Jianzhu YEREVAN. – President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on Saturday received the delegation headed by special envoy of Chinese President Meng Jianzhu, who is also the Secretary of Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China.

The Armenian President welcomed the guests, noting that such a visit is indicative of the strengthening of bilateral ties, Armenian President’s press-service reports.

The interlocutors expressed satisfaction with the fact that since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992, the Armenian-Chinese interstate relations have been on the rise in all areas, including political, economic and cultural.

“The People’s Republic of China is one of the important partners of Armenia, and we welcome its success and are happy for the progress recorded in all the spheres,” the President said.

Sargsyan and Mr. Jianzhu agreed that the official visit of the Armenian President to China raised the Armenian-Chinese interstate relations to a qualitatively new level, once again showing that both countries are developing productive and multilateral cooperation in all the areas.

The interlocutors attached importance to the mutual high-level visits, which have become frequent recently.

The special envoy of the Chinese President noted that aim of the delegation’s visit is to invigorate and deepen the Armenian-Chinese cooperation in the law enforcement area, considering that it will significantly contribute to the strengthening of bilateral political ties. According to him, all this is also important in the context of the changes taking place in the world and the region. This dictates China Armenia Meeting Armenia and China to establish more close cooperation, he added.

Meng Jianzhu assured that his country will spare no effort to contribute to the stability and security in the region.

By Wally Sarkeesian

Li Jinyuan took more than half of 12,000 employees on the trip to France

He booked up 140 hotels in Paris and 4,760 rooms in Cannes and Monaco

Trip was in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Tiens Group Company

Staff formed the largest ever human chain saying ‘Tiens’ dream is Nice’

A Chinese billionaire has taken 6,400 of his staff on a four day holiday to France which finished with a world-record breaking human chain in the Cote D’Azur.

Tiens Group Company Chairman Li Jinyuan booked up 140 hotels in Paris where the group visited the Louvre and various cultural sites in one of the world’s most famous and revered cities.

The huge group of tourists then made their way to the glamorous Cote D’Azur, where Li Jinyuan booked 4,760 rooms in 79 four-and five-star hotels in Cannes and Monaco.

Li Jinyuan, 57, is listed as a billionaire on the Forbes rich list and took more than half of his staff to the region to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the founding of the company

It took 147 buses to take the tourists from their hotels to the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, where Guinness World Record officials where on hand to validate the world’s biggest ever human chain

It took 147 buses to take the tourists from their hotels to the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, where Guinness World Record officials where on hand to validate the world’s biggest ever human chain.

The 6,400 employees arranged themselves to spell out the phrase ‘Tiens’ dream is Nice in the Cote d’Azur’, to celebrate 20 years of partnership between the Chinese company and the French region.

France is expected to be 33million Euros better off thanks to the all-expenses-paid staff trip.

The group were expected to spend 13million in Paris, home of the Eiffel Tower, the Arc De Triomph and The Louvre.

Nice was expected to be 20million better off thanks to the visit – and many of the guests stayed in hotels Cannes, where the famous film festival is to be held next week, and Monaco, long known for being a playground of the rich and famous.

Li Jinyuan, 57, is listed as a billionaire on the Forbes rich list and took more than half of his staff to the region to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the founding of the company.

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