CI at Bangor Hosted Impressive Chinese New-year Celebration

On February 9, the Confucius Institute at Bangor University (the CI at Bangor) performed impressive Chinese new-year celebration at Bangor Cathedral to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of 2019. Nearly 1500 people, including North Wales citizens, local Chinese individuals, and international students and visiting scholars attended the celebration. This celebration was also covered by the local media, North Wales Live. The event was full of enthusiasm and excitement, including dragon and lion dance, instrumental music performance, traditional dancing and singing, Chinese martial arts, etc.

The dragon dance, a form of traditional dance and performance in Chinese culture

John Wyn Williams, Deputy Mayor of Bangor, Angharad Thomas, Director of International Recruitment and Development of Bangor University, John Regan and Jen Jesse, Heads of Welsh Mountain Zoo, Hu Xiaofan and Ruan Shao, Education Section of Chinese Embassy in the UK, were invited to attend the event. Li Kunyan, Chinese Co-Director, and Lina Davitt, Foreign Co-Director of the CI at Bangor, attended the event and delivered speeches.

Group photo of the celebration

The Welsh Government Held a Chinese New Year Reception

In the evening of February 7, Li Kunyan, Chinese Co-Director, and Lina Davitt, Foreign Co-Director of the CI at Bangor, attended the Chinese New Year Reception hosted by the Welsh government. The event venue was the Temple of Peace in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. More than 100 people, including officials of the Welsh government, officials of the Chinese Embassy in the UK, individuals from Confucius Institutes and business circle, attended the event. Mark Drakeford, First Minister of Wales, Eluned Morgan, Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language, each delivered a speech at the reception.

Chinese Director of the CI at Bangor had a photo with Andrew Gwatkin, Director of International Relations, Trade and Investment