To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations involving China and Brunei, the two-working day Brunei-China Art and Visual Tradition Competition was held in Baiduri headquarters,Gadong on July 26th and 27th.Chinese ambassador to Brunei H.E.Yu Hong attended and shipped a remarks. The total textual content is as follows:
Your Excellency Main General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Awang Haji Aminuddin Ishan, Minister of Society, Youth and Sporting activities,
Dr. Siti Norkhalbi binti Haji Wahsalfelah, Deputy Permenant Secretary of Ministry of Tradition, Youth and Sports,
Mr. Ti Eng Hui, CEO of Baiduri Financial institution,
Dr. Muhammad Firdaus bin Abdul Rahman, President of Brunei-China Friendship Association,
Ms.Huifong Ng, founder of Huifong’s Artwork Gallery,
Distinguished guests, media friends,
Girls and gentlemen,
Good afternoon.
This calendar year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations among China and Brunei. It was an unique perception that Huifong’s Artwork Gallery has made a decision to maintain the Brunei-China Artwork and Visible Lifestyle Pageant. I would like to thank Dato Aminuddin Ishan for attending the celebration as Visitor of Honor and offering priceless guidance. My thanks go to Beijing People’s Affiliation for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Foreign Affairs Office environment of Nanjing Municipal People’s Federal government, Brunei-China Friendship Association and Baiduri Bank for their aid as the Supporting Partners and Sponsors.
Thanks to the joint initiatives of the governments and peoples from the two nations, China-Brunei bilateral relations have manufactured considerable progress because the establishment of diplomatic relations 30 decades in the past. His Majesty the Sultan has frequented China 12 moments. For the duration of H.E. President Xi Jinping’s condition visit to Brunei in 2018, two heads of condition elevated the bilateral relations to Strategic Cooperative Partnership. Political mutual believe in has viewed consistent consolidation. Given that the outbreak of the COVID-19, the two countries have rendered sympathy and assistance to every single other, with mutual rely on and friendship further increased. In February this year, China donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to Brunei, creating Brunei the fourth nation to obtain China’s vaccine donations, while China was faced with huge domestic desire. We consider satisfaction in staying ready to support a very good mate in his time of need to have. The support between China and Brunei is tangible, and problem sincere.
Lifestyle and arts plays the role as a bridge that connects hearts and thoughts amongst peoples, and a bond that allows with greater being familiar with and deeper have confidence in amongst countries. The cultural and arts exchanges amongst China and Brunei are extremely lively. The Honorable Minister Dato Aminuddin Ishan attended the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations held in Beijing in 2019. Exchange of visits in between Chinese and Bruneian painters were being incredibly productive. Chinese efficiency troupes visited Brunei a lot of instances in the latest yrs. All these exchanges of tips and ordeals performed a beneficial job in selling cultural exchanges amongst China and Brunei.
The Brunei-China Artwork and Visual Tradition Competition is a fantastic system for cultural exchanges, and for mutual learning and conversation concerning artists from both countries. A range of creative sorts will be brought to the public in this two-day celebration, these kinds of as photography, dancing, poetry, standard songs instruments, martial arts, and also dialogues involving Chinese and Bruneian artists. The five Chinese artists collaborating in the dialogues are from Beijing Portray Academy, which was founded in 1957 and is the biggest qualified painting academy in China. I feel that this pageant will make us sense the non secular splendor introduced by cultural exchanges from the bottom of our hearts.
Let me conclude by wishing the Brunei-China Artwork and Visible Society Pageant a finish results.