China News Service, Berlin, July 1, Bonn News: The overseas Chinese community in North Rhine-Westphalia held a welcome meeting in Bonn on June 29 to welcome Du Chunguo, the new consul general of China in Dusseldorf, to take office. This is the first time Du Chunguo has assumed office. Face-to-face communication with overseas Chinese in NRW.
More than 80 representatives from major overseas Chinese groups in NRW, Chinese enterprises, Chinese schools and Chinese media attended the event.
At the welcome meeting, Jin Jianshu, executive chairman of the All-German Overseas Chinese Federation and chairman of the German Zhejiang Chinese Federation, delivered a welcome speech on behalf of the local overseas Chinese leaders, and reported on the work of the overseas Chinese group in recent years.
Du Chunguo extended his sincere greetings to all the overseas Chinese. He has always adhered to the fine traditions of Chinese culture to the overseas Chinese in Germany, constantly promoted Sino-German exchanges and cooperation, contributed to the development of the civil society of the two countries, and vigorously supported the Consul General in Dusseldorf in various forms. Thank you very much for the work of the museum.
He said that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany.
For half a century, China-Germany relations have maintained high-level performance, and the two sides have achieved common development and mutual achievements through continuous deepening of practical cooperation.
The friendly exchanges and practical cooperation between NRW and China in various fields have entered a new period of development. The two sides have warm economic and trade cooperation and close people-to-people and cultural exchanges. NRW has increasingly become a hot spot for Sino-German innovation cooperation.
It is believed that China and Germany will further tap the potential of mutually beneficial cooperation, inherit the good tradition of cooperation, continue to enrich the connotation of bilateral relations, and continue to promote the sound development momentum of bilateral relations.
Du Chunguo emphasized that the Consulate General in Dusseldorf will, as always, practice the concept of "diplomacy for the people", always implement the purpose of "serving the people", continuously improve the level of service for overseas Chinese, and continue to provide high-quality and efficient services for the overseas Chinese. , do practical things and good deeds, convey the care and warmth of the motherland with practical actions, and be the strongest backing for everyone.
Representatives of overseas Chinese leaders at the meeting congratulated and welcomed Du Chunguo on his assumption of office, and expressed gratitude to the Consulate General for its service to the overseas Chinese and for helping the overseas Chinese to relieve their difficulties. The friendship between them exerts positive energy.
According to the official website of the Chinese Consulate General in Dusseldorf, the consular district of the Chinese Consulate General in Dusseldorf is North Rhine-Westphalia, which officially opened on December 19, 2015.
The first consul general was Feng Haiyang.
Du Chunguo will be the new consul general from June 2022.
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