On June 13, 2011, the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Latvia held the Embassy's open day ceremony at the Chancery of the Embassy. The students and teachers of University of Latvia, the Confucius Center of Rīga Stradiņš University, Vidzeme University Of Applied Sciences, Riga Culture Secondary School, Riga No.34 Secondary School and the Traditional Wushu School of Latvia, the relevant youth officials from the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, the youth representatives of the overseas Chinese and compatriots, and the Chinese companies in Latvia, the members of the media of Latvia, nearly 100 people, attended the ceremony. Honorable Rolands Broks, Minister of Education and Science of the
First of all, His Excellency Mr. Hu Yeshun, Ambassador of China in Latvia extended his warm welcome to the invited guests for attending the activities of "China-EU Year of Youth". He wished that the young people of Latvia, through the participation of the Embassy's open day activities, may understand more of China, and realize that China is a developing country with complicated national conditions: a country advocates democracy and puts her people first, and a peace-loving member of the world family. The youths of
Honorable Rolands Broks, Minister for Education and Science of Latvia spoke highly of the ever-growing bilateral educational exchanges and cooperation since the establishment of the diplomatic ties between Latvia and China 20 years ago. He stated that the publishing of the Chinese-Latvian Dictionary and the signing of the Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications and Degrees Between Latvia and China are of great importance to further enhance the bilateral cooperation in the field of education. He expressed his appreciation of the exchanges of youth between the EU and
Soon after the opening ceremony of the Embassy's open day, a number of performances had been given by the young participants from China and Latvia. In the part of the cultural performance, the young pop singers of
The Embassy also held a photo exhibition of introducing the political, economic, social, cultural and educational development in China at the open day ceremony. Some of the pictures took in Latvia by the staff of the Embassy also put on the exhibition.