Delegation visits an ecological tea garden in Nanping city, East China's Fujian Province. Photo: Courtesy of the China Pictorial

The "Diplomats See China - Fujian Trip" event, organized jointly by the Beijing Service Bureau for Diplomatic Missions and the China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration, was successfully held. Nearly 30 ambassadors and senior diplomats from 22 countries, including Albania, Madagascar, Mongolia, and Cyprus, were invited to participate.

During their visit, which ran from March 19 to 23, the delegation toured the Ningde City Exhibition Hall with the theme of poverty alleviation, comprehensively appreciating Ningde's development and historic transformation from a poverty-stricken area to a global industrial newcomer. 

The diplomats visited an ecological tea garden, experiencing the achievements of Wuyishan in coordinating the development of tea culture, the tea industry, and tea technology, and the utilization of the path of rural revitalization. They also attended a meeting themed "Harmony between People and Land, Tea Fragrance throughout the Five Continents," at which they engaged in warm exchanges and shared insights on tea culture and international exchanges, the sustainable and healthy development of the global tea industry, and ecological civilization construction, seeking ways for humans and nature to coexist harmoniously through the medium of tea.

Jiang Yonggang, Director of the China International Communications Group Eurasia Center, noted that the tradition of planting tea in the mountains by the ancients, and the continuous exploration of converting "lucid waters and green mountains" into "gold and silver mountains" based on resource endowments, reflect the Chinese people's adherence to nature and sustainable development.