Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony for visiting Peruvian President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra at the square outside the east gate of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday afternoon.
Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, was among the Chinese officials attending the welcome ceremony.
Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Javier González-Olaechea Franco, Minister of Economy and Finance Jose Arista Arbildo, Minister of Health Cesar Vasquez Sanchez, were among officials accompanying Boluarte for the state visit.
The military band played the national anthems of Peru and China. A 21-gun salute was fired on the occasion.
Boluarte, accompanied by Xi, reviewed the guard of honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The two heads of state then returned to the reviewing stand to watch the march-past.
At the invitation of Xi, Boluarte is on a state visit to China scheduled from Tuesday to Saturday.
Xi holds welcome ceremony for Peruvian president
The screening of a select batch of highly rated programs produced by the China Media Group (CGM) was launched in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Sunday.
More than 10 top-quality documentaries and feature films on China's development, the ancient Silk Road, Chinese cultural heritage, and other topics will be screened. They will be broadcast by mainstream media outlets in Kazakhstan, such as the Silk Way TV Channel and the Atameken Business Channel.
The activity comes ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's scheduled attendance at the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Astana and the upcoming state visit to Kazakhstan later this week.
CMG President Shen Haixiong, Raushan Kazhibayeva, director-general of the TV and Radio Complex of the President of Kazakhstan, and Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Zhang Xiao delivered video messages to the screening launch.
In his message, Shen said that CMG has remained committed to promoting cultural exchanges and people-to-people friendship between China and Kazakhstan and is ready to deepen practical cooperation with Kazakh media counterparts to contribute to the advancement of bilateral relations.
Kazhibayeva said that the TV and Radio Complex of the President of Kazakhstan is steadily advancing cooperation with CMG, aiming to further strengthen the friendship between Kazakhstan and China.
Zhang highlighted the significance of the screening activity in Kazakhstan, adding that he believes it will help the Kazakh people better understand China and enhance the friendship between the two peoples.
The screening runs through July 6.
CMG program screening launched in Kazakhstan
