The handling capacity of the Gwadar Port has continued to rise and Afghanistan transit trade through the port has officially been launched. The China Pakistan Economic Corridor projects advanced steadily in difficult times, become a standard-bearer project of the Belt and Road Initiative in balancing pandemic prevention and project achievement. The ironclad China-Pakistan friendship grew stronger as time went by. Confronted by the COVID-19 pandemic, China and Pakistan supported each other and took on the challenge in solidarity. Only with courage can we live to the fullest. Only in hard times can courage and perseverance be manifested.

I’m delighted to extend, on behalf of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and in my own name, new year’s greeting and sincere wishes to YOULIN magazine’s staff and readers. Some old actors who appeared in traditional opera with the masters, the oldest one 90 years old, have also been approached.Īs the new year begins, let us also start anew. Disciples of masters such as Wang Yaoqing, Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, Ma Lianliang, Zhou Xinfang, Gai Jiaotian, Xun Huisheng, Qiu Shengrong, Xi Xiaobo, Li Duokui and Zhang Junqiu, have been included. These old artists include both the students of some famous opera schools of the 1930s-1940s such as ' Fu Lian Cheng', ' Rong Chun Club', ' China Traditional Opera Junior College' and ' Shanghai Traditional Drama School', as well as some graduates from later years.

In addition to them, some accomplished opera drum players, string players, educators, researchers, play writers, directors, stage artists, loyal fans and theatre managers who were familiar with the opera performances, have also been recorded. The 149 aged Peking Opera artists who were recorded in the TV special, belong to Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan, Nanjing, Ningxia, Zhejiang, Liaoning and Hebei. Shanghai Peking Opera Troupe (source: COF)

History of peking opera