On February 1, the Chinese Embassy in Turkey held the 2024 "Warm Spring Festival, Happy New Year" Chinese New Year Reception, which was attended and delivered by Ambassador Liu Shaobin, and more than 400 overseas Chinese, employees of Chinese-funded institutions, Confucius Institute teachers and representatives of international students gathered together to celebrate the Year of the Dragon.
Ambassador Liu first extended Chinese New Year greetings and holiday greetings to the compatriots in Turkey, and said that in the past year, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has been fully implemented, a good start has been achieved, and Chinese-style modernization has been steadily promoted. China's diplomacy is upright and innovative, forging ahead with great strength, creating a favorable environment for building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation, and making new contributions to safeguarding world peace and promoting common development. The Central Foreign Affairs Work Conference has clearly promoted the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, which is the main line of China's diplomacy, and major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics has entered a new stage in which more achievements can be made.
Ambassador Liu pointed out that in 2023, China-Turkey relations have developed steadily, and under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the China-Turkey strategic cooperative relationship has reached a new level and achieved new results. The vast number of compatriots in Turkey have actively told the story of China, the Communist Party of China and the Chinese style of modernization, and have played an important role in promoting the development of China-Turkey relations and enhancing mutual understanding and correct understanding.
Ambassador Liu said that 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and we will firmly grasp the most important politics of promoting Chinese-style modernization, comprehensively promote the great cause of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. It is hoped that the compatriots in Turkey will be self-reliant, self-reliant, self-confident, and make new and greater contributions to the development of the motherland and the cause of China-Turkey friendship.
At the reception, the program was wonderful, and the atmosphere was warm, joyful and peaceful. The fan dance "Wanjiang" performed by the women's group of the embassy, "Happy New Year" sung by the children of the Chinese class of the Ankara Chinese Overseas Chinese Association, and "Getting Better and Better" sung by Zhou Lu of the Chengdu Performance Troupe expressed good wishes to the motherland and New Year wishes to everyone. The Chengdu Opera Troupe's Sichuan opera face-changing, long-spouted pot tea art, and acrobatic water meteor performances were superb and superb, pushing the atmosphere of the event to a climax and winning full applause.