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Welcome Dinner for the Chinese Delegation
to The World Famous Mountains Conference in Portland

You are cordially invited to attend a dinner honoring 4 high ranking officials from Lushan and Beijing representing the famous mountains in China, who are attending the 3rd Annual World Famous Mountains Conference in Portland. The mountains represented are Emeishan, Huangshan, Taishan, and Lushan. Their leaders, together with representatives from the China Landscape and Historical Site Association and the Beijing UNESCO office, are meeting with delegates from 25 mountains around the world including Mt. Fuji and Mt. Kilimanjaro and four US mountains: Mount Rainier, Mt. Shasta, Shenandoah National Park and Mt. Hood.

The World Famous Mountains Association was formed in China in 2009 with 12 founding members and has grown now to include 25 mountains represented from Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, the Philippines, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Tanzania, and the USA. A growing number of these mountains are experiencing burgeoning demands for recreational pursuit and both public and private development. The purpose of the association is to provide a venue for members to collaborate in the exchange of information and in learning how to face the common challenges of managing the world's most precious fragile mountain ecosystems. The primary focus is on issues focus such as natural resource protection, sustainable tourism, environmental education, and the conservation of our world's cultural legacy. celebrating the connection between history, art, culture, heritage, and mountains.

Enjoy an 8-course Wong's King banquet dinner; and wine, compliments of Ankeny Vineyard and China Consultants NW.

Preceding the dinner, Mr. Zheng Xiang, General Secretary and head of the Mt. Lushan Administrative Bureau and founder of the organization, will present a short illustrated talk about the association and its members, joined by Heidi Zhu Dong, Deputy Secretary General, and Gary Larsen, former Supervisor of Mt. Hood National Forest. The conference is being hosted by Mt. Hood National Forest, U.S. Forest Service, at the World Forestry Center and Timberline Lodge.

For a list of delegation members [click here]