On January 3rd, 2015, Ambassador Luo Linquan, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco, and his wife attended a welcome banquet held by the overseas Chinese living in the southern San Francisco Bay area. More than 600 people attended the banquet. Mr. Bi Gang, Deputy Consul General, Mr. Kansen Chu, California Assembly member, Mayor Emily Lo of Saratoga, Mayor Jose Esteves of Milpitas, Vice-Mayor Barry Chang of Cupertino, and Lily Mei, member of Fremont City Council and other local politicians were present in the event.
On behalf of the Welcome Banquet Preparatory Committee, Mr. Chi Tai welcomed Consul General Luo Linquan to take his new post in San Francisco on behalf of the overseas Chinese living in the Southern San Francisco Bay area.
Consul General Luo expressed his appreciation for such a grand welcome banquet. He said that it showed a strong organizing capability, unity and harmony among the overseas Chinese living in the southern San Francisco Bay area. He also commended them for their deep love of the motherland, inheriting and spreading the Chinese culture, enhancing China-US relations, and efforts on promoting overseas Chinese image and status.
Consul General Luo also briefed the audience about the domestic situation of China, the situation of Cross-Taiwan-Strait relations and China's position on the Taiwan Question. He committed that the Consulate General of China in San Francisco would continue making efforts on providing better services to the overseas Chinese. He hoped that the overseas Chinese living in the southern San Francisco Bay area could continue supporting the work of the Consulate General and his own, and jointly making new contributions to the China-US relations.
