Follow Ireland immigration and Ireland news: On November 13, 2013, Ambassador to Ireland Luo Linquan was invited to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, where he exchanged views with Minister Bruton on further promoting bilateral economic and trade exchanges between China and Ireland. Subsequently, Ambassador Luo and Minister Bruton jointly participated in the rebranding promotion activity of the "Ireland China Association" (renamed from "Ireland China Association" to "Ireland China Business Association").
That evening, Ambassador Luo Linquan attended the annual gala of the "Ireland China Business Association." In his address, Ambassador Luo fully affirmed the positive role played by the association in promoting contacts and cooperation between the business communities of the two countries, and stated that the Chinese Embassy in Ireland will, as always, provide support for mutually beneficial cooperation between enterprises of both countries to further enrich the China-Ireland Strategic Partnership for Mutually Beneficial Cooperation.
Ambassador Luo specifically briefed the guests on the spirit of the recently concluded Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee, encouraging the Irish business community and industrial sector to actively follow China's efforts to comprehensively deepen reform and to seize and utilize the greater cooperation opportunities that China's reforms will bring.
Irish Prime Minister Kenny and former Irish Ambassador to China Declan Kelleher sent congratulatory videos to the gala. Over 150 people from the Irish government and the business community attended.