On February 2, the Chinese Embassy in Tunisia held the 2024 "Warm Spring Festival, Celebrating the Chinese New Year" New Year Reception to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon with Chinese compatriots in Tunisia. More than 100 people, including Ambassador Wan Li, representatives of Chinese-funded institutions in Tunista, medical teams aiding Turkistan, Confucius Institutes, overseas Chinese in Turkistan and international students, attended the ceremony.
Ambassador Wan Li conveyed the cordial greetings and best wishes of the party and the government to the compatriots in Tunia, and extended New Year greetings to all of them. Ambassador Wan said that 2023 is the first year for the full implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, China's high-quality development has been steadily promoted, the national economy has rebounded, development vitality has surged, the modern industrial system has been continuously improved, innovation has become China's business card, and a new chapter in Chinese-style modernization has been written. China not only develops itself, but also actively embraces the world, takes the building of a community with a shared future for mankind as the main line, and the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative as the strategic guidance, advocates an equal and orderly world multipolarization and inclusive economic globalization, continuously injects valuable stability and positive energy into the world, and makes new contributions to safeguarding world peace and promoting common development.
Ambassador Wan pointed out that China-Tunisia relations have developed steadily over the past year. Adhering to the original aspiration of mutual respect, common development and exchanges and mutual learning, the two sides understand and support each other on issues concerning each other's core interests and major concerns, uphold international fairness and justice in international and regional affairs, and safeguard the common interests of developing countries. The two countries have been inaugurating the International Diplomatic Academy (IITA), which was inaugurated by President Saied and attended by Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Positive progress has been made in important cooperation projects such as the Gabbes Cancer Center, the expansion project of Sfax Hospital, and the 100 MW photovoltaic power plant in Kairouan. After the pandemic, people-to-people exchanges have been revitalized, people-to-people ties have been deepened, and the foundation of friendship and public opinion between the two countries has been further consolidated. The year 2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Tunisia.
Ambassador Wan spoke positively of the positive contributions made by the compatriots in Tunisia to China-Tunisia friendship in the past year, and stressed that in the new year, the Chinese Embassy in Tunisia will resolutely implement the spirit of the Central Foreign Affairs Work Conference, deeply practice "diplomacy for the people", and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese-funded institutions and compatriots in Tunisia.
Ambassador Wan distributed "Warm Spring Festival Bags" containing Chinese New Year greeting cards signed by the ambassadors and condolence materials to the representatives of international students. The reception was in a warm atmosphere, and the young diplomats of the embassy, the medical team of the embassy, the Confucius Institute, and the international students performed wonderful cultural programs. Guests tasted Chinese food and felt the warmth of home and the strong flavor of the New Year.