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he Chinese New Year, cel-
friendships with leaders of GTIIT and
ebrated last month, is a time
of Guangdong province.
for starting over and welcom-
Some 3,000 students are expected
ing good luck, happiness, prosperity
to attend the school in its first decade,
and longevity.
and we were also able to mingle with
I witnessed exactly this when I
a number of those enrolled in the first
traveled to China recently
class at GTIIT. Many of them
ABOVE:
with my wife, Eleanor, and
acted as volunteer guides and
Guangdong
other American Technion
escorts.
Technion-Israel
Society members, as well as
They told us they were
Institute of
a large number of Technion
excited
by the strengthening
Technology in
faculty, to be present for
of
China-Israel
cooperation —
Shantou, China.
the opening of Guangdong
whether through GTIIT, the
Technion-Israel Institute of
Technion Technology Fund
Technology (GTIIT).
(which has a great deal of sup-
The university is
port from Hong Kong invest-
located in Shantou, in
ment bankers), or an expansion
the Guangdong prov-
of the relationship between the
ince on the southeast
Technion and the Li Ka Shing
coast, and reflects a
Foundation.
partnership between the
It’s a great honor to be part
Larry Jackier
Technion, the Li Ka Shing
of the institution chosen to cre-
Foundation, and the
ate a university that builds the
Guangdong provincial and
deepening China-Israel rela-
Shantou municipal govern-
tionship. That crystallized for
ments.
me the ways the Technion has truly
The ceremony was inspiring:
become a global university.
Brightly colored dragons sinuously
Consistently ranked among the top
danced across the stage to mighty
international science and technology
drum beats while Technion President
research universities, the Technion
Professor Peretz Lavie greeted the
has a longstanding reputation for
guests in Hebrew and English. Thanks advancing innovation that pushes
to the collaboration, including the
the boundaries of human knowledge,
generosity of Li Ka Shing, one of the
changes industries and saves lives.
most prominent philanthropists in
But GTIIT represents another major
China, GTIIT is poised to become a
step forward in the Technion’s global
center of global innovation — a leader expansion, which includes partner-
in research in engineering, ecology
ships like the Jacobs Technion-Cornell
and life sciences.
Institute in New York, along with the
The campus is already full of mod-
signing of memoranda of understand-
ern, architecturally interesting build-
ing with more than 200 universities
ings —13 buildings, 29 classrooms, 14
and research institutes worldwide.
teaching laboratories and 55 research
We share knowledge to enhance
laboratories. Many Technion faculty
the lives of people around the globe.
members are in residency already,
Israel is a small country but intellec-
forming working relationships and
tually mighty. I agreed with GTIIT’s
chancellor, Li Jiange, who said: “China
offers the Technion a broad platform
to realize its academic excellence. We,
in turn, must learn from the Technion
and Israel what innovative thinking is.”
I can’t wait to see how much good
luck the new year has brought by
then. •

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Larry Jackier, Zahava Bar-Nir and Technion
President Professor Peretz Lavie in China

Larry Jackier of West Bloomfield is chairman
of the board of governors of Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology in Haifa.