遇见一座城——外国友人眼里的枣庄

ZAOZHUANG,A CHARMING CITY IN THE EYES OF FOREIGN FRIENDS

随着枣庄外向度的不断提升，不同肤色、民族的外国友人陆续来到这里，或投资、或讲学，体验着这座城市的风土人情。

With the increasing openness to the outside world,foreign friends of different colors and nationalities are coming to Zaozhuang from afar with the aim to making investment,giving lectures or experiencing the local charm and customs.Serving as the vice president of Saudi Arabia Ajlan Brothers,the president of Shandong Lawrance Textiles Co.,Ltd.,the vice-chairman of Chamber of Commerce between China and Saudi Arabia,Mohamed Ajlan has developed a good friendship with Zaozhuang since 2000 when he signed a trading contract with a company here.Rhee Chanbok,president of OCI(Shandong) Jianyang Carbon Black Co.Ltd.,was sent to Zaozhuang in December,2015 by Korean OCI Corporation.He said he loves China and believes that it will surely have a bright future for it is being recognized worldwide.In the summer of 2009,Boris Lomanov who was then in Russia,when searching job information via Yahoo Search Engine,found to his surprise that Zaogzhuang University was recruiting foreign piano teachers.Since stepping on this hot land,he has witnessed the great changes in this dty in the past 8 years:more and more new supermarkets,shopping malls,hospitals and factories are springing up.What's more important,he was lucky enough to find his Miss Right,Song Yingsu.