China tourism, culture week kicks off in Budapest

Szabolcs Szilagyi, head of the department for legal and governance support of Hungarian Tourism Agency, speaks during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Budapest China Tourism and Culture Week in Budapest, Hungary, May 23, 2025. The 2025 Budapest China Tourism and Culture Week started on Friday in the Hungarian capital, aiming to facilitate exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and other civilizations through cooperation platforms built for cultural and tourism industry insiders.

More than 100 representatives from the Chinese and Hungarian government, cultural and tourism enterprises and media in central and eastern Europe attended the opening ceremony. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)