Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia and some other Latin American countries are set to launch diverse cultural activities for the celebration of upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year to allow their people to better learn about China's rich culture.
The Chinese embassy in Venezuela on Jan 24 opened a photo exhibition on Beijing, which kicked off the Chinese New Year celebrations in the Latin American country.
Cultural exchanges will help China and Colombia grow closer together, said Chinese Ambassador to Colombia Li Nianping on Jan 22.
The year of 2015 has been an important one for the development of China-Latin America relations, when cultural exchanges became the highlight of bilateral ties.
The embassy coordination meeting on the 2016 China-Latin America Cultural Exchange Year opened on Nov 16 in Beijing.