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Chinese New Year marked in Poland with song, art and film

Aljoša Milenković in Warsaw

02:10

Poland joined a number of European countries that have marked the Chinese New Year. On Wednesday evening, the Museum of Asia and the Pacific in Warsaw hosted a celebration of the Chinese New Year. 

Besides the fact that nearly 90 percent of all railway imports from China into Europe go through Poland, and 14 percent of all imports to Poland come from China, the two countries show interest in further promoting a cultural and people-to-people exchange. 

The Chinese choir's performance at the stage in the museum main conference hall was fully packed with a mixed Polish and Chinese audience. Those were the people who gathered to mark the first day of the Year of the Wood Snake. 

While the choir performed in the hall, outside, in the lobby a Chinese artist was demonstrating the art of calligraphy, writing a symbol representing happiness. Most of the guests at the celebration were business people, who are at the forefront of building bridges between the two nations. Qi Wang from GD Poland International was one of them.

A Chinese choir perform at the Museum of Asia and the Pacific in Warsaw. /CGTN
A Chinese choir perform at the Museum of Asia and the Pacific in Warsaw. /CGTN

A Chinese choir perform at the Museum of Asia and the Pacific in Warsaw. /CGTN

"We have strong support from Polish business, which is why we are working intensively to ensure that Poles learn as much as possible about China." Qi told us. "On the other hand, we also want to promote the Chinese economy in the European Union."

Former Polish deputy PM Janusz Piechocinski jumped in, during the middle of our interview with his friend Qi. Piechocinski wanted to add his thoughts on the means of promoting cultural exchange with the help of business.

"Thank you for these 30 days without a visa, and I guarantee that 2025 will be a record year for Polish tourists in China," Piechocinski added, smiling. "This will be a very strong, positive phenomenon because people will get to know their business partners, your culture, and your history, and that means understanding better and cooperating better."

The program in the Museum of Asia and Pacific continued with screenings of some of the promotional movies about China and more artist performances. 

There are around 23,000 Chinese living and working today in Poland. Three and a half thousand of them are business entrepreneurs. They are sending the message that business has opened its doors and that now is the time for tourists, students, scholars and artists to use them and build more bridges between the two nations.

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