JAFIE Holds Ceremony for Awarding the Title of “Base for Friendly International Exchanges”

Oct 18, 2024

On October 16th,JAFIE held a ceremony at the Qinhuai Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum inNanjing to award the inaugural batch of “Bases for Friendly InternationalExchanges”. Four institutes, namely, the Qinhuai Intangible Cultural HeritageMuseum, the Amity Foundation, the Daming Temple in Yangzhou, and the Peace andFriendship Sakura Garden, received the honor respectively. Lin Xiangguo,President of JAFIE, attended the ceremony and presented the plaques, whileleaders including the Executive Vice President Teng Yong, as well as the headsof the awarded institutes, also participated in the event.

Executive Vice President Teng Yongpresided over the ceremony.

Vice President SiJinquan read out the decision on awarding the titles of "Base for FriendlyInternational Exchanges."

President Lin Xiangguo awarded the plaquesto the four institutes.

In his speech,President Lin elaborated on the purpose and significance of establishing the"International Friendship Exchange Base." He hoped that the fourunits awarded in the first batch would further enhance their sense ofresponsibility, serve as role models, better leverage the role of the"Base" based on their existing work, actively engage in internationalfriendship exchange activities, make friends worldwide, tell China's storieswell, and make greater contributions to national construction and economicdevelopment in our province.

In their exchangespeeches, the responsible persons of the four awarded institutes all expressedthat the awarding ceremony had given them a high sense of honor, strong senseof responsibility, and mission. It would motivate their units to better leveragetheir advantages and resources and more actively carry out internationalfriendship exchange work.

After the meeting,the participants visited the Qinhuai Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum towatch a cultural performance themed on the golden autumn, experiencing thebeauty of Nanjing's intangible cultural heritage, including Bai Ju (a localfolk art form), ancient Chinese guitars (guqin), and ancient illusionperformances (gucai xifa).

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