A seven-day China Festival will be held in Kathmandu to mark the
Golden Jubilee of the establishment of Nepal-China diplomatic
relations, an organizer said Friday in Kathmandu.
"The festival will be kicked off on June 1, which will be
jointly organized by the Chinese Embassy in Nepal and the World
Cultural Net, a non-government organization," Deepak Sarkar,
president of World Cultural Net, told reporters at a press
conference.
Programs of the festival include performance of arts, film
festival, food festival, exhibition of handicrafts, books, kites,
photos and relics as well as trade fair with household goods,
electronic goods, automobiles and information technology, Sarkar
added.
"Chinese artists, businessmen and journalists will also attend
the festival," he noted, adding that more than 100,000 people are
expected to watch the programs.
The festival will help enhance the cultural and people-to-people
relations existing between Nepal and China, he added.
A similar festival was successfully organized in 2003. Nepal and
China, from the government as well as non-government level, are
organizing various programs such as China Trade Fair, seminars,
exchange of delegations and free health camps to celebrate the
Golden Jubilee of their diplomatic relations, which were forged on
Aug. 1, 1955.
(CRI.com April 10, 2005)