2020外国领事馆新春工作联谊会相约重庆 合作共赢

刘慧丽 贺煜

1月10日，由市政府外办、渝中区政府共同举办的“相约重庆·合作共赢”2020外国领事馆新春工作联谊会在渝举行。25个国家驻重庆、成都总领事馆的领事官员及主要工作人员，重庆市与外国领馆联系密切的相关单位、外国机构、媒体代表出席了联谊会。中外朋友欢聚一堂，共同回顾过去一年友好交往合作取得的丰硕成果，畅叙多年建立起的深厚情谊，展望未来发展的美好愿景。市政府副市长李波出席活动并致辞，市政府副秘书长汪夔万，市政府外办党组书记章勇武，渝中区委书记黄玉林，區委副书记、区长左永祥出席活动。

联谊会上，李波代表市政府向出席联谊会的全体领事官员和嘉宾致以诚挚的节日问候和美好祝愿。李波表示，在过去一年，重庆外事领域成绩喜人，访渝重要嘉宾同比增长31%;来渝驻华大使同比增长2.4倍;成功举办上海合作组织地方领导人会晤、2019中新双边合作机制会议等国际会议17场、各类专业性国际会议45场，同比增长73%;乌拉圭、白俄罗斯来渝设立总领事馆，各国驻渝蓉领馆与重庆共同举办经贸人文交流活动超过100场;国际友好城市达到48对、友好交流城市104对。这些成绩的取得，离不开各国领事机构的支持和帮助，各国总领事馆已经成为重庆与有关国家紧密联系、交流合作的重要桥梁和纽带。重庆拥有闻名世界的美食、美景和美好的商业机会，希望未来重庆可以与各国总领事馆加深合作，扩宽领域，携手开创重庆与各国友好交流合作的新篇章。

章勇武感谢各国驻渝蓉领事馆在助推重庆内陆开放高地建设中予以的支持、帮助和参与。他表示，2020年市政府外办将携手各国领事馆，在高层交往、经贸合作、人文交流、地方友好、科技创新等领域持续深化合作。同时，也将进一步为领馆大家庭营造更好的工作生活环境，让外交官们在重庆工作顺心、生活舒心。

匈牙利驻重庆总领事罗澜、澳大利亚驻成都总领事林明皓分别代表外国驻重庆、成都领事机构致辞。他们回顾了过去一年在重庆开展的各项交流活动，感谢重庆市政府对各国领事馆在渝开展工作的大力支持，并表示期待2020年与重庆开展更深入的交流合作。

联谊活动中，渝中区政府及匈牙利、乌拉圭、英国、加拿大等国驻渝总领事馆表演了精心准备的文艺节目，大家在其乐融融的氛围中共叙友谊、共谋发展。

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On January 10， the 2020 Spring Festival Gala with Foreign Consulates General was held in Chongqing， which was co-hosted by Chongqing Municipal Foreign Affairs Office and Yu Zhong District Peoples Government. Diplomats from 25 consulates in Chongqing and Chengdu， as well as representatives of relevant Chongqing departments， foreign institutions， and media with close ties to foreign consulates attended the reception. At the reception， friends from home and abroad gather together to review the fruits of friendly exchanges and cooperation in the past year， recount the profound friendship established over the years and envision the beautiful future. Li Bo， Vice Mayor of Chongqing joined the event and delivered a speech. Wang Kuiwan， Deputy Secretary General of Chongqing Municipal Peoples Government， Zhang Yongwu， Secretary of the Party Group of Chongqing Municipal Foreign Affairs Office， Huang Yulin， Secretary of the CPC Yuzhong District Committee， Zuo Yongxiang， Deputy Secretary of the CPC Yuzhong District Committee and District Mayor of Yuzhong District attended the event.

Li Bo， on behalf of Chongqing Municipal Peoples Government， extended festival greetings and sincere wishes for the diplomats and guests attending the event. Li Bo said that in the past year， Chongqing made remarkable achievements in foreign affairs， with the number of important guests visiting Chongqing increasing by 31% year on year and the visits to Chongqing made by foreign ambassadors to China up by 2.4 times; Chongqing successfully hosted 17 international conferences including 2019 Shanghai Cooperation Organization （SCO） Heads of Region Meeting， 2019 China-Singapore bilateral cooperation mechanism meetings， and 45 specialized international meetings， an year-on-year increase of 45%; the Consulates General of Uruguay and Belarus have been set up in Chongqing; the city jointly held more than 100 economic， trade and cultural exchanges with the consulates; and the number of international sister cities of Chongqing has reached 48 while that of the cities having friendly exchanges with Chongqing has amounted to 104. Those fruits could not be gained without the support and assistance from foreign consulates， which have already become bridges and bonds between Chongqing and the the countries they represent. He said that Chongqing is a city with world-famous food， stunning sceneries and promising business opportunities and he wishes that Chongqing and foreign consulates could deepen and expand cooperation， and work together to write a new chapter of cooperation.

Zhang Wuyong thanked the consulates in Chongqing and Chengdu for their support， assistance and participation in Chongqings endeavor to build the city as an opening-up highland in inland China. He said that in 2020 Chongqing Municipal Foreign Affairs Office will continue to work with the consulates to deepen cooperation in areas including high-level visits， economic and trade， people-to-people and cultural exchanges， local government friendship， science and technology， etc. At the same time， the office will work harder to ensure good living and working environment for the diplomats， so that they can enjoy the work and life in Chongqing.

Mr. Dióssi Lóránd， Consul General of Hungary in Chongqing and Mr. Christopher Lim， Consul General of Australia in Chengdu delivered speeches on behalf of foreign consulates in the two cities. They reviewed the exchanges held in Chongqing throughout last year， thanked Chongqing Municipal Peoples Government for the great support given to the consulates in Chongqing， and expressed their expectation for more in-depth exchanges and cooperation with Chongqing in the coming year.

At the gala， Yuzhong District Government， Consulates General of Uruguay， the UK， Canada and other countries staged well-prepared performances. People refreshed friendship， discussed common development， and enjoyed the event.

Pictures/ Chongqing Municipal Foreign Affairs Office