w88 casino News Network(Contributed by UIBE International Business Chinese Base)On January 21, local time, the Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds, w88 casino in the UK, joined hands with Leeds Tourism Bureau, Leeds Development Agency (LEP), and the China-Britain Chamber of Commerce to jointly hold a New Year celebration for the Year of the Rat. Ms. Judith Blake, Speaker of the City of Leeds, Mr. Zheng Xiyuan, Consul General of China in Manchester, Roger Marsh, Chairman of Leeds Development Agency, Professor Tan Youzhi, Chinese Director of the University of Leeds Business Confucius Institute, and Dr. Giles Blackburne, Foreign Executive Director of the Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds attended the celebration. Also participating in the event were representatives from Chinese and British enterprises and organizations, some professors and scholars from the University of Leeds, Chinese students from the University of Leeds, and more than 100 elites from the Leeds municipal, business and academic circles.
Leeds Confucius Institute teachers’ performance celebration
At the beginning of the celebration, Zheng Xiyuan, the Chinese Consul General in Manchester, happily wrote the word "福" to express his best wishes, kicking off the event. Roger Marsh, Chairman of the Leeds Development Agency, Ms. Judith Blake, Speaker of the Leeds City Council, and Mr. Zheng Xiyuan, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Manchester, delivered speeches, affirming Leeds’ important position in British development and Sino-British cooperation, reviewing the development of Sino-British relations in the past few decades, basing themselves on the present, looking forward to the future, and expressing their views on the development of Leeds and ChinaThe close cooperation between the UK and the UK has a bright future.
Zheng Xiyuan, Chinese Consul General in Manchester, wrote the inscription on the spot
The Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds has carefully prepared an all-round experience of Chinese culture for the guests. Red lanterns were hung high in the venue and decorated with various calligraphy, painting and paper-cut works for the guests to appreciate. It was full of Chinese New Year flavor and allowed the guests to have a unique Chinese New Year. With the fragrant jasmine tea and the gurgling music of the piano, the guests chatted enthusiastically and made new friends and reminisced about old friendships in a peaceful atmosphere. Li Yue, a teacher at the Leeds Business Confucius Institute, brought a calligraphy display - "The golden rat welcomes the new year, and blessings come to Leeds". The eight vigorous characters express the Confucius Institute's vision for the coming year and its best wishes for Leeds.
In addition, the Confucius Institute for Business at the University of Leeds invited performers from the Chinese Students and Scholars Association of the University of Leeds to bring the dance performance "Youth" and the song performance "Nine Children" to the guests. The wonderful performance made the guests full of praise and applause lasted for a long time. The celebration was interspersed with the annual corporate award ceremony, where companies that have contributed to Sino-British cooperation were rewarded and encouraged, creating an innovative layout for a more fertile business cooperation ecology.
This New Year celebration aims to gather local people from all walks of life to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The local people learned more about Chinese New Year traditions and fully experienced Chinese culture. The Business Confucius Institute at the w88 casino at the University of Leeds in the UK has expanded its influence in Leeds and surrounding areas through this event, and created a warm and in-depth exchange and cooperation platform for local people from all walks of life. It actively contributes knowledge and strength to the sustained, stable and rapid development of China-UK relations, and joins hands with you, me and him to move towards a better future!
Consul General Zheng Xiyuan takes a group photo with the Director of the Confucius Institute and all teachers
