Singapore Chongqing Week: Exploring the Cultural Exchange and Cooperation Between Two Vibrant Cities

2023-07-16 23:00:46

On the followingnoon of July 16, at the China Cultural Center in Singapore, Yuan Jiajun and others jointly witnessed the launch of the “‘re’ and ‘new’ departure·Yuxin dual-hub two-way tour”.Photo by reporter Su Si/Visual Chongqing

The landscape of Chongqing meets the Garden Lion City, and the exchanges and interactions across mountains and seas are wonderfully staged. On the followingnoon of July 16, “Singapore·Chongqing Week” was grandly opened at the China Cultural Center in Singapore. Chongqing Municipal Party Secretary Yuan Jiajun announced the opening of “Singapore Chongqing Week”.

Lin Mingliang, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore, Sun Haiyan, Chinese Ambassador to Singapore, Chen Mingbo, Member of the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Municipal Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor, delivered speeches, Guo Yezhou, Vice Minister of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Luo Lin, Member of the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Municipal Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Liangjiang New Area attended the ceremony.

In the China Cultural Center in Singapore, people from the business and cultural circles of Chongqing and Singapore gathered together to participate in the exchange and cooperation event and discuss the development of a new future together. At the event site, Chongqing artists played and sang the folk songs “The Sun Rises Joyful” and “Tanjung Katong”.

Yuan Jiajun and others jointly witnessed the launch of the “‘re’ and ‘new’ departure · Chongqing-Xinjiang double-hub two-way tour”. Yuan Jiajun announced the opening of “Singapore·Chongqing Week”.

At the event site, the audience shared the exchange and cooperation event.Photo by reporter Su Si/Visual Chongqing

Chen Mingbo said in his speech that Chongqing and Singapore have cooperated for a long time and have a long-lasting friendship. Chongqing is deeply implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, seizing the opportunities of national strategic superposition such as the development of China’s western regions in the new era, the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, and the construction of the new land-sea corridor, so as to create an important growth pole and a new center for high-quality national development. Power source, building a new socialist modernized Chongqing in an all-round way. Facing the future, the exchanges and exchanges between Chongqing and Singapore will be more frequent, the space will be wider, and the prospects will be more promising. We are willing to work with Singapore to take the “Singapore·Chongqing Week” event as an opportunity to continue to implement the China-Singapore connectivity project with high standards, creatively carry out wider and deeper cooperation in a wider range of fields, and play the role of project benchmarking, demonstration and leadership, and write A new chapter in the cooperation between Chongqing and Singapore, western China and ASEAN countries.

Lin Mingliang said that the cooperation between Singapore and Chongqing is a good embodiment of the all-round high-quality forward-looking partnership between China and Singapore. The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Strategic Connectivity Demonstration Project is a cornerstone cooperation project proposed by Singapore and Chongqing. Through cooperation in the four key areas of financial services, aviation industry, transportation and logistics, and information and communication, the interconnection between Singapore and Chongqing, Southeast Asia and western China has been strengthened. At the same time, the China-Singapore Connectivity Project has also created conditions for cooperation in agricultural and food trade, green economy, medical care, tourism and other fields. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, Chongqing is a modern metropolis with rich historical and cultural heritage. I believe that the series of activities of “Singapore·Chongqing Week” can show the unique culture of Chongqing and let everyone feel the charm of Chongqing.

Sun Haiyan said that in March this year, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong jointly announced in Beijing the establishment of an all-round high-quality forward-looking partnership between China and New Zealand. Each of these three words has rich connotations, and requires both China and New Zealand to think and explore in depth to expand emerging fields and discover new content in the new era of traditional fields. Singapore is a successful example of international city construction and development. Contemporary Chongqing has formed a unique urban style, cultural landscape and cultural charm. The Chongqing Week event is an important measure for Chongqing to enhance its international image and influence, allowing everyone to see the beauty of Chongqing. It is hoped that through stunning appearances, more and more people will perceive Chongqing, infiltrate their souls, and fall in love with Chongqing, and jointly embellish the shiny Chongqing with a golden edge, adding luster and assistance to the construction of a modernized new Chongqing and the development of the New Land-Sea Corridor.

At the event site, Chongqing artists performed brilliantly.Photo by reporter Su Si/Visual Chongqing

Before the opening ceremony, Yuan Jiajun and others visited the “Singapore·Chongqing Week” Chongqing Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition. In the exhibition hall, intangible cultural heritage such as Liangping woodblock New Year paintings, boxwood carvings, and Youzhou Miao embroidery were brilliantly exhibited. Dazu stone carvings, batik products, Xia inkstone and other intangible cultural creations were dazzling, attracting the attention of Singaporeans. Yuan Jiajun and others walked and watched, stopping from time to time to communicate with the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage.

After the opening ceremony, Chongqing and Singapore co-hosted the Chongqing-Singapore Tourism Promotion Conference. During the event, the erhu solo “Ant”, the folk music trio “Horse Racing”, and the male and female trio “Song of the Yangtze River” were full of Chongqing’s regional characteristics, and various tourism cultural promotions fully displayed Chongqing’s rich tourism resources.

“Singapore·Chongqing Week” is co-sponsored by the Chongqing Municipal People’s Government and the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore, and the event will last until the 19th of this month. During the period, the two places will carry out a wide range of activities such as business cooperation, cultural exchanges, and observation and experience, and hold a series of exchanges such as Chongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Singapore Tour, Chongqing-Singapore Enterprise Matchmaking Exchange Conference and Western Chongqing Regional Integrated Development Promotion Conference, Chongqing Time-honored Food Tour in Singapore, etc. activities, promote the realization of interconnection in a wider range, continuously improve the level of cooperation between the two places, and help the construction of a modernized new Chongqing.

The Chinese embassy in Singapore, the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Tourism Bureau, and the Enterprise Development Bureau are responsible for relevant departments in Chongqing, relevant enterprises in Chongqing, relevant Chinese-funded institutions in Singapore, Singapore Tourism Industry Association and relevant enterprise personnel. .

1689555896
#SingaporeChongqing #Week #grandly #kicks #Singapore #hand #hand #write #chapter #cooperation #Chongqing #Xinshan #sea #Yuan #Jiajun #announces #opening_Chongqing #Peoples #Government #Network