马拉维外交官考察后感慨：希望有朝一日再来重庆

□文/Chirs　Kandulu

马拉维外交官考察后感慨：希望有朝一日再来重庆

□文/ChirsKandulu

编者注：在中华人民共和国商务部和外交部的支持下，中国外交学院在北京主办了2015年度马拉维外交官外交培训课程，课程从4月10日持续到5月7日。此次培训课程包括研讨学习中国外交政策、中国的历史和文化、中国的政治体制和外交政策。除此之外，为了更好地提升文化交流和文化保护意识，深入了解中国国情，课程还包括了前往西部直辖市重庆的考察之旅。本文作者为中国外交学院马拉维外交官研修班班长、马拉维外交部礼宾司副司长Chirs。

文化遗产自然风光吸引人

山城重庆以它特有的文化遗产和自然风光吸引了马拉维的外交官们。在重庆江北国际机场，外交官代表团受到了重庆市政府外事侨务办公室的热烈欢迎，江北国际机场的现代化程度超出了代表团的预期以及对这座城市的想象。在离开机场后，代表团沿途品尝了重庆西餐，然后向着武隆仙女山景区出发。一路上，这座城市现代化的建筑、自然风光、卡斯特洞穴、峡谷河流、美丽独特的地形地貌给代表团们留下了再次重返重庆的理由。更令人难忘的是代表团一行全程受到了优质的接待服务。

对马拉维外交官来说，印象最深的是去往武隆路上的美景和武隆五星级的宾馆。在观看演出“印象武隆”之前，外交官一行担心演出有点冗长，会浪费宝贵的休息时间，毕竟大家早上6点就从北京出发已经很疲惫。到了演出地走下大巴，代表团们穿过了一条300米长的时空隧道来到了一处户外空地上，只有几束环境光从演出剧场背后射出，这里环境比较黑暗，也没有预想中的用来投射的大屏幕。当演出开始的时候，我们觉得不值得为这样的演出在这又冷又黑的户外呆上一晚上。但接下来演出讲述武隆人民（编者注：即长江边居民）昔日的生活，就在这一刻，各种现代的灯光纷纷点亮，各类人声、牛叫和虫鸣的逼真音效让代表团们一时忘记了身在何处，显然不是在北京，这是在离重庆机场300公里远一个叫武隆的地方。这是一场简单而精彩的演出，不愧出于中国知名导演张艺谋先生之手。对于马拉维外交官们而言，看完演出后他们都相信文化可以用复杂精妙的形式有效表达出来。不得不说今夜过得很值。

认识重庆

毫无疑问的是，重庆地区的自然资源将有助于本地经济的升级转型。重庆作为老工业基地和新枢纽中心，起到了连接东西部城市发展的作用，吸引了更多国际化多元化的合作机会。依山而建跨江而过的大桥与公路连成宽广的路桥网。重庆是中国内陆第一个对外贸易开放城市，已然成为长江中上游重要的经济增长极。其经济结构多元化，主要以汽车、机械制造业、纺织业、电气业、食品加工业为主要支柱产业。

在访渝期间，外交官们参观了著名的历史古迹，他们一致发现，重庆在保持经济高速发展的同时，也注重对自然环境、水资源、矿产资源、森林资源和动植物的保护。

参观世界自然遗产——武隆天生三硚

天生三硚于2007年被联合国教科文组织列为世界自然遗产，天生三硚是稀有的地质自然奇观，作为亚洲最大的自然石桥群落，实属罕见。它由长久的大陆板块运动和长期的水侵蚀而成。一部分向上拱起形成了桥身，另一部向下坍塌形成了喀斯特坑基。所有的这一切都是浑然天成的。马拉维代表团被这里的壮观景象所深深震撼，也从另一个角度来更加全面的了解重庆这块热土。

参观大足石刻

代表团深刻的体会到，大足石刻反应出的是那个时代最高的艺术素养和精湛的技能。环抱在形态各异的石刻中，可以了解到最纯粹的佛教文化和宗教故事。也为马拉维外交官们提供了一个平台来交流他们宗教信仰的相似性与差异性。

参观两江新区规划展览馆

进入展览馆，首先进入外交官眼帘的是占地892平米的城市发展规划沙盘模型。外交官们在听取了工作人员的讲解后，对重庆未来可持续发展规划路线和战略方向印象深刻。

参观海扶集团

重庆已经快速发展为拥有高科技产业的城市。1999年，其在重庆成立的海扶医疗科技公司在针对恶性和良性肿瘤研发的无创超声治疗系统具有世界领先地位。参观交流在很和谐的气氛中进行，马拉维外交官们在整个参观过程种展示出很高的热情，并进一步商谈了未来在非洲开设海扶医院的可能性。大家对这套高科技系统充满敬佩，希望未来能引进这种技术设备到马拉维或者其它非洲临近国家为非洲的患者带去福音。

