房新文总领事出席2026年墨尔本亚洲美食文化节开幕式（图）

3月29日，房新文总领事出席2026年墨尔本亚洲美食文化节开幕式并致辞，活动主办方维州山东同乡会陈广保会长，澳联邦议员黄嘉博，维州议员哈默、韦尔奇、普列利，万年兴市长格里瓦斯，白马市议员艾伦，墨尔本市议员廖婵娥等百余人出席。

房总领事表示，此次活动以美食和文化为桥梁，为中国与维州人文交流作出积极贡献。中国全国两会为未来中国经济社会发展擘画新蓝图，为中国与世界合作描绘新愿景，为中国和领区交流合作提供新机遇，欢迎各界朋友赴华沉浸式体验中华美食、文化和中式生活，全方位感受中国发展脉搏。

致辞嘉宾纷纷表示，维州是多元文化社会，愿积极支持包括美食文化节在内的多元文化活动，共同推动维州多元文化事业繁荣发展。

Chinese Consul General Fang Xinwen Attends Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Melbourne Asian Food and culture Festival

On March 29th, Consul General Fang Xinwen attended the opening ceremony the 2026 Melbourne Asian Food and culture Festival and delivered a speech. More than 100 people, including the event organizer Chen Guangbao, President of the Victorian Shandong Fellowship Association, Federal MP Gabriel Ng, Victorian MPs Paul Hamer, Richard Welch and Aiv Puglielli, Manningham City Mayor Jim Grivas, Whitehorse City Cr Peter Allan, Melbourne City Cr Gladys Liu, attended the opening ceremony.

Consul General Fang stated that, using food and culture as a bridge, the 2026 Melbourne Asian Food and culture Festival makes new contributions to promoting people-to-people exchange between China and Victoria. The Two Sessions of China have drawn a new blueprint for China's future economic and social development, depicted a new vision for cooperation between China and the world, and provided new opportunities for exchanges and cooperation between China and Victoria. He welcomed friends from all walks of life in Victoria to visit China to experience Chinese cuisine,culture and Chinese-style life, and feel the pulse of China's development in all aspects.

The speakers stated that Victoria is a multicultural society. They expressed their willingness to actively support multicultural activities, including the food and culture festival, and jointly promote the prosperity and development of Victoria's multicultural cause.