China Overseas Chinese Network, December 13 According to the WeChat news of the Chinese Embassy in South Korea, on December 11, the award ceremony of the China-South Korea Friendship and Cooperation Award co-sponsored by the Chinese Embassy in South Korea and the South Korea-China Friendship Federation was held in Seoul. Xing Haiming, Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, presented awards to 16 groups and individuals from all walks of life in South Korea, including Incheon City Education Superintendent Do Sung-hoon and the Korea-China Law Society. Kim Jin-pyo, speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, delivered a speech, and Woo Shou-geun, president of the Korea-China Friendship Federation, attended the event.
Xing Haiming said that China and the ROK are close neighbors and inseparable partners that cannot be moved, and the two countries have a long history of mutual assistance and friendly exchanges. Although the international and regional situation is becoming more and more complex and China-ROK relations are facing many challenges, the general direction of friendship and cooperation between the two sides has not changed. Not long ago, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Minister of the Communist Party of China, held a meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin to confirm the positioning of the China-ROK strategic cooperative partnership. China is ready to work with the ROK to promote the sound and steady development of China-ROK relations. It is hoped that outstanding friends from all walks of life in South Korea will continue to shoulder the lofty mission of promoting friendship between the two countries, promote exchanges and cooperation between the two sides in various fields, and contribute to the peace and prosperity of China, South Korea and the world at large.
In his speech, Kim Jin-pyo said that the ROK and China are important neighbors, friends and partners. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the relations between the two countries have developed by leaps and bounds in an all-round way. Last year, the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea established the Korea-China Parliamentarians Alliance, which has effectively promoted the development of Korea-China relations and exchanges between the legislative bodies of the two countries. As the proverb goes, "Friends are good in the old, but clothes are good in the new". It is hoped that the two countries, as friends, will further develop and mature their relations of mutual trust and friendship.
Woo Shou-geun said that there is a proverb in South Korea and China that "distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors". South Korea and China are close neighbors and should get along amicably. At present, when the relations between the two countries are facing certain difficulties, the two sides should strengthen friendly exchanges in the cultural, youth, non-governmental and other fields to help the two countries overcome difficulties and eliminate misunderstandings. As the head of a private organization, I will continue to work on non-governmental cooperation and exchanges between Korea and China, and contribute to the common prosperity and development of the two countries and the Northeast Asian region.