Xi addresses welcoming banquet,PM Prachanda with Asian leaders Gathering

Hangzhou 22 September : Chinese President Xi Jinping extended a warm welcome to international dignitaries attending the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games at a welcoming banquet on Saturday noon in Hangzhou, East China’s Province of Zhejiang Province.

China will deliver a great event that is distinctly Chinese, uniquely Asian and spectacular. The cauldron for the Asian Games will be lit again in China on the Autumn Equinox, a day symbolizing harvest and reunion in Chinese culture. China has fulfilled its promise and spared no efforts in advancing the preparation for the 19th Asian Games, President Xi Jinping said Saturday, the Xinhua News Agency reported.