(Noyan is Chief Representative of Garanti Bank’s Shanghai office.)

Despite transferring to the business circle, former diplomat Noyan is still concerned with China’s economic and social development. Every day he reads six or seven newspapers including the People’s Daily and Shanghai Daily. He also serves as a visiting professor at Northwestern University and Shanghai University, sharing his views on Sino-Turkish relations with college students.

With a connection with China which dates back 30 years, Noyan truly understands the hardships and difficulties China has met with since the country’s reform and opening up. He has also witnessed the hard work and diligence of the Chinese people. “In the 40 years of reform and opening up, China has changed 400 times.” In his opinion, what China has achieved today has “surpassed people’s imagination.”