Celebration of Happy the Year of Rooster by BCI-ZTE Greece

On 20th January, the 2017 BCI-ZTE Greece Spring Festival Gala was jointly held by Business Confucius Institute Athens and ZTE Greece in Antoniado Hall, Athens University of Economy & Business. Counsellor of the Chinese embassy in Greece, Mr.Gao Wenqi, cultural attach Mr.Zhang Zhan, General Manager of ZTE Greece, Mr.Deng Chao, Vice President of Athens University of Economy & Business, Fradonis, Greek director of Business Confucius Institute, Mr.Kardaras as well as the teachers and students from the Institute were present.

Mr. Gao Wenqi appreciated the efforts the Institute has made to spread the Chinese culture in his speech; Vice President Fradonis reviewed the achivements the Institute has made;Mr. Kardaras believed the Institute would be able to make more contributions in teaching Greek staff Chinese. He also paid a new year call to the audience in Chinese“鸡年大吉，新春快乐” which means “Happy the year of rooster”.
The crowing sound by the teacher and the students from the Institute started the Gala. Performances from unique Greek dancing to the Chinese nostalgia song, from the crosstalk to Qipao show and martial arts won enthusiastic applauses. The prize drawing in the end pushed the performance to a new high when Mr.Gao Wenqi, Mr. Kardaras and Mr.Zu Lijun revealed the surprizes. “The whole show was a great success”, said one student’s parent.