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Congratulatory Speech by Hsiao, Chiu-Yung, Vice President of WAAMA and Vice President of Taiwan Chamber of Commerce, Taiwan, China for the 20th Anniversary of the WAAMA
2022-10-29 15:49 Hits:161 Source:WAAMA

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Distinguished President Liu Jianhua, Vice Presidents, Executive Directors and all the council members of WAAMA, I am Hsiao, Chiu-Yung, representative of the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce, Taiwan, China. It's my pleasure to meet you through online video to participate in this very commemorative meeting.

Today, it is a great honor to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the World Association of Abacus and Mental Arithmetic. The Taiwan Chamber of Commerce, Taiwan, China has been communicating and cooperating with the Chinese Abacus and Mental Arithmetic Association since 1991. In 2002, the CAMAA invited abacus and mental arithmetic organizations from all over the world to launch the World Association of Abacus and Mental Arithmetic. The Taiwan Chamber of Commerce, Taiwan, China was able to take part in witnessing this important milestone in the history of abacus. Over the years, WAAMA has been committed to promoting abacus culture. Through world abacus competitions and academic exchanges, it has gathered experts and scholars from all over the world to popularize abacus education, making outstanding contributions to promoting the development of abacus.

Under the excellent leadership of President Liu, the 5th Council of WAAMA, overcame the interruption of substantive exchanges caused by the epidemic temporarily, made continuous online meetings and exchanges to promote the core value of learning abacus from the perspective of brain science, and spared no effort to promote the intangible cultural heritage of abacus, not only enriched the connotation of abacus promotion, implemented the inheritance and protection of abacus culture, but also encouraged the continuous innovation of abacus cause, brought the abacus culture that has been passed down for more than 2000 years to a new era.

At this grand event, we hope that the world epidemic will end soon, and everyone can gather together again to give play to the overall energy of the abacus community. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to the WAAMA for its hard work in preparation for today’s conference. I wish the conference a complete success, the world abacus and mental arithmetic cause a prosperous development, and all the guests present here have a good luck. Thank you.