UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT OF DENMARK

Chinese NewYearCelebration Friday 20 February 2015 from 15:00 to 21:30at Nyborg Strand, Østerøvej 2, DK-5800 Nyborg

15:00 –15:30 Registration

15:30 WelcomeBy Tom Jensen, Secretary General, Danish-Chinese Business Forum

Welcome and IntroductionBy Mayor Kenneth Muhs and Erik Christensen, Deputy Mayor & Chairman of the China Committee

Opportunities and Strategies for SMEsBy Thorkil K. Christensen, Chairman, Danish-Chinese Business Forum

16:15–16:30 Break

16:30 Chinese Investments in EuropeBy Christina Boutrup, Journalist, Author & Lecturer

Chinese Investments in DenmarkBy Monica Reib, Partner, Bech-Bruun

Q&A

17:30 –18:00 Networking and refreshments / Registration for New Year party

18:00 Welcome to New Year partyBy Mayor Kenneth Muhs

New Year Speech: 2015 – The Year of the GoatBy H.E. Mr. Liu Biwei, Chinese Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark (TBC)

Hans Christian Andersen in ChinaBy Professor Johs. Nørregaard Frandsen, University of Southern Denmark

18:40 –20:30 Chinese Buffet and New Year Celebrations

20:30 –21:30 NetworkingPossibilities for separate tables for business networking

Registration:Please send a mail to:registration@lifelong-learning.dkbefore February the 4th 2015 Tel: +45 88 82 66 64www.lifelong-learning.dk

Price:DKK 499

Stay overnight: Single room incl.breakfast,DKK 500 (normal DKK 875)Double room incl.breakfast, DKK 750 (normal DKK 994)Booking: Nyborg Strand: Tel: +45 65 31 31 31 nyborgstrand@nyborgstrand.dkBooking code: Chinese New Year

2015 is a year of the “Goat” according

to the Chinese 12-year animal zodiac (Heavenly Stem) cycle.

If you were born in a Goat year you should be particularly careful

in 2015, according to Chinese astrology.

● Chinese Investments andOpportunities for DanishSMEs

● Cultural activitiesChinese singers – Chinese musicians playing traditional instruments –Chinese New Year traditions and rituals – Traditional tea ceremony –Local activities focusing on China

● Networking● Chinese New Year Buffet

including free bar

LIFELONG LEARNING

Chinese NewYearCelebration

Cultural activities18:00 Welcoming speech by Mayor Kenneth Muhs,

Nyborg Municipality.

18:05 H.E. Mr. Liu Biwei, Chinese Ambassador tothe Kingdom of Denmark (TBC) opens the Chinese New Year celebrations.

Prize-giving ceremony in association withØrbæk Brewery’s launch of the new Chinesebeer ‘The Nightingale’ developed in coopera-tion with The Danish Society of Engineers, IDA.

18:20 Why Hans Christian Andersen is so popular in ChinaHans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales are widely known and loved in China. Professor Johannes Nørregaard Frandsen of SDU explainswhy and reveals how Chinese people read andunderstand Andersen’s universe.

Feature by opera singer Zhu Xuan.

18:40 Chinese New Year buffet with open bar

Che Menglu, Han Jing and Zhang Cuicui entertain with a mixture of traditional and modern Chinese music.

19:15 Short introduction to Chinese New Year traditionsLantern Festival and dragon parades, small red paper cuts and envelopes, and houses decorated with couplets about happiness. The Chinese New Year’s many traditions byPernille Jensen, M.A. in Chinese studies.

19:25 Musical feature with Che Menglu, Han Jingand Zhang Cuicui.

19:35 Traditional Tea Ceremony Tea was originally used in ritual offerings, andthe ceremony is a cultural activity involving ceremonial preparation and presentation. Legend has it that it was the ruler Shennong,who discovered tea by chance some 5000 yearsago. He always drank boiled water on his travels, but one day some withered tea leavesfell into his cup, from whence the Chinese tastefor the beverage originated. Tea-ceremony with Zhao Xuan.

19:45 Local culture feature with students from Nyborg Music School:Five-man ensemble ”Dean Dear’s New FolkSounds”. William Luu, piano.

20:05 Che Menglu, Han Jing, Zhang Cuicui and ZhuXuan entertain with classical and modern Chinese music, including music from the Erhu,a traditional Chinese stringed instrument.

20:30 Entertainment closes.

Till 21:30 Social and business discussion. Zhu Xuan

Opera singer

Che MengluErhu

Han JingPiano

Johs. Nørregaard FrandsenProfessor, SDU

Zhang CuicuiViolin