The Year of the Monkey is coming! Monkey is concerned as the symbol of wisdom in the 12 Chinese zodiac animals while Shanghai is developing the global innovation center. At the very beginning of the smart year in the smart city, Eastday.com invites the Consul Generals in Shanghai to deliver New Year speeches with the theme as "City of Innovation". Now the videos have been released.

The Consul Generals come from 12 countries across the 5 continents, namely, Switzerland, Italy, Thailand, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany, Republic of Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic, Canada, Brazil, the Netherlands and Republic of Korea.

In the 12 New Year videos, the CGs talk about in English or Chinese language their development and cooperation with Shanghai, China on the innovation construction and China's "Belt and Road" Initiative, their feelings of working and living in the city and extend Spring Festival greetings.

This is the second time that the Consul Generals in Shanghai send Chinese New Year wishes to the global netizens via Eastday.com. The event embodies their support to the innovation development of Shanghai, their confidence in the productive cooperation with China, their high opinions for the life and work here and their passion for the traditional Chinese culture.

Here is the link of the CGs' New Year wishes:

http://english.eastday.com/CGwishes2016/index.html

(English and Chinese texts)

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