The Chinese-Hungarian Friendship Awards, acknowledging people who have contributed significantly to strengthening Chinese-Hungarian relations, were presented at a ceremony in Parliament today.
At the event, held in the Hungarian Parliament building, the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Peter Szijjártó emphasised that extremely rapid changes are occurring in the word today and a fundamental balance shift is under way in global politics and within the global economy. The outcome of these changes is yet to be foreseen, but it is already clear that China will be one of the most significant countries in the post-crisis period and our relations should be shaped in accordance, with a constant strengthening of cooperation between Hungary and China. This is one of the main concepts of the Hungarian Government’s Opening towards the East strategy. Long-term, well-founded and fruitful economic cooperation requires the establishment of firm, educational and cultural foundations, Mr. Szijjártó stressed.
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Mr. Szijjártó highlighted the fact that 7 bilateral agreements were signed last week, several of which are designed to facilitate cooperation between the two countries within the fields of education and culture. Also, a Hungarian Cultural Institute was opened in Beijing last week, and as such Hungary is the third EU member state and the first Central-European country to establish an institution in the Chinese capital to showcase its culture.
Chinese-Hungarian Friendship Awards were presented to CEO of Wanhua Borsodchem Jason Ding, member of the board of trustees of the New World Bridge (Új Világhíd) Foundation Péter Madaras and founding member of the Great Wall (Nagy Fal) Chinese-Hungarian Friendship Foundation Jü Fu-Nien. A posthumous award was also presented to László Hudec, Hungarian designer of some of Shanghai's most iconic architecture, who passed away in 1958.
(Prime Minister’s Office)
