• Artists from the China National Opera House (CNOH) were performing Mozart’s famous opera, The Marriage of Figaro, at a commemorative concert to kick off the 22nd anniversary of the establishment of the China Cultural Center in Seoul on Nov 17.
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott attended the inauguration ceremony of Beijing Park in Canberra, China Cultural Center in Sydney, and China Pavilion in the library of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) on Nov 17.
  • The China Cultural Center and Institut Franco-Chinois de Lyon, a French university, jointly signed a cooperative agreement on Nov 5. Su Xu, deputy director of the China Cultural Center in Paris and Jacques de Chilly, director of the Lyon regional development agency, Aderly, attended the signing ceremony.

  • The Chinese Culture Center was inaugurated in Laos' capital, Vientiane, on Nov 3. Liu Qibao, head of the CPC Central Committee's Publicity Department and Phankham Viphavanha, deputy prime minister of Laos, attended the launch ceremony.

  • The Chinese ink painting exhibition Ink-Chinese Dream was opened to the public on Oct 16 at the China Cultural Center in Pairs.
  • Sharing a fancy birthday cake with Malta government officials at the China and Malta Culture and Media Forum, representatives from the Chinese Embassy in Malta celebrated its 11th anniversary of the China Cultural Center in Malta on Sept 19.
  • Spanish artist Ricard Chiang's art exhibition, The Tree and The Shadow, opened at the China Culture Center in Madrid, capital of Spain, on Oct 2.
  • To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a music concerts was held in Germany from Sept 29 to Oct 3.
  • On Sept 27, Chinese Ambassador to Belarus Cui Qiming and Belarusian Culture Minister Boris Svetlov signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a cultural center in each country.
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Sri Lankan counterpart, Mahinda Rajapaksa, met at the Sri Lankan presidential residence on Sept 16 to inaugurate the Chinese Cultural Center during Xi’s state visit to Sri Lanka.