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A Tour to Discover the Truth and Also a Trip to Synergize Cooperation and Boost Exchanges between Different Civilizations - On the Visit of Envoys of Latin American and Caribbean Countries to China to Xinjiang Organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2021-05-18 17:50

From May 13 to 17, 2021, Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng accompanied Latin American and Caribbean diplomatic envoys to Xinjiang. The delegation visited Urumqi, Turpan and Hotan, and made field visits to learn Xinjiang's social, economic, cultural, ethnic and religious development and to embrace new opportunities brought by cooperation between Xinjiang and Latin America. A total of 23 ambassadors and other senior diplomats from 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries (LACC) were on the tour.

Secretary of CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee Chen Quanguo met with the diplomatic delegation and briefed it on the unprecedented historic achievements Xinjiang has made in economic and social development, human rights and improvement of people's livelihood under the scientific guidance of the CPC's Xinjiang policy in the new era.

Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng attended the meeting, as well as the exchange meeting themed "Xinjiang is a wonderful land". He also had an interview with Chinese and foreign media to debunk how anti-China forces painstakingly designed an "industrial chain" to fabricate lies and launch attacks in an attempt to disrupt Xinjiang, instigate religious and ethnic conflicts, undermine China's stability and contain China's development. He stressed that facts are not to be distorted and justice will eventually prevail. Lies and rumors cannot hold back the prosperity and progress of Xinjiang, and power politics and hegemony will not overshadow international fairness and justice. He encouraged the envoys to gain deep understanding of Xinjiang and actively explore resources and opportunities for cooperation, promote rich and diversified cultural and people-to-people exchanges to inject new impetus and vitality into the China-CELAC community with a shared future.

   
   

In Urumqi, the delegation visited the counter-terrorism and de-radicalization exhibition, the International Grand Bazaar, mosques, power transmission and transformation companies, the Agricultural Expo Park, the Xinjiang Islamic Institute and the Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone and attended a meeting themed "Xinjiang is a wonderful land". In Turpan, they visited e-commerce companies producing specialized agricultural products, mosques, local Nang (a Uyghur-style baked flatbread) cultural industrial park and Huoshan Chateau. In Hotan, they visited a mulberry-bark paper making street, a fruits and walnut trading market, Atlas silk company and the old town Tuancheng. They also joined ordinary Uyghur families for a chat over tea and tried local cuisine.

During the visit, the envoys happily took interviews with Chinese and overseas media outlet and talked about their experience and feelings of Xinjiang. They sincerely praised Xinjiang for its leapfrog economic growth, social harmony and stability, peace and unity among different ethnic groups, freedom of religious belief and vigorous cultural development. Noting that terrorism is a common challenge facing the whole world, they said they fully understand and support the efforts of the Chinese government in combating terrorism and de-radicalization in Xinjiang, and positively appraise the important role played by the vocational education and training centers. They stand ready to actively promote practical cooperation with Xinjiang in such areas as clean energy, power equipment, modern agriculture and featured tourism.

     

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