参观长安汽车集团

长安汽车集团是中国汽车制造行业前十强。它现有固定资产680亿元，接近5万员工。在参观过程中，外交官深刻体会到对科技，技术创新的持续投资可以很大程度的满足国内与国际市场的需求，与此同时，可以创造出更多的工作机会，解决本国人民的就业问题，还可以节约在进口车上的外汇花费。

外交官们被展出的这些高科技含量的汽车所深深吸引，更为重要的是对不同的客户群可以提供多样的不同样式的汽车。马拉维代表团对长安汽车的其中一款绿色环保、安全、用户体验良好的产品印象深刻。

参观三峡博物馆和洪崖洞民俗村

三峡博物馆很好的向世人呈现了古老的重庆从石器时代一步一步走向现代的历程。马拉维代表团被博物馆宏大的规模以及馆内丰富的藏品内容所折服。

晚宴

在重庆26号到30号共5天精彩而丰富的行程结束前，作为东道主代表，重庆市外事培训中心陶主任在著名的阿兴记饭店设宴款待马拉维外交官一行。晚宴上充满了欢声笑语，大家愉快回忆了在重庆度过的难忘时刻。晚宴以及颇有纪念意义的精美小礼品为这次马拉维外交官重庆之行画上了圆满的句号。我希望有一天，我们这个团体或者当中的任何成员都有机会重返重庆。

翻译：原野

Diplomats of Malawi Visit Chongqing: Hope to return here one day

Introduction:

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Foreign affairs of the Peoples Republic of China，China Foreign affairs University Organized the 2015 Seminar for Diplomats from Malawi from april 10 to May 7，2015 to be held in Beijing China.

The programme comprised of seminars on China’s foreign policy，China’s history and culture，China’s political system and diplomatic negotiation among others. In addition，as a way of promoting cultural awareness，cultural preservation and appreciation of China，the programme included a study tour to Chongqing.

Visiting Chongqing City

Renowned as the Mountain City，Chongqing attracted Diplomats from Malawi for its cultural heritage and tourist attractions. The delegation was warmly welcomed at Chongqing’s state of the art contemporary airport，by the ever smiling Mr. Paker Wang who was to be the host for the delegation. Whilst the warm reception accorder by Mr. Wang was no surprise as being the tradition of the Chinese people，the stature of the airport exceeded the delegations expectations and perceptions of the province. Chongqing is a distillation of the true asian experience.after being treated to a lavish meal at an elegant restaurant by the host，the journey to the high mountain started. The Malawi Diplomats were to be exposed to the heart-squeezing scenery of an enchanting urban real estate industry，various karst caves，hot springs and gorges，picturesque landscapes and modern metropolis so enchanting as to make the delegates never to forget to return to Chongqing. What is more，the diplomats were endowed with excellent tourism facilities and superior services.

If the Malawian Diplomats thought that what they had experienced at the airport，the beautiful scenery along the way to Wulong and the magnificent 5 start hotel was the best that Chongqing could offer，then a surprise masterpiece awaited them. For a tired delegation that had started off from their University home in Beijing as early as 6am on the day，a theatre performance titled “Impression Wulong” seemed a waste of precious time for resting. after disembarking from the bus，the delegation moved through a 300 meter entrance tunnel into an open-air sitting and the only visible thing about the theatre ground were small perimeter lights affi xed at the back of the chairs and some lighting coming from a few structures surrounding the ground. This is in the dark and no giant screen could be spotted as expected and when the voice started illuminating from the giant speakers，it did little to convince the delegation that this would be a night worth in the open cold. What followed was a dreamlike fairyland performance unfolding the script of Wulong from its humble beginning in the old slavery days. For a moment，the high technology of sound and light punctuated by theatrical thunder and artistic rainfall made the delegation to forget where it was，but surely this was China，not Beijing but Wulong some 300Km from the airport. This was simply an amazing performance，no wonder it was written and directed by China’ most respected artistic Director. For the Malawi Diplomats，we all believed that a simple term like culture can be articulated in a more sophisticated way to attract the attention of many. It was a night well spent.

