Jing'an and Bachu make a special gift for country's birthday
Office workers in Jing’an District and children from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have made a special gift for the 70th birthday of the People’s Republic of China.
Jing’an has been sending officials to poverty-stricken Bachu County in Xinjiang for years, and local people have formed deep friendship with Jing’an.
A 70-meter written scroll featuring President Xi Jinping’s speeches and his quotations from classics, was unfurled at an event on Sunday at the former Shanghai Chamber of Commerce. It features 5,000 characters, which symbolizes the 5,000 kilometers between Jing’an and Bachu. Also, it is 70 meters long, a blessings for the country’s 70th birthday, said Shi Yichan, head of Jing’an-based Elite Union for the district’s office workers.
Office workers talked with anchor Chen Rong about the changes along Suzhou Creek, wrote down their blessings to the country on memos posted on a wall.
Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, the first in China, on the northern bank of Suzhou Creek was the cradle of commerce and finance in the city about a century ago.
The chamber was founded in February 1912, and the building has been variously used as a school and factory. Last year, it reopened as a high-end dining venue after seven years of renovations.