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Congratulations to Two Chinese Universities on 25th Anniversary of Sylff [2019/06/21]

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A group photo with Sylff fellows and faculty members at Inner Mongolia University
(June 12, 2019, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)


I was genuinely delighted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff) programs at two universities in China during my recent visit to that country.


I first visited Xinjiang University in Urumqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on June 10 and then went on to Inner Mongolia University in Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on June 12 to attend events commemorating the anniversary.


Twenty-five years ago, The Nippon Foundation chose to endow these two universities, based in remote, ethnic minority regions, with funding to establish a Sylff program. We believed that just as leading universities in such big cities as Beijing had done, they too could also identify and nurture young leaders who would contribute greatly to the development of their regions and their country.


Witnessing the remarkable development of Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, especially their capital cities, I told the Sylff fellows and faculty members gathered at their respective universities for the celebrations just how proud I was of our decision 25 years ago, and how grateful too for their continued dedication to the successful management of the Sylff program.

Sylff was initially established at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in the United States in 1987, to cultivate human resources capable of transcending differences in nationality, language, ethnicity, religion and political systems to take on global challenges. In the 32 years since, 16,000 fellows at 69 universities in 44 countries around the world have received scholarships from the fund.

Xinjiang University and Inner Mongolia University are among the ten Sylff-affiliated universities in China, which also accounts for roughly half of the fellows, at 8,000. Xinjiang University has 620 Sylff fellows and Inner Mongolia University 605 fellows.

The fund is donated by The Nippon Foundation, and the program is administered by our partner organization, the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research.

Pointing out that 8 million Chinese people visited Japan last year, I told the two gatherings that Japan and China are the only two countries in the world whose peoples have maintained relatively friendly relations over the past two thousand years, despite a few unhappy political conflicts in history.


Quoting my motto, “We are one world, one family,”−I stressed that it is important for the ordinary citizens of the two countries to know each other well regardless of the state of political relations at any given time, and seek new future-oriented relations between the two nations, looking back on the history of the bilateral relations over the two thousand years. “It will depend on all of you gathered here today,” I said.


One thing that makes Sylff unique among global fellowship programs is the support offered to fellows throughout their careers−even after the scholarships end.


The Sylff Association, which comprises all current and graduated fellows, the 69 Sylff institutions, The Nippon Foundation and the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, offers continuing support to promote the fellows’ academic advancement and development as leaders, as well as encouraging networking among the fellows.


It is my hope that the Sylff fellows who studied at these and other Chinese universities will make the best use of their networking to promote mutual understanding between Japan and China.


Finally, I would like to express my deep gratitude to Party Committee Secretary Xu Xianyi of Xinjiang University and Party Secretary Zhu Bingwen of Inner Mongolia University for hosting such successful celebratory meetings and the warm hospitality they extended to us during our stay in their cities.




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The event to mark the 25th anniversary of the Sylff (Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund) program at Xinjiang University
(June 10, 2019, Urumqi)
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