Reporters learned from the Provincial Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs that the 2010 Cultural China, Splendid Sichuan Series Cultural Activities which is co-hosted by China Overseas Exchange Association and Sichuan Provincial People s Government and is organized by the Provincial Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs, Publicity Office of Sichuan Provincial Party Committee, Culture Department of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Provincial Department of Commerce, Provincial Tourism Bureau, US-Asian Culture Media Group and South Sea Company will be held from October 28th to November 9th in the United States.
The event happens to be carried out during the important occasion when Sichuan Province has successfully achieved the goal of completing the three-year reconstruction plans within two years in post-Wenchuan Earthquake restoration and reconstruction and scored decisive victory. The event aims to reveal the long history of Ba-shu Culture, new images of Sichuan s development and tremendous achievements Sichuan has made in disaster relief and post-quake restoration and reconstruction.
It also aims to express our heartfelt thanks to the support the international community has offered and to promote the cooperation and exchanges in culture, economy and trade between the concerned regions in America and Sichuan Province.
Delegations led respectively by Zhao Yang, Deputy Director of the State Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs, Vice President of China Overseas Exchange Association and Huang Xiaoxiang, Deputy Governor of Sichuan Province will attend the event in the United States. By then, four theme activities including Rise from the Disaster - Pics of Post-Wenchuan Earthquake Restoration & Reconstruction , Pics of Splendid Sichuan , Splendid Sichuan Artistic Performing Show and business promotion will be held simultaneously in New York, New Jersey, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the United Nations Headquarters.
The event has been listed as an important activity in 2010 in State Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs and as a major external exchange and publicity activity of Sichuan Province. Officials from the United Nations Headquarters, foreign diplomats to the United Nations, people from all sectors of the American society and enterprise representatives, preventative overseas Chinese in America will attend relevant activities.
As the largest opening-up and cultural and economic exchange activities held by Sichuan Province in the United States in recent years, this event features many highlights. Rise from the Disaster - Pics of Post-Wenchuan Earthquake Restoration & Reconstruction will display with pictures and descriptions the disaster-stricken areas rise from ruins with expressing thanks to international community and overseas Chinese support and selfless assistance and introducing restoration and reconstruction situation to the international community.
Pics of Splendid Sichuan will demonstrate a beautiful, affluent and colorful Sichuan through introducing human history, natural scenery and ethnic customs. Splendid Sichuan Artistic Performing Show will put on performances like flowing sleeves, face-changing, Huge Puppet drama, rolling lantern, tea-making and various feats with strong Sichuan flavor so as to portray Sichuan s multi-minority cultures and Sichuan people s gratitude.
Sichuan delegation will also conduct extensive exchanges with American industries. Officials from the Provincial Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs said that this event will function as an important platform for Sichuan to express gratitude to international community, display Sichuan s development and new opportunities in western China development, carry out economic and trade negotiations and promote exchanges and cooperation between Sichuan and America in order to create a favorable international public opinion environment for Sichuan to speed up post-quake new homeland development and western China economic development highland.
The event will play an active role in enhancing Sichuan s international reputation and prompting Sichuan to go global.
