On August 21, 2024, Chinese Ambassador to Canada H.E. Wang Di paid a courtesy call to Christopher Deacon, President of the National Arts Centre of Canada (NAC) and visited the NACC with the company of President Deacon.  

Ambassador Wang said that China and Canada have maintained good exchanges and cooperation in the field of culture and art, and that China has cooperated with NAC in organizing Chinese New Year concerts for many times, which have been widely welcomed by the Canadian audience. China is willing to deepen cooperation with NAC and organize activities diverse in formats and rich in content to promote exchanges and mutual learning between culture and art sectors of the two countries and enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples.

President Deacon stressed that NAC is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of culture and art with the Chinese side.