Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and celebrate the National Day with social activities New overseas Chinese and old overseas Chinese will gather together to spend the festive season article cover image
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Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and celebrate the National Day with social activities New overseas Chinese and old overseas Chinese will gather together to spend the festive season

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Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and hold social activities to welcome the National Day. New and old overseas Chinese will gather together to celebrate the festive season. A reporter from the Alberta Times reported that according to Hualian, Common news from the Federation of Overseas Chinese: That is...

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Social activities will be held to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day. New and old overseas Chinese will gather together to celebrate the festival. A reporter from the Alberta Times reported that according to Hualian, Common news from the Federation of Overseas Chinese: The upcoming activities to celebrate the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival and welcome the National Day of China will be hosted by the Arizona Overseas Chinese Federation and the Confucius Institute at Arizona State University, co-organized by the Greater Phoenix Federation of Chinese Overseas Chinese Associations, the Alberta Chinese Restaurant Association, the Alberta Chinese Cultural Exchange Association, the Kaiping Association of Kaiping, and other groups will actively participate in the sponsorship. This event will be the largest celebration attended by the Chinese overseas Chinese in Arizona, and will fully demonstrate the harmonious atmosphere of the local overseas Chinese community. Preparations for the activities to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and welcome the National Day are underway, and the organizers have received enthusiastic support from the vast number of new and old overseas Chinese. Regarding how to prepare a series of colorful activities, a group of senior local overseas Chinese leaders, such as Yu Wenjin, Deng Chaoju, Zhen Shuoqin, Guan Zongren, Yang Zhengang, Xu Guofu, Zhang Huafang, Mei Shude, Lu Shaoming, Guan Zhaofeng, Cui Zengqi, etc., offered suggestions and expressed their willingness to contribute money and efforts. Because it is the summer vacation, the organizer is also in contact with the person in charge of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association of Arizona State University. They are also very likely to join the ranks of the organizers and contribute to celebrating the Chinese festival. At present, according to the preliminary activity plan drawn up by Hualian and Confucius, the theme forum, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day reception, dance and other activities will be held on September 18, 2011 (Sunday) at the Memorial Union of Arizona State University. The specific schedule is as follows: The theme of this forum is "Connecting with China in the Global Market" and welcomes Chinese friends to participate in the discussion extensively. One 3:00-5:00 Forum to join forces with China in the global market, location; Turquoise Two 5:00-7:00 Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day reception Arizona Ballroom Three 7:00-9:00 Dance/performance Arizona Ballroom Four 5:00-9:00 Photography exhibition or related competition Arizona Ballroom Arizona Ballroom The implementation of the specific plan is currently soliciting opinions. We hope to get valuable opinions from the public. We will convene a meeting and form a preparatory committee to work together to make preparations in all aspects. Currently, the contact persons for the event are: Arizona Chinese Overseas Chinese Association (ACUA), President Fei Jian 480-241-7263 Vice President Dong Bin 480-252-4644 Confucius Institute at Arizona State University Vice President Xu Zhiping 480-965 – 7179 Greater Phoenix Chinese Overseas Chinese Association (GPCUA) President Deng Chaoju, Chinese Cultural Exchange Association of Alberta, Zhang Huafang 623-202-1032 The 2011 Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day activities will be more exciting and are still being planned. This newspaper will bring you relevant reports as soon as possible.

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