May 20, 2007
Zhang Yan
The Japanese Esperanto Institute is issuing a special invitation to 23 Asian Esperanto activists to take part in this year's World Esperanto Congress in Yokohama. In the April issue of the Japanese magazine La Revuo Orienta JEI has published statements by each of these people. I am reproducing them here, in English translation, one by one.
The next listed activist is ZHANG Yan of China. Zhang is 27-year-old secretary of the Zaozhang Esperanto Association.
Esperanto and I
I started learning Esperanto in 1997. I worked as one of the organizers for the First International Festival of Esperanto in Zaozhuang, China, held in cooperation with the Zaozhuang Esperanto Association and the Seoul Esperanto Cultural Center.
World Esperanto Congress and After
I want to take part in all the meetings of KAEM (Commission for the Asian Esperanto Movement) to learn about various experiences in other countries. After the World Esperanto Congress I will definitely report about the friendly contact in the Congress in magazines and newspapers in my province. I will inform about and disseminate our language, vigorously and from the heart, in our city and in our country.