Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan hold a welcome banquet for international guests attending the opening ceremony of the 31st Summer Universiade in Chengdu World | Chengdu | Games
At noon on July 28, President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan held a banquet at the Jinniu Hotel in Chengdu, Sichuan Province to welcome the international distinguished guests attending the opening ceremony of the 31st Summer Universiade in Chengdu.
They are President Joko of Indonesia and his wife Iliana, President Ghazvani of Mauritania, President Ndayishmiye of Burundi, President Ali of Guyana, Prime Minister Garibashvili of Georgia, and Acting President Eide of the International Federation of Sport.
Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan shook hands with the distinguished guests one by one, exchanged greetings and took a group photo.
50 young children dressed in local ethnic minority costumes sang the Sichuan folk song "The Sun Comes Out in Joy" and warmly welcomed guests from various countries.
The banquet hall is lush with greenery. The picturesque scenery of Sichuan and Sichuan complement the lively and lovely mascot of the Universiade, Rongbao.
Xi Jinping delivered a speech, on behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people, extending a warm welcome to the international distinguished guests who came to China to attend the opening ceremony of the 31st Summer Universiade in Chengdu.
China adheres to the concept of simplicity, safety and excellence, overcomes the adverse factors such as the COVID-19, earnestly fulfills its solemn commitments, ensures the smooth holding of the Chengdu Universiade, and makes new contributions to the development of international youth sports.
We will work together with the world's youth to promote world peace and development with the vitality of youth. We will turn the Chengdu Universiade into an international sports event with Chinese characteristics, contemporary atmosphere, and youthful charm, allowing young friends from all over the world to gather and learn from the Chengdu Universiade, enhance understanding, and provide new impetus for promoting human progress. We must promote the purpose of the Universiade, respond to global challenges with a united attitude, gather positive energy for the international community, and cooperate to create a better future. We need to deepen exchanges and mutual learning, build a harmonious but different spiritual home with an inclusive mindset, treat multiple cultures with an attitude of appreciation, mutual learning, and mutual learning, promote the common values of all mankind, and write a new chapter in promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Welcome to the streets of Chengdu, to experience and share the myriad aspects of Chinese path to modernization.
Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Wang Yi, Li Ganjie, Wang Xiaohong, Chen Yiqin, and others attended the event.
Before the welcome banquet, the distinguished guests appreciated the display of Sichuan's intangible cultural heritage.