The Dragon Year Spring Festival is the first new year after the United Nations holiday, as the Lunar New Year has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly through a resolution. My overseas embassies and consulates hold a variety of Chinese New Year receptions, and the "Happy Spring Festival" celebration activities are held in many countries. We celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year with people from all over the world, and experience the diversity of world civilization through exchange and mutual learning. On the evening of the 5th, the headquarters of UNESCO was decorated with bright red lanterns, Chinese knots, and Paper Cuttings characters. At the Chinese New Year reception hosted by the Permanent Mission of China to UNESCO, the President of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Vila Lakhye, stated that the dragon is the most well-known symbol of Chinese culture in the world, representing strength, wisdom, and auspiciousness. 2024 coincides with the Year of the Dragon and the combination of wood elements, indicating that the new year will be full of vitality, development, and innovation, I hope that UNESCO and China can embark on a new stage of cooperation in the auspicious year of the dragon and achieve more new achievements. At the special Spring Festival reception held by the Chinese Embassy in the United States, the lively, festive, and humorous performance of Sichuan Opera brought a strong Chinese New Year flavor to Washington. Classic Sichuan opera plays such as "Eight Formation Painting" and "Pi Jin Rolling Lantern" won waves of applause and cheers. Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Xie Feng, said in his speech that in the new year, he hopes that everyone can join in the modernization of our motherland, share the historical opportunities of high-quality development, and share the great glory of our motherland's prosperity and strength; To jointly shoulder the national righteousness and actively engage in the cause of opposing "independence" and promoting reunification; Build a bridge of friendship together, be a disseminator of Chinese culture, a narrator of Chinese stories, and a promoter of folk friendship, contributing wisdom and strength to explore the correct way of coexistence between China and the United States in the new era. Croatian Vice President Reiner extended New Year greetings to the Chinese people at the Chinese Embassy in Croatia's New Year reception, stating that since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the cooperation between the two countries has yielded fruitful results, with the Pereshaz Bridge and the Seni wind power project being exemplary examples. He believes that Croatian China relations will achieve greater development in the new year. As the Spring Festival approaches, the "Happy Spring Festival" activity has also entered many countries. In the Netherlands, the No.1 tram in The Hague is dressed in a new outfit with Chinese red as the main tone, displaying the auspicious dragon of "2024 Happy Spring Festival" and the panda spray painting pattern of "Hello! China" on the body. The 25 poster columns in the central area of The Hague have also been painted with the image of the auspicious dragon, making the streets and alleys of The Hague full of the joyful atmosphere of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Wang Zheng, Director of The Hague China Cultural Center, told reporters that this year the Hague China Cultural Center has partnered with The Hague Tram Company to select the busiest and most bustling city center route, showcasing the unique charm of the Chinese New Year to everyone. Recently, the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, located on the banks of the Seine River, held a "Happy Spring Festival" garden party. More than 300 French friends walked into the cultural center to learn about traditional Chinese cultural customs during the Spring Festival and celebrate the Dragon Year Spring Festival together. The activity was divided into garden tours, movie watching, variety show, lottery and food. There were long queues in many recreation areas, and many French audiences participated in cultural garden projects such as hanfu experience, calligraphy, Paper Cuttings, dumplings making, tea art and rubbing. The "Happy Spring Festival" event has recently been held in Vanta, Helsinki, and Finland