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Year of France concluded in Beijing

www.chinanews.cn 2005-09-18 15:35:11

(Source: Xinhuanet)

Senior Chinese official Li Changchun and French Senate Christian Poncelet
attended an evening gala party in magnificent and gorgeous Summer Palace
in Beijing's western suburbs late Saturday to conclude the The Year of
France in China.(Photo: Xinhua)

BEIJING, Sept. 17 - Senior Chinese official Li Changchun and French
Senate Christian Poncelet attended an evening gala party in magnificent
and gorgeous Summer Palace in Beijing's western suburbs late Saturday to
conclude the The Year of France in China.
The Year of France in China, which commenced in October 2004, has
promoted the growth of Sino-French friendly relations and increased the
understanding and friendship between the people of the Orient and the
Western world, said Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of
the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central
Committee.
"The Year makes Sino-French relations the best ever in history," he
acknowledged.
Poncelet considered the evening gala party in the once imperialgarden as
a generous gifts to France, which will keep recorded forever in the
history of the friendly exchanges between the people of the two countries.
The Year of France in China is in response to the Year of Chinain France,
which was held from October 2003 to July 2004.
In the gala party permeated with festivity, Chinese and foreignvisitors
went boating in elegant, scenic Kunming Lake in the moonlight to
appreciate and, enjoy the water-curtain fountains, the lovely performance
of traditional Kunqu Opera and vivid handicraft making.

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