Chinese Ambassador to Venezuela gifted books on Chinese culture and governance to the Executive Director of the Simón Bolívar Music Foundation

On August 23, 2016, Zhao Bentang, the Chinese Ambassador to Venezuela, held a meeting with Eduardo Mendes, Executive Director of the Simón Bolívar Music Foundation, at the embassy. During the meeting, the Ambassador praised the foundations’ music relief system and cultural education while discussing possibilities to further cooperation among both entities. According to an article by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zhao gifted Director Mendes the Spanish version of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of the Country" in addition to various other books. The three volumes (published in 2014, 2017, and 2020) of “The Governance of China” contains a collection of speeches and writings by Xi Jinping, articulating his political philosophy about Chinese economics, international affairs, technology, and peaceful co-existence. Ambassador Zhao also gifted the Spanish version of the book to Davila, the Editor-in-Chief of Últimas Noticias newspaper (see project ID #90042), Gutierrez, the President of the Venezuelan Supreme Court Committee (see project ID #90045), Ruben Dario Molina, the Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (see project ID #90128), Gregorio Montero, the Secretary-General of the Latin American Center for Development Administration (see project ID # 90126), Tibisay Lucena, the President of Venezuela’s National Election Commission (see project ID #90130), Elías Jaua, the Venezuelan Minister of Education (see project ID #90131) across various diplomatic meetings and visits.

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Although the projects mentioned within the description aren’t connected, they are mentioned because Ambassador Zhao gifted the same book throughout all the projects. The Simón Bolívar Music Foundation is also known as El Sistema, translated as "The System."

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