Chinese Minister of Culture Luo Shugang delivers a speech at the inauguration ceremony of this year's Happy Spring Festival at the Chinese Cultural Center in Madrid, Spain, Jan 29, 2018. The Chinese Ministry of Culture will cooperate with local partners to hold a series of events -- including galas, exhibitions and temple fairs -- in more than 400 cities of 129 countries and regions to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 16. [Photo/Xinhua]

Luo made the remarks when addressing the inauguration ceremony of this year's Happy Spring Festival, held at the Chinese Cultural Center in this Spanish capital, which was also attended by Spanish Minister of Education, Culture and Sport Inigo Mendez de Vigo.

An arts and cultural exhibition focusing on central China's Hunan Province was opened at the same time at the Chinese Cultural Center.

Also on Monday, the two ministers held talks and signed an agreement over bilateral cultural cooperation in the years between 2018 and 2021.

The agreement covers in fields such as visual arts, cinema, animation and videogames, as well as editorial cooperation, the exchange of cultural exhibitions and measures to safeguard copyright.
Luo said China was ready to have more cultural cooperation with Spain in the frame of the Belt and Road Initiative, and such cooperation was set to lay a solid cultural foundation for the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two nations.