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Exchange Activity Held for Youth from Main Goji Producing Areas of China and the ROK

On June 11,Ningxia-Chungcheongnam-do Youth Exchange Activity was held in Zhongning County, Zhongwei City, Ningxia to enhance understanding and friendship between youth from the two sidesand commemorate the 30thanniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the ROK. Zhongning County and Cheongyang-gun, the main goji producing areas in China and the ROK respectively, staged this goji-themed activity online for representatives of high school students from the two sides. Officials from Ningxia Foreign Affairs Office (NXFAO), Ningxia Education Department and foreign affairs authority of Chungcheongnam-do, andleaders of Zhongning County and Cheongyang-gun attended the activity and delivered speeches.


Co-sponsored by NXFAO and International Cooperation and Trade Division of the Chungcheongnam-do Provincial Government, the activity aimedto further unleash comparative strengths of the two goji producing areas, nurture more young ambassadors of friendship, and expand exchanges between the two sides. Student representatives from Zhongning County and Cheongyang-gun introduced their hometowns’ history, culture, customs, goji industry and goji-based food. They exchanged opinions and ideas, noting that they became known to each other through goji and would contribute to the China-ROK friendship in the future.


In recent years, focusing on promoting industrial development through international cooperation, NXFAO has assisted Zhongning County, relevant industrial associations and companies to participate in matchmaking meetings betweenNingxia and Chungcheongnam-do. The Cooperation Agreement between Zhongning County and Cheongyang-gunon Goji Industrywas also signed with the help of NXFAO. Goji has connected Ningxia and Chungcheongnam-do with friendly exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation. Government officials, scholars, experts and business representatives from Chungcheongnam-do and Cheongyang-gun were also invited to join in the Fifth Goji Industry Expo which would be held in Zhongning this June.


This year marks the conclusion of the China-ROK Cultural Exchange Year. The youth exchange activity represents Ningxia’s efforts to implement the consensus of the two countries’ foreign ministers on strengthening cultural exchanges and increasing understanding between the two peoples. It is also NXFAO’s efforts to promote specialty industries including the goji industry and the Fifth Goji Industry Expo. NXFAO will stage more events for cooperation between Zhongning and Cheongyang-gun and weigh its resources more heavily toward sub-provincial localities, to see that new dynamism is injected into the all-round opening-up of Ningxia.