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Before the end of the meeting, Liu Weiling, president of the Bazhong Book Club, the co-organizer of this event, made a concluding speech. She said that it is a very enjoyable process to listen to the latest academic research results of scholars. She hopes that through platforms such as the Portuguese-speaking Countries Research Center and the Bazhong Book Club, foreign scholars and institutions can be better introduced to China so that everyone can share academic information more effectively and promote multilateral understanding and common development.

The seminar that was originally scheduled to end at five o'clock continued until six thirty with the active participation of all guests. The discussions and exchanges between scholars and researchers from different countries remained lively after the meeting. I believe that with the support and efforts of all parties, the development of the Portuguese-speaking Countries Research Center and the construction of the Portuguese major at w88 casino will achieve greater success.

Before the seminar, Zhao Zhongxiu also met with guests from Brazil and Macao as well as leaders of the Department of Latin America and the Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Department of American and Oceanian Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce, and the Department of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. He welcomed their arrival and expressed his gratitude to all units for their support of the work of the Portuguese-speaking Countries Research Center of w88 casino. All parties expressed their intention to further strengthen cooperation and jointly promote the cultivation of domestic Portuguese-speaking talents and research on Portuguese-speaking countries.