Ningbo branch of Neighborhood Festival launched in Fenghua
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- Category: Ningbo District
- Published: Thursday, 28 March 2019 16:14
The stretches of peach trees in full blossom along the countryside roads are welcoming the visiting friends, and this is a kind of “re-experience” of the Fenghua District for Chen Zhaolong, as he has led his team from Taiwan to take part in the "Peach Flower Marathon Race for runners from both sides of the Taiwan Strait" over the past four years. The launching ceremony of the Zhejiang-Taiwan Neighborhood Festival as well as the opening ceremony of the Peach Flower Marathon Race was held at the Xinjian Village of Fenghua District.
As a famous branding cross-strait communication event initiated by Zhejiang Province, the Zhejiang-Taiwan Neighborhood Festival has been held for 11 consecutive years. It has become an important bridge to enhance the ties between the people from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, by inviting the ordinary people of Taiwan to experience the life of the ordinary people of the mainland through such featured activities as visiting the neighborhood, learning about the community services, Taiwan businessmen telling business stories and youth communication. The activities have been held between families, communities (or villages), schools, industries and societies.
This year, over 100 people from Taiwan participated in the activities, and ten families from Taiwan partnered ten families of the Fenghua District for further communication.
According to a person in charge from Ningbo Municipal Office of Taiwan Affairs, a variety of neighborhood festival activities will also be carried out in such areas as Ninghai County and Zhenhai District to promote the cross-strait communication and exchanges
