Beijing, 18 Jan (Xinhua) -- Approaching the Spring Festival in the Year of the Rabbit, Chinese embassies and consulates abroad have recently successively distributed various "Spring Festival bags" to local overseas Chinese, overseas Chinese students, Chinese language teachers, and employees of Chinese enterprises, conveying the motherland's deep thoughts and deep blessings.
Fancy "Spring Festival bag" sent intimate protection
Greeting cards, spring couplings, New Year plates... The "Spring Festival bag" received by overseas Chinese and international students representatives in New Zealand is full of flavor and carries the concern and greetings of the motherland and the hometown people.
The "Spring Festival bags" prepared by the Chinese Embassy in Spain are mainly New Year food, while some "Spring Festival bags" are in the form of "blind boxes" and randomly loaded into different items. Zhang of the Complutense University of Madrid called out "happiness" after receiving the "Spring Festival bag": "Probably only Chinese students can get the care of the motherland during the festival, I think we are very lucky."
This is a picture of a representative of overseas Chinese in Kathmandu, Nepal, carrying a "Spring Festival bag". (Photo by Harry Mahaljan)
The Chinese Consulate General in New York launched preparations for the "Spring Festival Package" as early as half a year ago. The canvas bag with unique Chinese characteristics not only contains Fu characters, couplets, peanuts, melon seeds, etc., but also medical masks and consular protection and public diplomacy propaganda cards of the Consulate General, telling compatriots not to forget to prevent the epidemic during the festival, pay attention to personal and property safety, and spend a healthy, safe, down-to-earth and warm Spring Festival in the Year of the Rabbit.
Display of the appearance and content of the "Spring Festival Bag" of the Chinese Consulate General in New York. (Photo by Zhu Ziyu)
The "Spring Festival Package" issued by the Chinese Embassy in Botswana contains not only festive items, epidemic prevention materials, but also consular protection "guides", such as the "Guide to Consular Protection and Assistance in China" and "100 Safety Reminders for Chinese Citizens Traveling to Botswana". An overseas Chinese compatriot in Bobo said that when he received the "Spring Festival bag" on the eve of the Spring Festival, he felt the warmth of the motherland.
Overseas Chinese sons and daughters: warm in the hands, warm in the heart
A strong motherland will always be the strong backing of the sons and daughters of China. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as of the end of September last year, the mainland had more than 280 embassies and consular offices abroad around the world providing consular services for overseas citizens, and the 12308 emergency hotline provided assistance to overseas citizens 24 hours a day. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, embassies and consulates abroad have continued to distribute "Spring Festival kits" and "health kits" to overseas compatriots, and assisted more than 4.6 million overseas Chinese citizens to be vaccinated through the "Spring Seedling Operation".
This is an epidemic prevention item photographed inside the Chinese Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, on April 20, 2020. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Huime
Received the "Spring Festival Bag", warm in the hand, warm in the heart.
Huayun Chu, representative of overseas Chinese in New Zealand and president of the Greater Wellington Women's Committee, lamented that the motherland always thinks about overseas travelers, and a strong motherland is the strong backing of every overseas traveler.
Rajlian, president of the Pakistan Overseas Chinese Association, told reporters that the "Spring Festival bag" issued by the embassy reflects the meticulous care of the ancestral (home) country for overseas Chinese in Pakistan, and China's prosperity and development make overseas Chinese in Pakistan proud and proud.
Ye Rubin, president of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Association for Promoting China's Peaceful Reunification, expressed his gratitude for this warm concern for overseas compatriots, and he is willing to continue to be a good non-governmental messenger of Sino-Polish friendship and seize the opportunity to seek common progress in the new year.
Overseas Chinese in France expressed their willingness to continue to be contributors and inheritors of Sino-French friendship and push China-France relations to a new level in the new era. (Reporters: Lu Huaiqian, Guo Lei, Xie Yuzhi, Liu Yanan, Teng Junwei, Jiang Jiang, Wang Huan, Zhang Xiuzhi, Tang Ji, Sun Xinjing, Guo Mingfang; Reporting staff: Meng Tao, Tariq; Editors: Ma Xiaoyan, Xu Xiaolei)
Source: Xinhua News Agency