Su Xizhou, a gourd-carving master from Shouguang, a county-level city of Shandong province, engraves a gourd during the "Chinese Culture Enters ASEAN" activity in Lao capital Vientiane. [Photo/Xinhua]

Local students in Vientiane pose for a photo with Qi Xiu Hua (middle), a paper-cutting master from Shandong province during the "Chinese Culture Enters ASEAN" activity. [Photo/Xinhua]

The "Chinese Culture Enters ASEAN" cultural exchange activity in Laos was jointly organized by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' World Knowledge Publishing House, the Chinese Culture Center in Laos, the foreign affairs office of Shandong provincial government and the Shandong provincial department of culture.

It is hoped that the event will help to expand the local presence of Chinese culture, deepen China-Laos cultural exchanges, enhance mutual understanding and traditional friendship between the two peoples, and develop a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership for the common interests of the two peoples.