• A concert to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year was held in Seoul, the capital of South Korea on Jan 21, kicking off "2018 Happy Chinese New Year" celebrations in the country.
  • A Chinese culture center will open in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2019.
  • A photography exhibition is being held at the China Cultural Center in Paris in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up.
  • Special musical performances were held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from Dec 24-25 to celebrate the New Year and to enhance cultural exchanges between China and Nepal.
  • New Zealand's capital Wellington ushered in its annual Christmas season with celebratory events on Nov 25-26. The two-day festival featured a grand Santa parade in which nearly 200 performers participated, attracting over 20,000 people packing the Lambton Quay to watch.
  • Another China cultural center found a home in Sofia, Bulgaria. The opening ceremony of the Sofia China Cultural Center was held in the city on Nov 23.
  • A free public orchestral concert was performed by a group of young musicians in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui in New Zealand on Oct 23 to conclude a long weekend of the Youth Orchestra Festival and to promote cultural exchanges among young people.
  • The fifth "China Day in Seoul" was held at City Hall Square in Seoul, South Korea on Oct 22. After delivering speeches, Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Qiu Guohong and Mayor of Seoul Park Won-soon added the finishing touches to respective dancing lions, marking the beginning of the activity.
  • Almost three decades since the first China Cultural Center was opened in Mauritius in 1988, China has established 31 centers around the world, covering countries across five continents –12 in Europe, 10 in Asia, five in Africa, three in Australia and Oceania, and one in Latin-America. More than 4,000 cultural activities have been held in these places, reaching over 3 million people across the globe.
  • An exhibition displaying works related to Buddhism opened to the public at the China Cultural Center in Bangkok on Aug 19, as part of the events to celebrate the 2017 Hebei Cultural Year in the Thai capital.