Chinese First Lady Visits Cultural Institutions in New York

Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan on Monday called for greater efforts to promote cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States when visiting two leading art and cultural institutions in New York. Touring the renowned Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Peng noted that in recent years, the center has played an active role in promoting China-U.S. cultural exchanges and enhancing friendship between the two peoples. Peng was here accompanying her husband, Chinese President Xi Jinping, for a series of activities at the United Nations headquarters following a state visit to the United States. As a famous soprano with a successful career in China herself, Peng has been invited to perform on the stage of the Lincoln Center in 2005. Peng said Xi's successful state visit to the United States injects new vitality into people-to-people exchanges between the two nations, and she hoped the cultural exchanges between China and the United States would be more splendid, making greater contribution to the deepening of the relationship between the two peoples. In the Juilliard School, a leading performing arts conservatory located in the Lincoln Center, Peng attended a performance class and the inauguration of the Juilliard's branch in the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, which offers master degree in music. Encouraging students from both countries to do more communication and learning from each other, Peng hoped that more concrete action would be taken by both sides in a more colorful manner to facilitate and enrich cultural and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries. Together with Peng, Juilliard President Joseph W. Polisi announced plans for the Tianjin Juilliard School, a key milestone in Juilliard's multifaceted expansions in China. Anticipated to open in 2018, the new school will offer U.S.-accredited master's degree in China as well as a wide range of instrumental lessons for people of all ages and abilities. More on: http://newscontent.cctv.com/NewJsp/ne... Subscribe us on Youtube:    / @cctvvideonewsagency   CCTV+ official website: http://newscontent.cctv.com/ LinkedIn:   / cctv-news-content   Facebook:   / 756877521031964   Twitter:   / newscontentplus