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Upcoming events: Central Denmark Days in Shanghai May 2012
January 2012
Shanghai and Central Denmark Region will in 2012-2013 celebrate the 10th anniversary for the sistercity agreement. To celebrate the anniversary Central Denmarks Days will take place on the 15th-17th of May. Three days with different kind of events that covers some of the activites that has taken place over the last years in the cooperation. A draft [...]
CREXPO participation in Beijing
January 2012
Central Denmark Region and Danish Rehab Group recently participated in the biggest exhibition for assistive devices in China, CREXPO. The combination of excellent assistive devices and long term relations to the Chinese Government institutions makes a good cocktail to do business in the growing Chinese rehabilitation market. On November 4th-6th Bent Hansen (S) and Ulla Diderichsen [...]
CDR Rehab Evaluation Team to Shanghai
October 2011
A team of therapists from CDR went on an evaluation trip to Shanghai Sunshine Rehabilitation Centre during 5-10, September 2011, starting a new meaningful collaboration on rehabilitation between Shanghai and CDR. Collaboration within the rehabilitation/disability sector is now one of the focus areas between CDR and Shanghai. Since 2005 Shanghai Disabled Persons’ Federation and CDR [...]
SSTC Delegation Visit to DK
October 2011
During September 22-23, Central Denmark Region (CDR) received a delegation from Shanghai Science and Technology Commission (SSTC), trying to give some assistance on their exploration of food safety administration in Shanghai/China. The delegation consisted of seven persons among who three were from SSTC, Vice Chairman Mr. Chen, Director of IT Department Ms. Miao and International [...]
Central Denmark Region opens doors in Shanghai
June 2011
Central Denmark Regions cooperation with Shanghai city-province is now beneficial for the Central Denmark Region tool producers. Danish Rehab Group and six firms have recently visited Shanghai and “China Aid” Exhibition, and the Region has put companies in touch with potential Chinese partners. The areas of rehabilitation and assistive devices have in the course of [...]
Central Denmark Region receive The Magnolia Award from Shanghai
February 2011
Shanghai Government gives the honourfull “Magnolia Award” to Developmentchief in Central Denmark Region, Kaj Vestergaard Nielsen. The prize is given to Kaj Vestergaard Nielsen due to his support and effort in developing Shanghai in terms of knowledge and training in the rehabilitation area. Over the last years Shanghai Disabled Peoples Federation and Central Denmark Region [...]
MidtNet - Business related knowledge cooperation with Shanghai.
January 2011
Central Denmark Region has allocated a pool of 8 million DKK for support to business related, knowledge-based cooperation with Shanghai Province within the themes of IT, energy/environment and health/life science. In the online networks you can communicate across distance on the themes. http://www.midtnet.com/ Energy/environment - Cleantech Cleantech is chosen as one of the mega topics and priorities for [...]
Danish User-driven Innovation Works with Chinese Health-IT
January 2011
With more than 20,000 hospitals and the Chinese government’s ambition to modernize the healthcare system with millions of investment, China has a huge health market which attracts many countries including Denmark. Under the sister city agreement, Shanghai and Central Denmark Region (CDR) has identified healthcare as one of the three focus areas to have collaboration. One [...]
MidtExpo Success: The Breakthrough
October 2010
Central Denmark Region (CDR)’s week long Expo event MidtExpo ended with success. The chairman of CDR, Bent Hansen, calls it: “A Breakthrough”. Both government officials and company representatives from Denmark were very positive about the activities during the whole week. Everybody seems to share the feeling that more collaporation between CDR and Shanghai will be [...]
MidtExpo: 16 – 22 September
August 2010
MidtExpo is Central Denmark Region (CDR)’s week long Expo event. It will be held on 16-22, September. Innovation Center Denmark in Shanghai (www.innovationcenterdenmark.cn ) and Innovation Lab (www.innovationlab.dk ) in Aarhus have been charged with the task to develop and execute the whole event. Health Care and Clean Tech in Focus CDR has decided the event would [...]
Danish 5.7 DENSOL EXPO event
March 2010
Over the past three decades, Denmark’s economy has grown by around 78% - with nearly stable energy consumption. We hereby invite you to meet some of the persons and experts who have made this development possible in Denmark. In conjunction of EXPO 2010, Shanghai, the Danish regions will present to you a wide variety of examples of [...]
Central Denmark Region participated in the Forum on Sustainable Development of Small and Medium-Sized Cities
November 2009
On November 19th, 2009, Shanghai Municipal Development & Reform Commission and Shanghai Municipal Foreign Affairs Office hosted a Forum on Sustainable Development of Small and Medium-Sized Cities. Mr. Niels Kjølhede, an expert in urban planning and architecture was invited by Central Denmark Region to attend the forum with the presentation: “The Meaning of Context in [...]
Central Denmark Region hosts week long event during EXPO 2010 in Shanghai
November 2009
Central Denmark Region has access to the conference room at the Danish pavilion from September 20-26, 2010 and will use the facilities to boost the well established sister city relationship that the Region signed with Shanghai municipality in year 2003. Since 2003 the sister city relationship has been further developed and includes now two signed [...]
Danish Agriculture Delegation visited Yangtze River Delta
November 2009
On Oct 26, 2009, a Danish delegation of 11 experts in agriculture (especially in biomass, animal fertilizers, water treatment) arrived Shanghai to start their full week program. They were from two universities and three research institutes/centers. Michael Støckler, manager of CBMI (Innovation Centre for Bioenergy and Environmental Technology) led the delegation. Innovation Center Denmark and [...]
A Memorandum of Understanding is signed between Central Denmark Region and two hospitals of Shanghai
June 2009
Since year 2000, officials from Aarhus County and CDR have visited Huashan and Yueyang Hospital in Shanghai. In March 2009, a group of officials and professors from Aarhus University Hospital and Regionshospitalet Hammel Neurocenter visited them again and extended the relationship. Both Danish and Chinese partners are interested in cooperation and learning from each other. In [...]
A Memorandum of Understanding is signed in Denmark between S&T Commission of Shanghai Municipality and Central Denmark Region
June 2009
After discussions between officials and experts both from Shanghai and Central Denmark Region (CDR), a new Science MoU is signed in Denmark on 25th May. This MoU replaces the Letter of Intention which was signed in March 2008 and strengthen the scientific cooperation between Shanghai and CDR. According to the MoU, these areas are highlighted: Information [...]
IT delegation from Central Denmark Region meets with Chinese specialists.
September 2008
In relation to the Scientific Agreement that Central Denmark Region will sign in the beginning of 2009 together with Shanghai Science and Technology Commision, an IT delegation from the Region visited Shanghai in September in order to identify potential joint research areas within the IT sector that may be established and developed with the Scientific [...]
Central Denmark Region and Aarhus Municipality participated in the International Conference on the Development of Old Age Programs in Shanghai.
September 2008
Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau hosted in September an international conference on: The Development of Old Age Programs. From Central Denmark Region Mr. Kaj Vestergaard Nielsen participated with a presentation of the project: Better Life – The Educational Community. From Aarhus Municipality Mr. Ivan Kjær Lauritsen joined with a presentation about the use of social capital among [...]
Central Denmark Region and Aarhus Municipality visits Shanghai
March 2008
The chairman of the Regional Council, Mr. Bent Hansen, paid a visit to Shanghai in March together with a delegation from Central Denmark Region and Aarhus Municipality. The main purpose of the visit was the re-signing of the sister city agreement between Central Denmark Region and Shanghai Municipality. Furthermore, the chairman had meetings with Shanghai [...]