On August 16, Ambassador Fan Yong attended a symposium hosted by the Botswana Association for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification of China to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Ms. Tao Lili, Minister Counselor of the Chinese Embassy, representatives from the overseas Chinese community and Chinese enterprises in Botswana participated in the event.

  Ambassador Fan reviewed the history of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, emphasized China's significant contributions to the victory of the war and the peace and development of the world. He pointed out that Taiwan's return to China is an important part of the outcomes of the victory in World War II and the postwar international order. He encourages overseas Chinese in Botswana to remember history, carry forward the great spirit of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and continue to make greater contributions to the friendship between Chinese and Botswana, so as to promote the building of a community with a shared future for humanity in their respective positions.

  The representatives expressed enthusiastically their determination to remember the lessons of history, unite as one, and continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between China and Botswana and make contributions to the great rejuvenation of China.