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摘要： The Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022,which ended on February 20,has given athletes across the globe an opportunity to understand each other and make friends,just as the angelic voices at the opening ceremony sang:“thousands of you and me,gather into a family.”Dispatching the largest ever 388-member contingent,including 177 athletes competing in 104 events of 15 disciplines across seven sports,China aimed to achieve its best-ever results in Olympic history at Beijing 2022.Snow sports was a comparatively weak point for China in the past,contributing only one of the 13 golds prior to the Beijing Games.But the tide turned this time.China tallied nine golds and 15 medals in total at the Beijing Games,both record highs for it at a single Winter Olympics,and five out of the nine gold medals are in snow sports.

摘要： Tibet marks 63rd anniversary of democratic reform People from all walks of life took part in activities to mark the Serfs’Emancipation Day in the Tibet Autonomous Region on March 28.More than 1,000 people attended a flag-raising ceremony at the Potala Palace Square in Lhasa to celebrate the 63rd anniversary since the launch of democratic reform in Tibet that saw people from all ethnic groups overthrow the region’s feudal serfdom under theocracy.

摘要： Inauguration of China National Arts&Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum and opening ceremony of the Exhibition"Treasures of China:An Exhibition of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage and Arts and Crafts",were held on February 5,2022.

摘要： On May 9,2022,State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended and addressed the opening ceremony of the High-Level Virtual Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative(GDI)in Beijing via video link.

摘要： THE Wanshou Zen Temple in Jingshan Mountains,Hangzhou City,east China’s Zhejiang Province,is known for its distinctive tea ceremony.It is a tea drinking ceremony combining Zen philosophy and tea culture to honor distinguished guests.The ceremony originated in the middle of the Tang Dynasty (618-907),flourished in the Song (960-1279)and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties,and was later introduced to Japan where it became the origin of the Japanese tea ceremony.The beautiful Jingshan District has always been renowned for tea.The "Sage of Tea" Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty used to stay here,and the place was also the inspiration of his monumental work,The Classic of Tea,the first known book in the world featuring the cultivation,preparation,and drinking of tea.

摘要： Bold bid launched to reach upper middle-income status in next four decades Malawi’s journey to the year 2063,when it aspires to become an upper middle-income economy,started in earnest on November 9,2021,when President Lazarus Chakwera unveiled the Malawi 2063 First 10-Year Implementation Plan(MIP-1)during theopening ceremony of the 2021 National Development Conference at the Bingu International Convention Center in Lilongwe.In 2063,Malawi will have attained its centenary of self-governance.

摘要： Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021 via video on April 20,2021.(XU XUN)oao,a small town in China’s southernmost province of Hainan known for blue seas and palm trees,welcomed its annual global spotlight from April 18-21 as the Boao Forum for Asia(BFA)Annual Conference 2021 convened with the theme“A World in Change:Join Hands to Strengthen Global Governance and Advance Belt and Road Cooperation.”

摘要： On the morning of July 1,2021,a ceremony marking the centenary of the Communist Party of China(CPC)was held in Tian’anmen Square in Beijing.Xi Jinping,general secretary of the CPC Central Committee,Chinese president,and chairman of the Central Military Commission,delivered an important speech at the ceremony.

摘要： Huang Xiaowei,Vice-President and First Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Women''s Federation(ACWF),sent a congratulatory message via video in late June to the ACWF Hong Kong Delegates Association to mark both the 24th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(HKSAR)and the inaugural ceremony of the association''s seventh board.

摘要： State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the opening ceremony of the Symposium on the International Situation and China's Foreign Relations in 2021 in Beijing and delivered a keynote speech entitled"China's Diplomacy in 2021:Embracing a Global Vision and Serving the Nation and its People."