On June 10, 2021, the Friendship Dinner of the 26th Anniversary of the Cooperation and Friendship Relations between the Province of Sichuan and the Brussels-Capital Region was held in Chengdu. Dr. Jan HOOGMARTENS, Belgian ambassador to China, Mr. Zhang Yechu, deputy director of Foreign Affairs Office of Sichuan Province, attended the event and delivered a speech. The leaders of CCPIT Sichuan Council, Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Education Department of Sichuan Province and Sichuan University attended the event.

Group photo of the main guests attending the event

Since the establishment of friendly provincial and regional relations between Sichuan and Brussels-Capital Region in 1995, Sichuan has carried out fruitful practical cooperation in various fields such as exchange and exchange of visits, trade, tourism, culture and education. The opening of freight routes from Chengdu to Brussels, the "Xinghui" and "Haohao" of giant panda set up their homes in Belgium, which also injected new vitality into the exchanges and cooperation between Sichuan and Belgium. This year, the Belgian delegation regards Sichuan as an important stop for the economic and trade delegation to visit, reflecting the importance Belgian enterprises attach to the broad development prospects of Sichuan. In his speech, Dr. Jan HOOGMARTENS, Belgian ambassador to China and Mr. Zhang Yechu, deputy director of Foreign Affairs Office of Sichuan Province said that this year is the 50^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Belgium. He hoped that Sichuan and Belgium would strengthen exchanges and cooperation in various fields and deepen bilateral friendship.