On January 14, 2023 EST, 72 Lin Huabin, president of 72 Steel Group LLC, and his wife were invited by the Consulate General of China in New York to attend the 2023 Lunar New Year reception held by ambassador Huang Ping and his wife Zhang Aiping.

President Lin and his wife gathered together with more than 600 representatives of overseas Chinese and academic circles in the 10 states of the consular district to welcome the Chinese New Year.

It was the Chinese Lunar New Year, and the Consulate General was decorated with lanterns and festoons and full of joy and a strong taste of the Chinese New Year. President Lin and his wife said that they were honored to be invited to attend this grand event, and they were very happy to meet many good friends and welcome the New Year together.

This time they met the representative of Fuyao Group in the United States.The representative and president Lin Huabin are both from Fuqing,China.President Lin said that he has always respected and appreciated the "Glass King" Cao Dewang. He will continue to follow the example of Cao Dewang and deepen the field of steel manufacturing, so that Chinese people will be proud to witness "Chinese Steel king" after the "Glass King".

He also said that the reception made people in a foreign country feel like home. Because of the epidemic, this is the first time that the Consulate General of China in New York has publicly held an event to celebrate the Lunar New Year in three years, which was particularly warm.Chinese who work overseas are very proud of the Consulate General of China.Best wishes to our motherland and compatriots!

Ambassador Huang Ping delivered a speech. He greeted the vast number of overseas Chinese in the United States.He said that after three years of fighting the epidemic together, old friends reunited here today and he felt very grateful, joyful and warm.The Consulate General of China in New York will always be the home of the vast number of overseas Chinese in the United States, and welcome everyone to go home! At the same time, Huang Ping reviewed how the Consulate General and the overseas Chinese and academic circles in the United States have helped each other and made progress hand in hand over the past year. He highly praised the contributions of the Chinese in the United States, and called on the cooperation between China and the United States to achieve a win-win situation.

At the reception, artists from China and the United States jointly performed wonderful cultural and artistic programs combining Chinese and Western styles. Suona solo and face-changing Sichuan opera fully demonstrated the unique charm of traditional Chinese culture. The superb skills of the masters won rounds of applause and cheers from the scene. The acrobatics "The Charm and the Oculus" and the piano and clarinet ensemble "Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccio" performed that day were elegant, wonderful and fascinating, leaving the audience with endless aftertaste. "I Love You China", jointly sung by American singers and singers living in the United States, showed everyone's feelings and best wishes to the motherland, which pushed the atmosphere of the reception to a climax.

Sun Wen, deputy director of the New York State Department of Labor, Fan Xiaojiang, director of Asian Affairs of New York State, Zheng Qirong, director of Asian American Affairs of the Mayor of New York, Li Changyu, a well-known Chinese criminal forensic expert, Ju Yiguang, professor of mechanical and aeronautical science at Princeton University and many other Representatives of overseas Chinese academic and business groups attended the event and tasted sumptuous Spring Festival delicacies.