Ambassador Dong Jinyi to Switzerland held a reception to celebrate the 59th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China

On September 26th, Ambassador Dong Jinyi and his wife of the People's Republic of China to Switzerland held a reception to grandly celebrate the 59th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Nearly 300 people attended the event, including the President of the National Council of the Swiss Federal Assembly, Mr. And Mrs. Bouillon, the Chairperson of the Swiss-Chinese Group of the Swiss Federal Assembly, Mr. Choubig, the Mayor of Lausanne, Mr. Breraz, as well as representatives from the Swiss government, parliament, military, enterprises, social organizations, and media, foreign envoys in Switzerland, representatives of international organizations, Chinese people, students, and Chinese-funded institutions in Switzerland.

Guests congratulated China on its brilliant achievements in national construction one after another, and praised the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games for presenting to the world a confident, open, progressive, friendly and vibrant China. They expressed their sincere admiration for the unity and fearlessness of the Chinese government and people in the face of the rare low-temperature, rain, snow and ice disaster in southern China and the devastating earthquake in Sichuan this year. They also extended their warm congratulations on China's successful launch of the Shenzhou VII manned spacecraft, believing that this fully demonstrated China's scientific and technological strength and comprehensive national power, which was truly admirable. The guests all expressed their best wishes for China to thrive even more.

Guests from all walks of life highly appraised the current momentum of China-Switzerland relations, pointing out that since the beginning of this year, high-level visits between the two countries have been frequent, and exchanges and cooperation in economy and trade, science and technology, culture, education, and people-to-people exchanges have made considerable progress and achieved fruitful results. It is believed that with the joint efforts of both sides, the friendly relations between China and Switzerland and mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields will reach a higher level.

The reception was held in the Bern City Hall, which is rich in Swiss historical and cultural connotations, and was always filled with a friendly and festive atmosphere. The large-scale photo exhibition "Celebrating the National Day" set up on the spot, introducing China's construction achievements and the wonderful scenes of the Beijing Olympics, attracted many guests to stop and linger. The various promotional materials such as books and CDS introducing China's national conditions displayed on the spot were also welcomed and loved by the guests.

Ms. Cheng Xinyi, Mr. Zhu Wenbin and Ambassador Dong Jinyi of Tiantan Company took a warm group photo together

Ambassador Dong and his wife took a group photo with Speaker Bu Yong and his wife

Ambassador Dong and his wife welcomed the guests