Amidst joyous festivities at UNESCO’s Paris base, China’s mission orchestrated a lively 2026 Spring Festival temple fair, attended by over 500 luminaries. The highlight? Director-General Khalid Al-Anani’s sincere Chinese New Year felicitations in the Chinese language, applauded fervently by the diverse crowd of UNESCO dignitaries and envoys.
Al-Anani invoked the horse year’s emblematic traits of tenacity and forward march, vital for tackling international instabilities. He committed UNESCO to harnessing this symbolism for robuster engagement with China, sealing his words with traditional greetings that bridged cultures instantly.
In a stirring speech, Assembly President Khondker M. Talha hailed the festival for fostering proximity through culture, dialogue, and learning. The horse’s vigor, he said, should inspire confidence in UNESCO’s transformations, escalated partnerships, and unified pushes for cultural interchange and multilateral progress.
China’s Yang XinYu portrayed the event as an immersive portal to Chinese New Year traditions, embodying family-centric renewal, happiness dissemination, and hope propagation. These enduring customs, she noted, encapsulate profound historical essence and enduring values, vividly demonstrating culture’s unifying power under UNESCO’s watchful eye.