨同約翰斯頓訪華的代表團成員，包括政府駐眾議院領(lǐng)袖兼小企業(yè)和旅游部長查格、加拿大駐華大使麥家廉，以及多位國會議員和來自教育、科研、體育、旅游和文化等領(lǐng)域的知名領(lǐng)袖。

約翰斯頓一行出席重慶大學(xué)“科學(xué)、技術(shù)和創(chuàng)新圓桌討論會”，體現(xiàn)了加拿大對科學(xué)、技術(shù)與創(chuàng)新的重視，和對中加科技合作的支持。會上，包括重慶大學(xué)校長周緒紅、云南大學(xué)黨委書記楊林、西南大學(xué)校長張衛(wèi)國、電子科技大學(xué)副校長熊彩東等中加高校領(lǐng)導(dǎo)及研究人員共同分享經(jīng)驗，探討雙邊在科學(xué)、技術(shù)和創(chuàng)新方面的研究合作。約翰斯頓為3位“加拿大總督訪問勛章”獲得者頒發(fā)獎?wù)?。其中，重慶唯一獲得該殊榮的是重慶醫(yī)科大學(xué)附屬兒童醫(yī)院前院長李廷玉教授。

此前，約翰斯頓曾分別于2002年、2010年兩次訪問重慶大學(xué)，已經(jīng)是重慶的“老朋友”。近年來，重慶大學(xué)與加拿大交流合作日益緊密，該校已與滑鐵盧大學(xué)等7所加拿大大學(xué)建立了密切合作交流關(guān)系。

加拿大總督約翰斯頓（中）一行訪問重慶大學(xué)。

在科學(xué)、技術(shù)與創(chuàng)新領(lǐng)域，與中國西南地區(qū)合作的加拿大主要機構(gòu)包括不列顛哥倫比亞大學(xué)、阿爾伯塔大學(xué)、加拿大國家研究委員會、溫莎大學(xué)、滑鐵盧大學(xué)、麥吉爾大學(xué)、西安大略大學(xué)和紐芬蘭紀念大學(xué)。主要合作領(lǐng)域包括核電站安全儀表控制技術(shù)、云南高原湖泊環(huán)境保護、長江三峽水科學(xué)、醫(yī)學(xué)機器人、呼吸疾病、高風(fēng)險妊娠病、阿茲海默病、多元文化和少數(shù)民族教育等。

討論會后，約翰斯頓一行前往華夏航空飛行訓(xùn)練中心，參觀和親測了由一家加拿大公司制造的飛行模擬器，并與重慶市副市長劉桂平共同見證加拿大蒙特利爾TRU模擬+培訓(xùn)公司與華夏航空商務(wù)協(xié)議的簽署；在重慶市規(guī)劃展覽館詳細了解重慶發(fā)展布局，并參觀重慶來福士廣場項目的完整沙盤模型。該項目由加拿大建筑師莫瑟·薩夫迪擔(dān)綱設(shè)計，是將重慶的歷史文明和未來想象的融合呈現(xiàn)給世界的窗口。

■編輯：熊怡

David Johnston, Governor-general of Canada,Visited Chongqing Discussed the cooperative chance on education and science in Chongqing University

Wu Kangming, Director of the Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs of Chongqing Municipality (the first one on the right side) met the guests at the airport. Photography / Zhou Yi (China News Service)

“I have five daughters, four of them came to China before or took part in exchange programs to China, and two of them can speak Chinese well. Studying abroad improved them a lot, I hope you can have the same experience.” On July 11, 2017, David Johnston,Governor-general of Canada, visited to Chongqing with his party and had hotpot as their dinner at Nanbin Road with students who plan to study in Canada, he said to the latter: “Hope you can learn more about curiosity, tolerance, judgement and empathy, which are praiseworthy characteristics in you growing up”

It is the second time for David Johnston to visit China as the Governor-general of Canada, Chongqing is the first place in his visit at this time. Members of delegation who visit China with David together include Zag, the leader of Government House of Representatives and the minister of small business and tourism;John McCallum, Canadian ambassador to China, and some wellknown leaders in fields like education, scientific research, sports,tourism and culture etc.

David Johnston and his party participated in Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation held by Chongqing University, which showed their attention highly paid on science,technology and innovation and their support to cooperate with China on science and technology. In this conference, leaders

and researchers from universities shared their experience, like Zhou Xuhong, the President of Chongqing University; Yang Lin,Secretary of the Party Committee in Yunnan University; Zhang Weiguo, the President of Southwest University; Xiong Caidong, the Vice-president of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and etc. and discussed the bilateral research and cooperation on science, technology and innovation. David Johnston awarded medals to three persons, among which professor Li Yanyu, Ex-president of Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, is the only winner of Chongqing.

David Johnston visited Chongqing University in 2002 and 2010 respectively, he has been an old friend of Chongqing. Recently,Chongqing University has the close communication and cooperation with Canada and has established intimate relationship with seven universities in Canada, like University of Waterloo.

The main Canadian institutions cooperated with the southwest areas of China in fields like science, technology and innovation include The University of British Columbia, University of Alberta,National Research Council Canada, University of Windsor,University of Waterloo, McGill University, University of Western Ontario, and Memorial University of Newfoundland. The main cooperative fields involve control technology of safety instrument in nuclear power station, environment protection of plateau lakes in Yunnan Province, water science of three gorges of Yangtze River,medical robots, respiratory illness, high-risk diseases in pregnancy Alzheimer disease and education of multi-culture and national minority.

After a discussion on the meeting, David Johnston and his party went to Flight Training Center of China Express, visited and tested a flight simulator made by a Canadian company, witnessed the success of signing the contract of TRU simulation + training of Montreal, Canada and a business agreement of China Express,realized Chongqing’s development in Chongqing Planing Exhibition Gallery, and watched the complete sand table model of Raffles City Program, which was designed by Safdie Moshe, a great Canadian architect, this program is like a window to the world by combining historical civilization and future imagination of Chongqing.

■ Editor: Xiong Yi

Tr. by Han Fanglan