With the International Day of Families  approaching, Celebrating International Day of Families Together·Beijing  2025 was recently held at Beijing’s Garden of World’s Flowers.

The  event was co-hosted by the Beijing Women’s Federation, the Office of  Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee and the  Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Beijing  Municipality, and the Beijing NGO Association for International  Exchanges. Under the theme “Blossoming the Families’ Dream Together,  Painting the Global Village Together”, the event featured diverse  activities including gardening workshops, intangible cultural heritage  crafts, fun competitions, exhibitions on women and children’s activity  platforms, and flower-viewing tours. More than 200 participants from  over ten countries—including Sri Lanka, Nepal, Belgium, Spain, Mexico,  Germany, and Indonesia—attended the celebration.

Using  flowers as a medium for cultural exchange, Chinese and foreign families  worked together to create floral art, experience traditional crafts  like flower rubbing and paper-flower folding, and engage in interactive  games such as Friendship Wreath Relay and Pass the Flower. Through such  diverse activities, the families have fostered stronger friendships that  transcended national and linguistic boundaries.

The  event also included themed quizzes on family culture and child-friendly  cities, promoting harmonious family values and advancing a shared  commitment to ecological conservation.

As  a flagship initiative of Beijing’s people-to-people international  exchanges, the “Celebrating International Day of Families Together”  event has been held consecutively for 15 years. By incorporating  culture, sports, and the arts, this family-themed event has built a  bridge for exchanges and mutual understanding between Chinese and  foreign families in the capital.