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PRC Country Director Receives Friendship Award

Bruce Murray, PRC Country Director, receiving the Friendship Award from Vice Premier Wu Yi for ADB’s development efforts

BEIJING, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

The Asian Development Bank’s Country Director in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Bruce Murray, received a 2003 “Friendship Award” from the PRC Government. The Friendship Award is the highest award presented by the Government to foreign experts.

The Ministry of Finance, which nominated Mr. Murray, cited the contributions that ADB has made toward the PRC’s economic and social development.

The State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, authorized by the State Council of the PRC, established this state-level annual award in 1991 to recognize particularly significant contributions of foreign experts in diverse fields. To date, 716 foreign experts from 54 nations have received the prestigious award. In 2003, 50 people from 19 countries were selected to receive the Friendship Award from among the 400,000 foreign experts working in the PRC on long-term assignments.

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