Chinese New Year celebration and 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Czech Republic

To celebrate the 2024 Chinese New Year of the Dragon H.E Mr. Feng Biao – The Ambassador of People’s Republic of China to the Czech Republic organized a concert at the Prague Municipal Libary of Tradition Chinese music Performer by the Orchestra of Zhejiang Conservatory of Music.

H.E Mr. Feng Biao welcome the guest with a nice speech. We are bringing a part of the Ambassador speech translated to English.

Ladies and gentlemen, friends: Good evening!

Welcome to the “Happy Chinese New Year” concert. First of all, on behalf of the Chinese Embassy, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all of you for your care and support for the development of China-Czech relations!

Tonight’s concert is a cultural feast to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Artists from Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, will perform folk tunes from various parts of China as well as representative Czech music, which will surely bring you a pleasant surprise. We also look forward to the wonderful performance of the Czech Folklore Group MATENÍK.

Ladies and gentlemen, friends! Tonight’s concert is also the first event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Czech Republic. Over the past 75 years, our two countries have deepened friendship and co-operation, promoted people-to-people exchanges, enhanced mutual understanding and achieved fruitful results. From a new starting point, China is ready to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the Czech Republic in various fields and jointly promote the continuous development of China-Czech friendly relations. We believe that with the joint efforts of both sides, the future of China-Czech relations will be even brighter!

Finally, I wish you all good health, success, and all the best in the Year of the Dragon! Thank you!

It was a great concert performed by the talented Orchestra of Zhejiang Conservatory of Music and was a big joy to all the guests in the Municipal Library. Almost at the end of the concert we had a nice surprise – A traditional band from Moravia  Czech Folklore Group MATENÍK.

performer a traditional sond and at the end a join of Orchestra of Zhejiang Conservatory of Music and the Moravian Band performed together to the applause of the large crowd that filled the hall.

Happy New Chinese – Year of the Dragon