On February 4, the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Barbados hosted a Spring Festival Reception themed “Warm Spring Festival Celebration · Celebrating the Chinese New Year Together.” H.E. Ambassador Zheng Bingkai attended the event and delivered remarks. More than 70 representatives of the Chinese community in Barbados were present. The Embassy also distributed “Warmth Packages” to overseas Chinese in Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

In his remarks, Ambassador Zheng extended New Year greetings to overseas Chinese compatriots, reviewed China’s achievements in advancing Chinese modernization in 2025 as well as the fruitful outcomes of exchanges between China and Barbados. He spoke highly of the positive contributions made by overseas Chinese to the development of their ancestral homeland and to China–Barbados friendship, and encouraged them to continue contributing to national development and bilateral cooperation. He expressed the hope that they would further promote people-to-people exchanges, mutual understanding and affinity, as well as mutual trust and win-win cooperation between the two countries.

The overseas Chinese representatives expressed their deep pride in the development achievements of their ancestral homeland and stated their willingness to continue serving as people-to-people ambassadors for China–Barbados friendship, contributing to elevating bilateral friendly and cooperative relations to a new level in the year ahead.