On December 16, 2010, the "Shine with Xinjiang" folk song and dance performance kicked off in the international conference hall of the Foreign Ministry. More than 700 audiences, including Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hailong, Assistant Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping, Vice Chairman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Hu Wei, Deputy Commander-in-chief of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Liu Jianxin as well as relevant officials of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and cadres and staffs of the Foreign Ministry watched the performance. Cheng Guoping and Hu Wei delivered passionate speeches and a handover ceremony of security check equipments donated by NUCTECH to Hongqilafu border check point was held during the performance.
The performance is co-hosted by the Department of External Security Affairs and the Party Committee of the Foreign Ministry.
Cheng said in his speech that Xinjiang-related work has especially important strategic position in the overall work of the Party and the state. Xinjiang-related foreign affairs are the major component of Xinjiang work. The purpose of hosting the "Shine with Xinjiang" series of activities and holding relevant events especially in the Foreign Ministry is to give opportunity to all the cadres and staffs of the Foreign Ministry to approach Xinjiang, feel Xinjiang, understand Xinjiang and publicize Xinjiang. He hopes the cadres and staffs, in their future work, including when they work abroad, deeply implement the results of the central work conference on Xinjiang, carry forward the spirit of diplomacy serving domestic development and actively make contributions to promoting Xinjiang's leap-frog development and permanent tranquility.
Hu Wei expressed gratitude to the Foreign Ministry for its long-term support for Xinjiang. He noted that the Foreign Ministry, as the leading agency of the foreign affairs and external publicity division under the central coordination group on Xinjiang, has held meetings after the central work conference on Xinjiang and deployed the foreign affairs and external publicity concerning Xinjiang, showing the high attention it pays to Xinjiang. The foreign affairs and external publicity system of Xinjiang will follow the deployment of the foreign affairs and external publicity division to make careful implementations so as to make due contributions to the overall national diplomatic efforts and advance Xinjiang's leap-frog development and permanent tranquility.
Prior to the performance, Cheng met with and hosted a banquet for the cadres of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Deputy Secretary-General of the Party Committee Ma Keqing, Director-General of the Department of External Security Affairs Luo Zhaohui and Director-General of the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs Zhang Hanhui were present.
The "Shine with Xinjiang" serial events include Xinjiang folk song and dance performance, photo exhibition and featured merchandise show. On December 17, an opening ceremony of the events will kick off in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. The internal performance of Xinjiang folk songs and dances is the prelude of those activities and the photo exhibition and featured merchandise show will be held later in Wangfujing and the Foreign Ministry.
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