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Pakistan Cultural Festival Held in Qingdao
October 16,2021
To commemorate the 70th anniversay of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Pakistan and China, Pakistan Cultural Festival was held at International Sailing Centre at Qingdao today.
The event was attended by the top ranking officials of the Qingdao government including Mr. Wang Luming, the Chairman of Qingdao People's Congress; Mr. Mou Jundian, Director General of Qingdao Foreign Affairs Office; Mr. Zhu Tieyi, Director General of Qingdao Culture and Tourism Bureau and Ms. Wang Hong, the President of Qingdao Tourism Group. Local artists, students and media representatives also attended the event.
Speaking at the occassion, Chairman Wang Luming said that China attached immense importance to deepening its bilateral ties with Pakistan. He added that as the host of SCO Demonstration Area and due to ever-deepening bilateral trade and economic ties, Qingdao and Pakistan can expand their relationship in cultural exchanges, two-way tourism and media cooperation. Mr. Wang assured that Qingdao would keep spearheading development of ties with Pakistan in all areas of cooperation.
During his remarks, Ambassador Moin ul Haque said that Pakistan and China were iron-brothers and all-weather strategic cooperative partners. He emphasised that encouraging people-to-people and cultural ties were imperative to pass on the finest traditions of Pakistan-China friendship to younger generations of the two countries.
During the festival, Chinese children performed on traditional Pakistani and Chinese songs. The famous Pakistani movie, 'Parwaz Hay Junoon', was also played during the event and guests were entertained with traditional Pakistani food.
Qingdao
16 October 2021