The Spring Festival Gala

The Spring Festival Gala in France was attended by the French Ambassador to France, Lu Sha Ye, and the former French Prime Minister and Special Representative for Sino-French Relations, Jean-Pierre Raffarin. The gala, themed around celebrating the Year of the Ox, was based on the foundation of Sino-French friendship cities and divided into three parts: « Golden Oxen Years, » « Radiant Oxen Light, » and « Long-standing Oxen Origins. »