In February of this year, Li Minglang received the work collection invitation from the China-France Cultural Exchange Center. He sent the works created in recent years, with the theme of "Life will emerge, die and struggle", and three of them were selected.
After selections and assessments, Wu Jialong, Luo Chengxi, and Xu Luo won the opportunity to receive a two-week youth football training from the UK's Leeds United Football Club.
Washington Hago Mendizábal, the former Ecuadorian ambassador to China, returned home once more after 5 long years. He was accompanied by his 13-year-old grandson, Hermann. They both visited their ancestral home and the Chen's Ancestral Temple.