Several international organisations marked lunar new year during a virtual lunar new year fete this week.
Members of the China-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce are seen in a screengrab of the Chinese new year e-celebration, marking the year of the ox, 8 February 2021Members of the Confucius Institute at the University of Luxembourg are seen in a screengrab of the Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021About 170 people participated in the Chinese new year e-celebration organised by Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, China-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, Confucius Institute at the University of Luxembourg and the China Cultural Center in Luxembourg, 8 February 2021Yang Xaiorong, China’s ambassador to Luxembourg, is seen delivering a video address to a Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021King Zhujun Xie, president of the Chinalux steering committee, is seen speaking during a virtual lunar year celebration that Chinalux co-organised, 8 February 2021Vincent Hieff, Luxembourg’s consul general in Shanghai, and consul staff are seen during a Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021Franz Fayot, Luxembourg’s economy minister (LSAP), is seen delivering a video address to a Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021The jazz artist Gast Waltzing is seen performing during a Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021Jauffrey Bareille, director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Luxembourg, is seen delivering a video address to a Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021Lex Delles, the SME and tourism minister (DP), is seen delivering a video address to a Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021Luc Frieden, chairman of the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, is seen delivering a video address to a Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021Vincent Hieff, Luxembourg’s consul general in Shanghai, is seen speaking during a Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021William Zhang, CEO of Huawei Luxembourg, is seen speaking during a Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021Zhang Jing of the China Cultural Center in Luxembourg is seen speaking during a Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021Zhang Yong of the Euro-Asie travel agency is seen speaking during a Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021Jiang Chenchen of the Confucius Institute is seen speaking during a Chinese new year e-celebration, 8 February 2021Stéphane Pallage, rector of the University of Luxembourg, is seen speaking during a Chinese new year e-celebration marking the start of the year of the ox, 8 February 2021
The year of the ox starts on Friday 12 February. In honour of the occasion, government, business and cultural leaders in both China and Luxembourg spoke during an online celebration. The formal comments covered connections during the covid-19 pandemic, and the growing financial and logistics links between the grand duchy and middle kingdom.
Several musical, dance and acrobatics performances were featured.
The event was hosted by the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, China-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, Confucius Institute at the University of Luxembourg, the China Cultural Center in Luxembourg, along with Euro-Asie, on Monday 8 February.
