On 21 November the Belgian ambassador Bernard Pierre invited Ms. Huang Yan who recently was promoted as Director of the Beijing Municipal Planning Commission – The Executive Office of Beijing Metropolitan Planning & Construction Committee.
A mouthful but in short she is one of the key people for the urbanization aspects of the city.
She is a very sharp person and is fluent in English – of course, she also studied for two years in Leuven University (Belgium).

I had the pleasure to work with her during the tendering process for the Olympic venues in Beijing, the Bird’s Nest in particular.
She was very supportive of the “Athletes Alley” project of our Belgian artist Olivier Strebelle.
Also joined the lunch were Bart Pennewaert and Tim Van Anderlecht, First and Third Secretaries of the embassy and Gérard Seghers, Economic and Commercial Counsellor (Wallonia).