On September 26, Acting Consul General CHENG Hongbo attended the 26th Imperial Ball held by Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto (CCCGT) and delivered remarks. Tim Hodgson,Canadian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and other representatives from all three levels of government in Canada as well as over 500 guests from all walks of life attended the event.

ACG Cheng appreciated the CCCGT’s long-term efforts in promoting Chinese culture, enriching the cultural diversity in Canada, and supporting the development of local communities, stressing that China-Canada relations have achieved a comprehensive turnaround this year and increasingly profound people-to-people exchanges between the two countries can now be seen. He believed that the Lanting Garden is about to become a new landmark of Chinese cultural inheritance and deepening people-to-people exchanges. He also called upon the CCCGT and friends from all sectors to work together with the Chinese Consulate-General in Toronto to further advance the friendship between the two peoples and the building of the new Strategic Partnership between the two countries.

The Imperial Ball is CCCGT’s major annual charity fund-raising event. Recent years’ charity fund has gone to the “Lanting Garden” project, whose construction start was announced during the 2026 Asian Heritage Month.