China Open Resources for Education (CORE) was established in October 2003 and the program initiated in April 2004.
Bai is aiming to be around for the whole weekend at the China Open.
Meanwhile, top seed Djokovic eased through his second round match at the China Open in Beijing.
But prior to winning the China Open in April the unheralded Indian had not enjoyed a great deal of success.
It will be his first final appearance since the China Open in April 2005, which he lost to Ding Junhui.
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Second seeded Djokovic, who defended the China Open in Beijing on Monday, wrapped up victory over Croatia's Ljubicic in 80 minutes.
The China Open has been moved from last year's slot in November.
Meanwhile Chris Small criticised the 'circus' atmosphere at the China Open after slumping to a 10th straight defeat against Telford's Adrian Gunnell.
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China Open Resources for Education is a consortium of universities that began with 26 International Engineering Technology (IET) Educational Foundation member universities and 44 China Radio and TV universities.
Meanwhile in the final of the China Open in Beijing, top seed Novak Djokovic accounted for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 7-6 6-2 to claim his 32nd career crown.
"I'm very excited because Ronnie was my idol when I first started playing snooker at the age of 10, " said Liu, who lost 5-1 to O'Sullivan at last season's China Open.
The 25-year-old Djokovic, who was also beaten by Murray in the semifinals of the Olympic tennis tournament, came into the final in hot form after claiming the China Open in Beijing.
Marcus Fraser, a partner at April's China Open where Guan, then 13, became the youngest competitor in a European Tour event said he could see him rising "pretty comfortably" to the world's top 10.
The Scot, who seemed to have recovered from the illness which hampered him at last week's China Open , was never really threatened by a player he had beaten in their previous two meetings.
In fact, air quality was so bad at the China Open on Thursday, October 7th, that the organizers were forced to switch the floodlights on early as thick smog drifted onto the tennis courts.
Djokovic clinched his third straight China Open title on Sunday, celebrating by joining a troupe of dancers to show off his "Gangnam" skills, and is aiming for a strong finish to a year that has tailed off somewhat.
Williams, who has 13 Grand Slam titles and two Olympic Gold metals, announced on Saturday that she would be pulling out of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo and the China Open in Beijing later this year in order to continue healing after a July foot injury.
Li, who turns 31 next month and will rise one place to No. 5 in the Women's Tennis Association rankings on Monday, joked that she felt like she was at the China Open, because of the number of Chinese flags and cheers, both in Mandarin and English at the arena.
Ms. Li, who turns 31 next month and will rise one place to No. 5 in the Women's Tennis Association rankings on Monday, joked that she felt like she was at the China Open, because of the number of Chinese flags and cheers, both in Mandarin and English at the arena.
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Although China must open its markets to foreigners under World Trade Organisation rules, it is not welcoming them.
"You can't simply go into China, open the doors, and say 'Here's our product, go play it', " said Edward Williams, analyst at BMO Capital Markets.
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More investment may also give the U.S. leverage to encourage China to open up its borders to U.S. firms, which are frequently hamstrung by onerous investment rules.
The firm's user base has tripled since last year - it now has 30m users worldwide, and a data centre based in China could open a market that currently has 500 million internet users.
They also gain access to a branch network and client list they could never afford to replicate, even after World Trade Organisation rules force China to open its domestic banking market fully from end-2006.
What is more, as Mr Anderson points out, China is more open to imports and foreign direct investment than South Korea, which helps China's quest for intellectual property.
After all, China has been open to the west for business for 30 years.
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