PARIS, May 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The year 2024 marks the 60th anniversary
of diplomatic relations between China and France as well as the Cultural Tourism Year of
the two countries. On the afternoon of May
3, the Wine Gift Box Launch Event "When Yantai Meets
Bordeaux" was held in Paris,
France to commemorate the 60th anniversary of
diplomatic relations between China
and France. The event was
organized by the News & Information Center of Xinhua News
Agency and the Yantai Municipal People's Government
Information Office. Sixty guests from China and France, representing fields
such as culture, tourism, cuisine, and environmental protection,
attended the event. The event, part of the Sino-French
Gastronomy Festival, aims to boost cultural exchange and
mutual learning through the tasting of distinctive wines from each
country.
Wang Lei, director of
the News & Information Center of Xinhua News Agency,
highlighted the longstanding friendship between China and France in his speech at the event. Over 130
years ago, the first wine company in China, Changyu, was established in Yantai,
producing China's first bottle of
wine and the first bottle of brandy. The event is both a
tribute to Sino-French friendship and a symbol of further deepening
exchanges between Yantai and French red wine.
The event also featured speeches by key figures, who expressed
their high praise and expectations for Sino-French cooperation,
including Guillaume Roussy, former
president of Saumur AOC-level Wine Association, and Pascal Durand, founder & chairman of Pinot
Noir Association and agricultural engineer.
The event witnessed the official launch of the commemorative red
wine gift box celebrating the 60th anniversary of
diplomatic relations between China
and France. The gift box,
curated by Fabrice Sommier, featured one selection each
from renowned red wines from Yantai and Bordeaux, forming the "60 Years of
Sino-French Friendship, 60 Pairs"
boxes. The French wine selected is the 2018 red wine from the
Chateau Phelan Segur, while the Chinese wine selected is the Yantai
Changyu Longyu Cabernet Sauvignon.
Gong Haitao, executive deputy director of the Publicity
Department of the CPC Yantai Municipal Committee and director of
the Yantai Municipal People's Government Information
Office, introduced in detail the development and historical
cultural charm of the red wine industry in Yantai. Wine has
been a vibrant purple name card for the world to
understand Yantai and for Yantai to connect with the world.
The red wine gift box marking the
60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between
China and France will be available for sale in
China, with all proceeds donated
to the environmental organization EcoTree to support global green
and low-carbon initiatives.
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