Reporter Zhang Niansheng, Yang Yi, Liu Hui.
China and ASEAN countries are linked by mountains and rivers, share people-to-people ties, and have a long history of friendly exchanges. Since 2013, when President Xi proposed to build a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future, China and ASEAN have been helping each other and overcoming difficulties together, and their awareness of sharing a shared future has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
On February 2, the opening ceremony of the 2024 ASEAN-China Year of People-to-People Exchanges was held. Taking the ASEAN-China Year of People-to-People Exchanges as an opportunity, China and ASEAN countries will carry out a variety of people-to-people and cultural exchange activities to bring the people of both sides closer and closer together, and work together to build a peaceful, tranquil, prosperous, beautiful and friendly common home.
to lay a more solid foundation for future cooperation".
**The President pointed out that to maintain the everlasting tree of China-ASEAN friendship, it is necessary to consolidate the social soil of bilateral relations. People-to-people exchanges are the spiritual ties that have endured between China and ASEAN countries, and they have crossed the long river of history and precipitated a deep foundation for China and ASEAN to face the future and move towards each other. Since 2014, China and ASEAN have jointly held the Year of Cultural Exchange, Educational Exchange, Tourism Cooperation, Innovation and Exchange, forming 225 pairs of sister cities. The number of people exchanges between the two sides has increased from 18.2 million in 2013 to 65 million before the pandemic, with nearly 4,500 flights per week.
The two sides should take the China-Cambodia Friendship Year as an opportunity to expand local counterpart cooperation, expand people-to-people exchanges, strengthen youth exchanges, and carry forward the cause of China-Cambodia friendship. In February 2023, President ** said when he met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.
We will deepen exchanges and cooperation in the field of people-to-people exchanges, renew traditional friendship, consolidate the social and public foundation of China-Laos friendship, and promote China-Laos relations to be closer and better. "The Action Plan of the Communist Party of China and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party on Building a China-Laos Community with a Shared Future (2024-2028)" signed in Beijing in October 2023 lists the adherence to people-to-people mutual understanding and mutual understanding as one of the five major areas of the new five-year action plan, injecting new vitality into the construction of a China-Laos community with a shared future.
The two sides will continue to strengthen people-to-people and people-to-people exchanges, open up more tourist routes, strengthen cooperation and exchanges in local cooperation, strengthen cooperation and exchanges in study abroad and personnel training, promote more exchanges and visits between non-governmental and religious groups of the two countries, continuously enhance mutual understanding between the two peoples, and consolidate the foundation of public opinion for the friendship between the two countries for generations. "The Joint Statement of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Indonesia on Deepening All-round Strategic Cooperation, signed in October 2023, sets out a clear plan for the two sides to continue to strengthen people-to-people exchanges and people-to-people exchanges.
January 28, Malaysian Chinese Assembly Hall General Building. The opening ceremony of the "Malaysia-China Friendship Night" and the 2024 Malaysia-China Youth Art Festival was successfully held. Youth art groups from China and Malaysia performed on the same stage, and more than 1,000 people in the audience responded with warm applause. "The piano performance of the Chinese performers is awesome! Majid, president of the Malaysia-China Friendship Association, told this reporter.
Over the past few days, more than 100 young people from China have visited Malaysia, visited local campuses to communicate with their peers, and visited the Jonker Street ...... in the historic city of Malacca"It is very gratifying to see young people from Malaysia and China coming together to communicate. Majid said that the art festival is not only an important platform for cultural exchanges between the two countries, but also an important way to cultivate friendly envoys between the two countries' youth. He said that he hoped that through such activities, "the friendly relations between Malaysia and China will be further consolidated and deepened, and a more solid foundation for future cooperation will be laid."
This year is also the "China-Cambodia Year of People-to-People Exchanges". Not long ago, Siem Reap, Cambodia held the launching ceremony of the "China-Cambodia Year of People-to-People Exchange". On the elephant platform of the world cultural heritage Angkor monuments, Chinese and Cambodian artists performed wonderful cultural and artistic programs such as "The Four Seas Celebrate the Spring Festival".
Today's style of Angkor monuments is inseparable from the unremitting efforts and dedication of groups of Chinese experts. With their profound professionalism and superb restoration skills, they have become an important force in the international action for the protection of Angkor monuments, giving new connotations to the protection of cultural heritage in China and Cambodia. "We look forward to taking the 'China-Cambodia Year of People-to-People Exchanges' as an opportunity to promote the growth of Chinese tourists in Cambodia, promote people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, promote youth exchanges, and contribute to the building of a Cambodia-China community with a shared future." Cambodian Tourism Minister Sosogan said.
