Chinese Folk Culture Tour to ASEAN launched

JAKARTA - The Chinese Folk Culture Tour to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was launched at the ASEAN Secretariat recently.

Speaking at the launching event, Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Huang Xilian said: "We hope these visits will promote understanding and appreciation of our unique and brilliant cultural assets, and more importantly, explore new platforms and channels for cultural exchange."

Huang said that both China and ASEAN countries belong to the big family of Asian and Eastern civilizations, and had centuries-long history of close interactions between their peoples, which eventually led to the birth of splendid, diverse yet similar folk culture traditions.