Ahead of the Spring Festival, Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Friday afternoon hosted a symposium at the Great Hall of the People for representatives of foreign experts who won the 2025 Chinese Government Friendship Award, as well as other foreign experts working in China.

Li extended best wishes and sincere greetings for the Spring Festival to the foreign experts, and thanked them for their long-term concern and support for China's modernization efforts. He also listened to their opinions and suggestions on China's development and government work.