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Original Title: Wuxi International Cherry Blossom Week Reboots China-Overseas Friendship and Heats Up
Chinanews.com, Wuxi, March 25 (Zhou Jianlin and Sun Quan) “Today’s gathering is like these wild, blooming cherry blossoms in full bloom in the spring. After stepping out of the miserable wind and rain, it will finally be the same. as prosperous as it was in the beginning. “March 25, 2021 Wuxi International Cherry Blossom Week At the opening ceremony of the 34th anniversary of the construction of the Chinese-Japanese Cherry Blossom Friendship Forest, the mayor from Wuxi, Du Xiaogang, announced that the Wuxi International Cherry Blossom Week, which was suspended due to the epidemic, has been officially restarted.
In 1987, Japanese friends brought cherry blossoms to Wuxi to jointly build the “Sino-Japanese Sakura Friendship Forest”. In the last 34 years, the cherry blossoms in Wuxi have grown from nothing to more. Today, cherry blossoms can be seen in all parks, roads, campuses, factories, communities, and towns in the city. There are more than 200,000 cherry trees in the city, with a number of varieties. There are almost 100 types of cherry blossoms, and more than 2 million people visit each year.
Cherry blossoms have become a beautiful business card for Wuxi’s outdoor advertising. Wuxi has also been praised by Chinese and foreign media, friends, and tourists as one of the top three places in the world to view cherry blossoms. It’s worth mentioning that the Wuxi Cherry Blossom International Friendship Forest also opened today. East and Yuantouzhu have formed a joint cherry blossom display pattern throughout the city of “Yantouzhu Cherry Blossom Valley in the west and Huihai Bay Friendship Forest in the east.”
On the 25th, the temperature in Wuxi rose above 20 degrees Celsius and more than 30,000 cherry blossoms bloomed like snow in the Yuantouzhu Scenic Area of Lake Taihu. Walking under the cherry trees, Feidisheng, a young Italian who came to Wuxi to participate in the offline event of foreign fans of overseas social media “GoJiangsu”, said that this is his first time in Wuxi and that he was very happy to see so many cherries. flowers. “The cherry blossoms here are very beautiful and large-scale. Combined with what I’ve seen along the way, I think Wuxi is more suitable for life.”
Lin Songtian, president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, who attended the opening ceremony, said that today everyone who gathered in Wuxi to host International Cherry Blossom Week is to express the wish common peace and commitment of the Chinese and Japanese peoples with friendship for generations, and show the world that only unity, cooperation and common development are options of the Chinese and Japanese peoples.
Wuxi International Cherry Blossom Week has been celebrated for 7 years in a row. With cherry blossoms as the medium, there are more and more “foreign friends” in Wuxi.
Statistics show that Wuxi has established economic and trade relations with more than 220 countries and regions around the world, and 104 Fortune 500 companies have invested in 209 foreign-funded companies here. Furthermore, the number of international sister cities in Wuxi has also increased to 50, and the city’s urban internationalization and outward economic orientation have been continuously improved.
Last year, hit by the epidemic, Wuxi International Cherry Blossom Week did not go as scheduled. During this year’s International Cherry Blossom Week, Wuxi also invited officials from the embassies and consulates of Germany, Japan, Singapore and other Chinese countries, representatives of foreign institutions, chambers of commerce and companies from China, representatives of sister cities and organizations for cherry. Seeing the flowers, young people and representatives of foreign students and others came to Wuxi to participate in a series of economic and commercial exchanges, cultural exchanges and tourism activities to promote the warming of Sino-foreign friendship. (Finalize)