Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles Holds Farewell Reception for Consul General Zhang Ping
Universal City/Los Angeles, CA (LAPost/December 14, 2022) – The Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Los Angeles held farewell reception for Consul General Ping Zhang at Universal Hilton on December 14, 2022, attended by Hon. California State Assembly member Mike Fang, Hon. Tong Ding mayor of city of San Gabriel, Hon. Eileen Wang, council member of City of Arcadia as well as about 300 representatives from local governments, business, Chinese communities and Chinese students.
Deputy Consul General Shi Yuanqiang presided over the reception.
Consul General Zhang Ping
Consul General Zhang Ping reviewed the experience of visiting various places in the consular district, participating in various activities, and having extensive contacts and in-depth exchanges with people from all walks of life in the past five years as the consul general in Los Angeles. The diversity of American culture, the vitality of society, the goodwill of the people, and the breadth and depth of exchanges and cooperation between the consular district and China. The sincere friendship towards the Chinese people and the support and expectations for Sino-US relations from all walks of life in the consular district are encouraging, adding motivation to our work and strengthening our confidence in Sino-US relations.
Consul General Zhang said that local exchanges and cooperation are the foundation of Sino-US relations, with huge potential for development and promising prospects. We must firmly believe in the friendship between China and the United States, strive to maintain a good pattern of relations between the consular district and China, continue to promote exchanges and cooperation between the consular district and China, continue to consolidate and expand the achievements of bilateral cooperation, better benefit the two peoples, and promote Sino-US relations Return to the right track of healthy and stable development.
Consul General Zhang Ping thanked friends in the consular district for their support to the Consulate General and his own work and for their positive contributions to Sino-US relations and local cooperation. He hoped that friends from in the consular district would continue to support the successor Consul General, China-US local exchanges and cooperation will get new and greater development.
Hon. California State Assembly member Mike Fang
From Left: Luo Yan, Zhang Ping, Chen Wei
In the five years since he took office, Consul General Zhang Ping has traveled all over the states in the southwestern region of the United States, visited and met with dignitaries, and delivered speeches in various colleges and universities.
He is modest, elegant and firm. During the three-hour reception that day, after the speech session was over, Consul General Zhang Ping took photos with the overseas Chinese who enthusiastically asked for a group photo, and said goodbye cordially.
From Left: Yan Luo, Paula Madison, Shi Yuanqiang
Fred Hong (Left 3)
Ming Hsieh, academician of the National Academy of Engineering of the United States, Chenghua Edward Cai, president of the Southern California Chinese Association, Paula Williams Madison, executive director of the Chinese American Museum; Luo Yan, a well-known Chinese-American film producer (starring in “Female College Student Dormitory”), executive director of the “LAPost” Richard Ren, well-known local lawyers Zhang Jun, Li Hong, and Fred Hong; Sky Qian president of the Southwest Chinese Students and Scholars Association; Sun Ningfei, president of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association of the USC; Representatives of international students from the UCSD commended highly of Zhang Ping’s great achievements during his term and expressed reluctance in parting with both an excellent diplomat and a dear friend.
They said that in the past five years, Ambassador Zhang Ping attended many activities in the Los Angeles consular district, showing his outstanding diplomat style. He and his wife, Ms. Chen Wei, have left a deep and beautiful impression on people from all walks of life.
