WNAM Monitoring: The third Silk Road Friendship Ceremony was held in Beijing on Dec. 27. Twelve individuals received the honorary title of “Ambassador of Silk Road Friendship”.
The 12 individuals come from countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America, and were engaged in various sectors such as politics, economy, culture, education and healthcare.
Their stories fully mirror the benefits brought by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to participating countries, as well as the sense of fulfilment, happiness and security generated by the initiative for people in these countries.
The event, themed “Telling the stories of Belt and Road constructors,” was co-hosted by the China International Culture Exchange Center (CICEC) and the Global People magazine run by People’s Daily, and assisted by China International Culture & Arts Co., Ltd.
Yang Chuantang, vice chairman of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of the CICEC, Hu Guo, vice president of People’s Daily, and vice chairmen of the CICEC Li Baodong, He Jianzhong and Xu Lirong attended the event.
The ceremony was also attended by more than 300 people including diplomatic envoys from nearly 10 countries in China, as well as friendly people from home and abroad who closely follow the progress of Belt and Road cooperation.
During the ceremony, two programs on Silk Road health cooperation and youth entrepreneurship were inaugurated.
The Ambassadors of Silk Road Friendship believe that the BRI will once again write a new chapter as it pursues common development, universal security, and everlasting friendship, which mirrors the confidence of people in Belt and Road participating countries in the next golden decade of BRI.
It is believed that more Ambassadors of Silk Road Friendship will emerge to promote people-to-people ties along the Belt and Road and tell the stories of the Silk Road.
