Headed by Lieutenant Governor Mr. Quanguo Chen, the Henan Provincial Government delegation visited Cal State Fullerton on April 12, 2002. The delegation is made up of several senior provincial government officials and public administrators from Henan Province, China. After a brief campus tour, the delegation was welcomed and briefed about Cal State Fullerton College of Business and Economics by Dr. Anil Puri, Dean of the College of Business and Economics (CBE). The delegates were also introduced to Drs. Katrin Harich, Thomas Johnson, both CBE Associate Deans, and Irene Lange, Chair of the Marketing and International Business Department. Through their presentation, the delegation further learned about CBE, the Chinese MBA program, and international business programs offered by CBE. Next, the delegation met and talked with CSUF President Dr. Milton Gordon. As the most important part of the delegation's CSUF trip, Lieutenant Governor Mr. Chen and President Mr. Gordon signed the General Cooperation Agreement between the People's Government of Henan Province and Cal State Fullerton. The agreement will foster and facilitate more frequent education and training exchange programs between Henan Province and Cal State Fullerton in the near future.

Dr. Milton Gordon (left), President of Cal State Fullerton, exchanged his business card with Mr. Quanguo Chen (right), Lieutenant Governor of Henan Province and delegation head, during their meeting as Dr. Anil Puri, CBE Dean, and Dr. Katrin Harich, CBE Associate Dean looked on.

Dr. Milton Gordon, along with CBE officials, talked with Lieutenant Governor Chen and other Henan government officials during their meeting.

The Henan delegates took a look at the agreement to be signed.

Lieutenant Governor Chen presented a traditional Chinese souvenir to Dr. Gordon after the agreement signing ceremony as Mr. Yongchen Feng (first on the left), Deputy Director of Henan Government Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Anil Puri (first on the right), Dean of CBE, looked on.

The Henan delegates posed for a picture with CSUF President Dr. Gordon and CBE officials, including Dr. Katrin Harich (second right in the front row), CBE Associate Dean of Administration, Dr. Weili Lu (first right in the front row), Director of the Center for Insurance Studies and CBE International Programs, Dr. Anil Puri (third right in the back row), CBE Dean, and Dr. Thomas Johnson (second right in the back row), CBE Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.