The 2023 National Day Reception of the Chinese Consulate General Held in Los Angeles
Los Angeles — On the evening of September 26, the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles held a grand 2023 National Day reception at the Hilton Hotel in Universal Studios. Guests from all walks of life including politics, business, overseas Chinese, and academics of Southern California, attended to celebrate the founding of the Chinese People’s Republic of China, The 74th anniversary of the Republic of China . Ambassador Guo Shaochun, Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles, delivered a speech. Local elected officials also came to congratulate and presented congratulatory certificates.
Guo Shaochun said , ” As the two largest economies, China and the U.S. enjoy economic complementarity and deeply intertwined interests. Over 70,000 American companies are investing and operating in China, of which nearly 90 percent are earning profits. A lot of CEOs from U.S. top business have visited China recently, casting a vote of confidence in China’s economy and market prospects. China will only open up wider to the world. China’s middle-income group is going to exceed 800 million within the next 15 years, which means an expanding market and increasing cooperation opportunities. China will adhere to a high level of opening up and inject energy and impetus into world economic growth with its own stability and continuity. All countries are most welcome to share the new opportunities brought by China’s new development.
China-U.S. relations are the most important bilateral relations in the world. President Xi Jinping pointed out that the earth is big enough for China and the US to develop respectively and prosper together.
This year, the first China-California Business Forum after the pandemic was held successfully in Los Angeles. Delegations from Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Hainan and other Chinese provinces and cities visited California and Hawaii. The “2023 China Hainan Night” event, promoting Hainan Free Trade Port, has aroused huge interest among Hawaiian people about China and Hainan. The Consulate General recently hosted a reception for Flying Tiger veterans to commemorate the history of China-U.S. fighting side by side during the anti-facist war and carry forward the spirit of China-U.S. cooperation and friendship. My colleagues went to Arizona and Hawaii to deliver consular and visa services and facilitate personnel exchanges. Representatives from American cities are most welcome to attend the China-U.S. Sister Cities Conference, which will soon be held in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province; the Consulate General is ready and willing to offer assistance to all participants.”
