Jiangmen Daily News (Reporter/Zhang Maosheng Correspondent/Jiangfu Letter) In order to further enhance understanding and promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, our city held the 2023 Overseas Chinese Capital Latin American Culture Festival in Kaiping on October 30. Mayor Wu Xiaohui attended and delivered a speech.
This event was co-sponsored by the Jiangmen Municipal Foreign Affairs Bureau and the Kaiping Municipal People’s Government, and was committed to building a carrier platform to showcase the cultural characteristics of Jiangmen’s overseas Chinese and deepen exchanges and cooperation with Latin America. More than 50 people, including representatives from the consulates general of Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela and other Latin American countries in Guangzhou, as well as students from self-media and media exchange training courses from Latin American and Caribbean countries, gathered in the hometown of overseas Chinese.
Wu Xiaohui warmly welcomed the guests. She said that Jiangmen is located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which has the highest degree of openness and the strongest economic vitality in China. It has a superior location, convenient transportation, complete industrial system and complete categories, making it a vibrant new industrial city; Jiangmen It is a livable and travelable city, a national garden city, a national civilized city, and an outstanding tourist city in China. Jiangmen has profound historical and cultural heritage and is the only place to pass through on the ancient Maritime Silk Road. It is a colorful blend of ancient and modern times, a blend of Chinese and Western cultures. . Although Jiangmen and Latin American countries are thousands of miles apart, they have profound historical roots and close practical connections with each other. In recent years, exchanges and cooperation between the two sides in the fields of people-to-people and cultural exchanges, economy and trade have become increasingly close, and the friendship has yielded fruitful results.
Looking to the future, Wu Xiaohui said that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. President Xi Jinping emphasized that the Silk Road spirit of peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning, mutual benefit and win-win are the most important elements of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” Source of strength. Latin America is a land full of hope and vitality, and it is an indispensable and important participant in the construction of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative. It is hoped that both parties will take this event as an opportunity to promote cultural appreciation and promote people-to-people bonds. We also hope that the consulates general of Latin American countries in Guangzhou and self-media will actively promote Jiangmen and further enhance the level of exchanges and cooperation between Jiangmen and Latin American countries. Write a new chapter in the high-quality development of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative.
In the afternoon, the guests visited Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town. That night, the “Peru: Coast, Mountains and Jungles Photography Exhibition” was also launched at the “Latin America Night” event.
City leader Li Huiwen attended the event.
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2023-10-31 01:53:18