Promote cooperation between ASEAN and China in various fields such as economy, trade, tourism and so on".
On the eve of the Chinese New Year of the Dragon, various forms of activities have been launched in Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and other countries, creating a festive and peaceful atmosphere for local people to experience the Chinese New Year culture, and injecting vitality into people-to-people exchanges between China and ASEAN countries.
Not long ago, in the ** Hall of Prince Mahidol in Thailand, the "Voice of Celebration - 2024 Happy New Year ** Meeting" jointly organized by the Chinese Embassy in Thailand and the ** College of Mahidol University in Thailand was grandly staged. The Jade Zheng Troupe, composed of teachers and students of Zhejiang ** College, and the Mahidol Symphony Orchestra performed "Mountains and Flowing Water", "Liang Zhu", "Dream Back to Lin'an" and other pieces on the same stage, and jointly presented the "Spring Festival Overture" with traditional instruments of the two countries, showing the charm and innovation of traditional Chinese **, which is refreshing.
A few days ago, the "Celebration of the Spring Festival and the Sino-Vietnamese New Year Cultural Exchange and Experience Activity" was held at Hanoi University in Vietnam. The audience experienced traditional Chinese skills such as calligraphy, Chinese painting, and paper-cutting, made and tasted traditional Chinese delicacies such as zongzi, dumplings, and glutinous rice balls, and performed Ao Dai and Hanfu shows, singing and dancing performances, etc. During the warm interaction, teachers and students from China and Vietnam continued to deepen their understanding and friendship. "Vietnam and China are geographically close and have deep historical ties. As a link between the hearts and minds of the two peoples, cultural exchanges have always played an important role in the relations between the two countries. Dinh Thi Thanh N'e, head of the Chinese Department at Hanoi University in Vietnam, said.
On January 29, "Hello! China" - the 2024 North China Ice and Snow Tourism Overseas Promotion Season Malaysia special event was held in Kuala Lumpur. "China has a rich and diverse ice and snow resources, which is a huge attraction for Malaysian tourists. Similarly, Malaysia's sun, beaches, and food are also attractive to Chinese tourists. Yang Shunxing, vice chairman of the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board, who participated in the event, said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China 50 years ago, the two sides have carried out close cooperation in many fields, and look forward to starting the first year of tourism between the two countries in 2024.
Recently, China, Singapore and Thailand have signed mutual visa exemption agreements, which have greatly facilitated personnel and business exchanges between China and ASEAN countries. "At the end of last year, the mutual visa exemption policy between China and Malaysia was officially implemented. This measure is significant and makes it easier for many people to visit each other's countries. "This series of measures will promote cooperation between ASEAN and China in various fields such as economy, trade, tourism and so on. ”
to promote the coexistence, harmony and mutual learning of various cultures".
Taking the ASEAN-China Year of People-to-People and Cultural Exchanges as an opportunity, China and ASEAN countries will join hands to implement the Global Civilization Initiative, promote Asian values centered on peace, cooperation, inclusiveness and integration, and promote mutual understanding and integration among the more than 2 billion people on both sides, which will bring new opportunities for both sides to create a prosperous and beautiful future.
The political secretary of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Zeng Min Kai, said that the concept of "prosperous Malaysia" proposed by Malaysia and the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind proposed by China both emphasize the coordinated development of material civilization and spiritual civilization and attach importance to cultural and civilization exchanges. Malaysia and China will further strengthen people-to-people exchanges, and the people of both countries will benefit from them.
China's Global Civilization Initiative provides the world with the wisdom of 'harmony in diversity', which can promote the coexistence, harmony and mutual learning of various cultures. Ong Sze Kit, chairman of Malaysia's New Asia Strategic Research Center, said.
Last year, China announced that in the next three years, China will build 10 "China-ASEAN Modern Craftsman Academies" in ASEAN countries, continue to carry out the "Bridge to the Future" China-ASEAN Young Leaders Training Program, and launch the "10,000 People Training and Seminar Program" to train 10,000 talents and ...... for ASEAN countries in the fields of governance, anti-corruption and green developmentChina and ASEAN have strengthened exchanges in the fields of culture, tourism, training and youth, and continued to build a solid foundation of public opinion in bilateral relations.
Lao Deputy Foreign Minister Thongphan said that the Global Civilization Initiative, together with the Global Development Initiative and the Global Security Initiative, constitutes an important support for building a community with a shared future for mankind and meets the practical needs of the international community.
KUALA LUMPUR, BANGKOK, Feb. 3) --
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