Delegates foresee benefits
in Oregon-China exchange
By Tonnie Dakin
(M lHr £m«rald
A seven-member delegation
from Ijine County, including
County Commissioner Jerry
Rust and Bean Contrada. direc
tor of affirmative action at the
University, recently returned
from a trip to China to establish
economic and educational ties
with the country.
The group left for China on
Deo. 1 and returned Dec. 24.
visiting Shanghai. Hong Kong,
and Oregon’s sister province of
Fujian.
The province of Fujian is
located on the southeast coast of
China, directly across from
Taiwan and near Hong kong.
The Fujian Culture Bureau
and the Oregon Arts Commis
sion arranged the exchange in
order to stimulate a mutually
beneficial program in which
cultural, commercial and
educational ideas and products
could he exchanged.
"The picture that I am trying
to create. . .is that we had a
business and cultural mis
sion... and I felt that we ac
complished our purposes,"
Rust said.
Rust, who visited China three
years ago, said he saw im
provements in the lifestyles of
the Chinese people. The
clothing is more up-to-date, and
food in the marketplaces is
more accessible than before, he
said.
“It’s really obvious that the
people have more money." Rust
said.
Kust also noticed a
resurgence of free markets, or
marketplaces where food is not
regulated and subsidized by the
government, he said. Although
rice, cooking oil and milk are
still rationed and subsidized,
most free markets carry other
food according to supply and
demand. Rust said.
The construction and im
provement of many hotels, in
ternational trade centers,
stadiums and highways seem to
point to an improved economy,
he said. "There's just a lot of in
tensity of building going on
everywhere," Rust said.
The improvement of the
Chinese lifestyle and economy
seems to stem from the fact that
China, after a ten-year struggle
to survive Mao Tse-tung's
Cultural Revolution which stop
ped foreign contact, has now.
under Deng Xiaoping, embark
ed on an "open door" policy,
which invites foreign ideas and
investments. Rust said.
“We saw evidence that these
reforms. are having the
desired effect." he said.
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Lane County Commissioner Jerry Rust, one of seven
delegates to Oregon's sister province of Fujian, said he sees
improvement in the Chinese lifestyle.
"Xiaoping's melding the plann
ed economy. . . and introducing
incentive systems, so you have
part socialism and part
capitalism . and it's powering
the economy. .. people are self
interested right now.” Rust
said.
The exchange between the
state of Oregon and the pro
vince of Fujian is likely to tie
successful because of the
similarities between the two
places. Rust said.
‘‘Oregon is rather
underdeveloped and out of the
mainstream of America. . and
both Oregon and Fujian have
great potential." he said
The Chinese are anxious to
have an exchange with Oregon
"and I think we should be ready
to respond." Rust said “They
can use our technology, we can
use their ancient wisdom "
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