The CIE was invited to participate in a Chinese New Year celebration at Chateau Lacombe Hotel. This event was organized by Edmonton Business Association. More than 250 people attended the celebration and banquet. During the banquet, performances depicting Chinese culture were impressive and appreciated by the audience.
The purpose of this event is to promote Chinese New Year culture to people who have no Chinese background, thus allowing main stream society to understand and appreciate the main Chinese traditional festivals.
The CIE participated by displaying Chinese cultural arts to the audience, including Chinese knots and Chinese dough art as well a providing an introduction of services provided to the comminuty by a Confucius Institute.