Understanding Chongqing

It is without doubt that the natural resources in the region has contributed to Chongqing’s economic transformation. Chongqing City has emerged as an industrial hub and transport centre linking China’s developed east to the less developed west，and attracting multinational corporations. The mountains and rivers have been harnessed as bedrock of a rapidly blossoming industrial city thriving on a vast array of bridges and an extensive road network. Chongqing has also become an important economic center along the Yangtze river as it became the fi rst inland open to trade from outside China. Today it has a diversified economy with major industries in automobile，manufacturing，machinery，textiles，electronics and food processing.

During the study tour to Chongqing，Diplomats visited popular places of historic significance and observed that Chongqing has maintained rapid economic development whilepreserving a wonderful natural environment encompassing a wealth of water reserves，mineral resources，dense forests and fl ora fauna.

Visit the World Natural Heritage –The Three Natural Briges in Wulong

The three Natural Bridges，named as a world natural heritage by UNESCO in 2007 is a rare geological wonder and an eco-tourist’s sheer delight of asia’s exuberance. The three natural bridges constitute the largest natural bridge cluster in asia and a valuable treasure rarely seen anywhere in the world. They evolved due to tectonic uplift and the erosion by underground water. Some parts uplifted forming the bridges，and others collapsed to form karst pits. Therefore，the unique landscape of the “Three Natural Bridges enclosed with two Pits’ is solely nature’s creation. The Malawian delegation was inspired by this magical destination and it provided an opportunity to learn a different approach of how Malawi can diversify her tourism industry by tapping into her least exploited tourism sectors.

Visit the World Natural Heritage – The Dazu Rock Carvings

another historical place visited by the Malawi Diplomats is the Daze rock carvings，all of which are of the highest artistic attainment and demonstrate the most exquisite skills. In this park，the magnifi cent rock fi gures in different shapes compose a cultural and religious story of rich Buddhist culture and provided a platform for the Malawian Diplomats to exchange similarities and discrepancies about religion with their counterparts.

Visit Chongqing City Planning Exhibition Hall

Diplomats were shown the model of South West Chongqing municipality at the City Planning Exhibition Hall. The 892 Sq. Meters wide model，representing the overall view of this mountainous city with a scale of 1，750 boasts to be the largest of its kind in China. The Diplomats were impressed with the important milestones in the future development of Chongqing and attainment of sustainable growth.

Visit Haifu Hospital

The city of Chongqing is rapidly becoming a high technology hub. Founded in 1999，Haifu Medical Technology Company continues to be a world-leading manufacturer of nonevasive ultra sound therapeutic systems for both malignant and benign tumors. The tour was held in a cooperative atmosphere where Diplomats showed their enthusiasm，exchanged views with the medicals staff and proposed to further enhance cooperation by exploring the possibility of establishing more Haifu hospitals in africa. The experience of non-evasive ultra sound therapeutic systems left the Diplomats in awe and prayed and hoped that a Centre in africa close to Malawi can be opened soon for this harmless technologically advanced treatment.

Visit Changan Automobile Group

Changan automobile Group is a booming top ten Chinese automotive Industry. It has an existing asset base of 68 billion Yuan and nearly 50，000 employees. Diplomats observed that dedicating investment into scientific and technological innovation can adequately satisfy the needs of both the domestic and foreign market，whilst at the same time creating jobs and saving foreign exchange spent through automobile imports.

The Diplomats were amazed with the high-tech automobiles on display. More importantly it was pleasing to see the various classes of auto-mobiles on offer that would cater for different classes of customers. The Malawian delegation was also impressed with the green，safe，stylish and affordable user-friendly products the company has on offer.

Visit the Three Gorges Museum and Hongyadong Folk Scenic Spot

The museum was the best place to appreciate the historical background of Chongqing from the Stone age to the present. The Malawian Diplomats were inspired by the Museum covering an area of 5，500 Sq. meters with over 40 exhibitions cubiclesand about 100，000 pieces of relics which span over 3000 years from the ancient kingdom of Ba and near three mythical kingdoms period to world war II and the Chinese Revolution.

Banquet Held by the Foreign and Overseas Chinese Offi ce of Chongqing People’s Government

The 5 day amazing and highly educative visit to Chongqing which had started on Sunday，26 april had come to an end and Thursday 30 april was the day of departure. However before the delegations’ departure，Tao Yan Principal of the Chinese Foreign affairs Training Centre hosted the Team to a sumptuous sendoff dinner at the elegant. The banquet was a perfect sendoff to a programme that was full of hilarious and memorable moments. The souvenir gifts of Chongqing presented to each of the 20 member delegation will forever be a reminder of the visit to the marvelous Chongqing Province. It is hoped that one day，the team or any member of the team will return to Chongqing.