Guangzhou French School for Foreign Nationals, formerly known as École Française Internationale de Canton (EFIC), inaugurated its new campus in Guangzhou on June 22. Chen Guangjun, Deputy Director, attended the inauguration ceremony.
On June 8, Li Hongzhi, deputy director of Guangdong's provincial authority, met with Hou Zongyou, director of the China Representative Office of Argentina's La Rioja Province, in Guangzhou. The two sides reached a consensus on advancing football cooperation.
On June 12, Guangdong and the UK-based Aspiring Youth Association agreed to deepen cultural and people-to-people exchanges centered on football cooperation.
Standing atop the Canton Tower, members of the One Voice Children's Choir from the United States joined local Chinese students in a heartfelt rendition of the Cantonese classic Friends, culminating their two-week cultural journey across China on Jan 10.
On Dec 9, during the last stop on his visit to China, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said he sees opportunities for constructive cooperation in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province.
On Sept 17, Khaby Lame, better known to many as "speechless brother", the influencer who won global fame with his "shrug" meme, arrived in Guangzhou to begin a two-day trip.
Newly discovered photographs collected by German photojournalist Robert Lebeck in the 1930s, documenting Japan's invasion of China, will be displayed at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, at the end of August.