Ambassador Wang Qing attends the “China-Africa space carnival”event

2023-09-13 23:55

    On September 13, 2023, the Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone held the “China-Africa space carnival” event. Ambassador Wang Qing presented the Mengtian Prize and Memorial Prize to some youths who participated in the My Dream Painting Competition. About 100 students and teachers from the University of Sierra Leone and Fourah Bay College Secondary School and Primary School attended the event.

    In his speech, Ambassador Wang introduced China's brilliant achievements in exploring the space and developing its aerospace industry, and said that Sierra Leonean youths are looking up to the stars and chasing their dreams, and their colorful paintings have expressed the best wishes for China- Sierra Leone cooperation, peace and development, human progress and a better life. This is a true picture of the cultural exchanges and people-to-people bond between China and Sierra Leone. It is believed that this event will help stimulate the curiosity and desire for knowledge of the students and further deepen the traditional friendship between China and Sierra Leone.

Participating youths said that they had gained a lot from the event and felt the deep friendship of the Chinese people for the African people. They were determined to study harder to promote the sustainable development of China-Sierra Leone relations.