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The Star
28-04-2025
- Business
- The Star
Sichuan Week of China Pavilion kicks off at Expo 2025 Osaka
OSAKA, Japan, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The Sichuan Week of China Pavilion kicked off Monday at Expo 2025 Osaka, with more than 150 guests attending the opening ceremony. Themed "The Splendid Bashu Culture, Together For A Better Future," the Sichuan Week features events such as exhibitions, cultural performances and investment promotions in both Osaka and Sichuan. At the opening ceremony, a series of performances, including Sichuan Opera face-changing and giant puppets of northern Sichuan, spotlighted Sichuan's intangible cultural heritage and showcased the Bashu culture. Chen Jian'an, vice chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), said in his speech at the opening ceremony that the theme of Expo 2025, "Designing Future Society for Our Lives," is highly compatible with the core concept of green development in the new era presented by the China Pavilion, and also forms a dialogue that transcends time and space with the ecological wisdom of Sichuan Province as the "Land of Abundance" and the harmonious concept of "Home of Pandas." Noting that Hiroshima Prefecture and Sichuan Province established a friendly cooperative relationship in September 1984, Vice Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture Mika Yokota said that over more than 40 years, the two regions have continually engaged in exchanges at all levels in various fields, which have yielded fruitful results and established a deep relationship of trust. Chinese Consul General in Osaka Xue Jian expressed confidence that riding the wave of this global event, Sichuan Province and Japan will bring about innovation and creativity in cooperation and produce more fruitful outcomes. Hikaru Nagano, executive director of Expo 2025 Osaka's International Relations Bureau, said in fluent Mandarin that since its opening on April 13, the China Pavilion has quickly become a popular attraction for visitors from all over Japan and around the world. As the first province to make its debut in the China Pavilion, Sichuan brought its intangible cultural heritage products such as Shu embroidery, lacquerware, bamboo weaving items, and oil-paper umbrellas, as well as IP cultural and creative products featuring giant pandas and golden snub-nosed monkeys.
Associated Press
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Sichuan Week, China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Kicks off Today, Showcasing Splendid Bashu Culture
OSAKA, JP / ACCESS Newswire / April 28, 2025 / On April 28, Sichuan Week, China Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, officially kicks off, marking a significant milestone as the first Chinese province to host activities at the level of provinces. Running from April 28 to 30, Sichuan Week is centered around the theme 'The Splendid Bashu Culture, Together For A Better Future.' The Sichuan Week is structured around three primary components: 'Meeting Sichuan', 'Feeling Sichuan', and 'Promoting Sichuan', and incorporates a detailed '1+2+3+N' planning framework for the event, namely this framework comprises ONE theme: 'The Splendid Bashu Culture, Together For A Better Future"; TWO online and offline venues in both Osaka and Sichuan, and THREE thematic events: the opening ceremony, exhibitions, and cultural performances. In addition, N stands for a wide array of side events, including investment promotions, children's art displays, municipal (prefectural) thematic days, and Sichuan product exhibitions. The event, aimed at highlighting Sichuan's historical legacy, livable urban landscapes, and thriving business environment, as well as recent advancements across the domains of economy, society, culture, tourism, and technology, seeks to strengthen its economic and trade ties with Japan and other participating nations of the Expo. Notably, special exhibitions will spotlight Sichuan's intangible cultural heritage, including Shu embroidery, lacquerware, bamboo weaving, oil-paper umbrellas, and the popular 'Twin Treasures' IP featuring giant pandas and golden snub-nosed monkeys. The event will offer interactive experiences such as Mianzhu New Year painting rubbings in the 'Harmony Between Mankind and Nature' area of the China Pavilion. Additionally, Sichuan's strengths in industries like electronic information and clean energy, alongside key topics such as environmental protection and ecological civilization, will be highlighted through engaging special presentations, including 'Modernized Sichuan' and 'Panda Xiangxiang' videos combined with multimedia storytelling. Moreover, the cultural programs, such as Sichuan Opera, Shu music, martial arts, tea ceremonies, puppet shows, acrobatic performances, and flash mobs, will enrich the cultural atmosphere both inside and outside the China Pavilion. These programs will immerse visitors in an authentic experience of Sichuan's unique cultural customs. In addition, the 'China (Sichuan)-Japan Economic and Trade Exchange and Enterprise Meeting' will be held in Osaka, and meanwhile Sichuan Japanese-funded Enterprises Meetings will be held in Chengdu by taking the form of government-enterprise dialogue, featuring concurrent government-business discussions. Meanwhile, Chengdu and Deyang will host specialized promotion sessions and thematic exhibitions, designed to showcase municipal (prefectural) strengths and foster connections and exchanges with Japanese institutions and enterprises, further driving bilateral economic and trade cooperation. Contact Info Company: Sichuan International Communication Center Contact: Xie Xiuli Email: [email protected] Website: Country/Region: China SOURCE: Sichuan International Communication Center press release
