Kathmandu, October 28: Nepal has been presented as the Theme Country in the 10-day-long international photo exhibition that kicked off on Tuesday (October 27) in Beijing, China. The exhibition is organized by the Culture and Tourism Ministry of China and the People’s Government of Beijing Metropolitan City,
The Sino-Nepal Media Society is representing Nepal in it with 50 pictures from the Chitwan National Park and Sagarmatha National Park, which are inscribed on the World Heritage List.
These photos were taken by Nepal’s professional photographers Narayan Rijal, Komal Bhagat, Ashish Gurung, Ang Rita Sherpa, Bed Kumar Dhakal, Sagar Giri, Baburam Lamichhane, etc,
In this BRI World Natural Heritage International Photo Exhibition, Nepal is given a special exhibition hall with separate space as the Theme Country.
The management of Nepal’s participation in the exhibition was handled by the Society with support from the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing.
Present at the inaugural session of the exhibition, Deputy Chief of Mission and Minister of Embassy of Nepal in Beijing, Sushil Kumar Lamsal, said that the visitors could take a lot of information about Nepal. He termed the exhibition ‘a window to know about Nepal’.
Lamsal hoped that such events would encourage Chinese nationals to visit Nepal after the coronavirus pandemic was over.
High-level officials of Chinese government working in different agencies were present on the occasion, Chairman of Society Dhruba Poudel said. RSS