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YANCHENG, China, Dec. 31, 2021 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

Recently, thousands of international friends in Jiangsu participated the

activity, "Experience Jiangsu and Understand China" (Yancheng), which was held

in the Holland Flower Park of Dafeng. The purpose of this activity is to let

foreign friends learn the "real and comprehensive China", and constantly expand

the international circle of friends, according to the Publicity Department of

Dafeng District People's Government.

With the theme of "Visiting the Colorful Wetlands and Strolling in the Flower

Sea in Dafeng", international friends from South Korea, Russia, France,

Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Belarus, and other countries who often live in

Dafeng District gathered to visit Holland Flower Park and Hengbei Village, feel

the great changes in China's rural areas, and to have a comprehensive

understanding of the process of rural revitalization, cultural tourism, and

urban development in the area.

Nicolas Kaaijk, winner of Jiangsu Friendship Award and expert on tulip balls,

said: "In 1998, with my ideal ambition and professional technology to promote

tulips, I came to China with confidence and went to Beijing, Xi'an and other

places to plant tulips. However, due to climate, soil and cooperation and other

reasons, the tulip cause ended in failure. Until 2013, I officially joined the

Holland Flower Park, and was responsible for the technical guidance of tulip

cultivation and building a research center. The openness of Dafeng and the

hard-working and friendly people of Dafeng made me fall in love with it. In the

future, I will continue to promote the cooperation and build a bridge between

Dafeng and the Netherlands."

"I would like to thank the Jiangsu Friendship Association for building a

platform for us to understand Chinese culture and perceive changes in China. I

hope to have more opportunities to participate in such activities in the

future," said Franz Morage Paul Christian, a director from the Netherlands. He

said that the trip to Dafeng was wonderful and fruitful.

The two made an appointment to see Milu deer, go to the maze, soak in hot

springs, etc. They have fallen in love with China, Yancheng and Dafeng. In the

future, they will take root in this beautiful place and irrigate a more

beautiful future with wisdom and sweat.

Source: Publicity Department of Dafeng District People's Government