The China-Aid Lebanese Conservatory project unveiled

May 24,2019 0 Rita Ghantous

The China-Aid Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music is well under way with the start of construction planned for late 2019-early 2020 in Dbayeh, Lebanon. The project will be completed in two years.

Earlier this month www.beltandroad.news reported that Adnan Kasar, Honorary Chairman of General Union of Chambers of Commerce Industry and Agriculture in the Arab countries had attended an investment forum between China and Lebanon held in Beirut on March 30. Kassar said the Lebanese Government welcomes Lebanese enterprises to participate in the Belt and Road construction.

The forum was co-hosted by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), Lebanon Fransabank, The Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture in Lebanon (FFCCIAL) and General Union of Chambers of Commerce Industry and Agriculture in the Arab countries.

CCPIT Chairperson Gao Yan hailed the long-term friendly relations between China and Lebanon and the bilateral economic progress in the recent years. China now is Lebanon’s largest trade partner.

Gao proposed both countries expand bilateral trade and investment, foster infrastructure construction, and deepen cooperation in finance and tourism industry. Gao welcomed the Lebanese government and business community to participate in the 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and Belt and Road CEO Conference, to promote further exchange and to foster cooperation in information sharing, commercial and legal services.

Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon Wang Kejian said the Chinese government will enhance coordination in policy match-making, back up the integration of Lebanon’s development plan with China’s Belt and Road Initiative. China will assist with the matching of enterprises of both sides and bolster up Lebanon’s efforts in safeguarding the country’s sovereignty, security and stability.

Meanwhile, an arbitration coordination platform was established following a MoU signed between CCPIT and FFCCIAL. More than 200 entrepreneurs from both countries attended the forum.

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Rita Ghantous

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Rita Ghantous is a hospitality aficionado and a passionate writer with over 9 years’ experience in journalism and 5 years experience in the hospitality sector. Her passion for the performance arts and writing, started early. At 10 years old she was praised for her solo performance of the Beatles song “All My Love” accompanied by a guitarist, and was approached by a French talent scout during her school play. However, her love for writing was stronger. Fresh out of school, she became a freelance journalist for Noun Magazine and was awarded the Silver Award Cup for Outstanding Poetry, by The International Library of Poetry (Washington DC). She studied Business Management and earned a Masters degree from Saint Joseph University (USJ), her thesis was published in the Proche-Orient, Études en Management book. She then pursued a career in the hospitality industry but didn’t give up writing, that is why she launched the Four Points by Sheraton Le Verdun Newsletter. Her love for the industry and journalism led her to Hospitality Services - the organizers of the HORECA trade show in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Jordan, as well as Salon Du Chocolat, Beirut Cooking Festival, Whisky Live and other regional shows. She is currently the Publications Executive of Hospitality News Middle East, Taste & Flavors and Lebanon Traveler. It is with ultimate devotion for her magazines that she demonstrates her hospitality savoir-faire.