On December 19, Hu Heping, Minister of Culture and Tourism, and Ye Jianchun, Governor of Jiangxi Province, met with Arab envoys and representatives to China attending the 5th Arabic Arts Festival in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province.
Hu Heping expressed his gratitude to the envoys and representatives for their efforts to successfully hold this art festival and promote Sino Arab cultural exchanges and cooperation. He pointed out that China Arab friendship has a long history and is enduring forever. Both sides have jointly written a beautiful tale of friendly exchanges along the ancient Silk Road. Since ancient times, porcelain has played an important role in promoting cultural and commercial exchanges between the Chinese and Arab peoples. On the occasion of the successful conclusion of the first China Arab Summit, the 5th Arabic Arts Festival was held in Jingdezhen, which not only inherits and develops the traditional friendship, but also symbolizes that China Arab relations will continue to write new brilliant chapters. China and Arab States should take this “Arab Art Festival” as an opportunity to further promote mutual learning among civilizations, enhance people-to-people communication, and jointly implement the results of the first China Arab Summit.
Ye Jianchun extended a warm welcome to the visiting guests and briefly introduced the economic and social development of Jiangxi, especially the deepening of exchanges and cooperation with Arab countries. He said that in recent years, Jiangxi has taken the construction of the inland open economic pilot zone as the carrier, actively integrated into the joint construction of the “the Belt and Road”, and increasingly deepened exchanges and cooperation with Arab countries, effectively promoting the continuous expansion of friendly exchanges between the people of Jiangxi and the Arab people, and the continuous deepening of people to people ties. Jiangxi will further expand practical cooperation with Arab countries in various fields to achieve common prosperity and development.
Jordanian Ambassador to China, Hussam Husseini, as the head of Arab diplomatic missions to China attending the “Arab Art Festival”, said that the “Arab Art Festival” has established an important platform for artistic exchanges between Arab and Chinese artists. The Arab side thanks the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China for allowing more Arab artists to enter different provinces and regions in China and share the unique culture of Arab customs, I would like to take this opportunity to participate in the 5th Arabic Arts Festival to further appreciate China’s long history, distinctive culture, especially Jingdezhen’s ceramic culture. The Arab side will work with the Chinese side to continue the tradition of friendship, firmly support each other, and promote Arab China people-to-people and cultural exchanges and cooperation to continuously expand new fields and make new progress.