Hundreds of people gathered at the Hilton Hotel in Tel Aviv on 26 October 2014 to celebrate China’s 65th National Day, together with Chinese Ambassador to Israel, Gao Yanping.

At the reception, President Reuven Rivlin spoke warmly of Israel’s relationship with China, and stressed Israel’s great appreciation for China. In her address, Gao Yanping said: “In recent years, we have seen increasingly frequent exchanges at all levels and fruitful cooperation in various fields between China and Israel”.

“Three state leaders and members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China have paid their visits to Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then former President Shimon Peres have also visited China,” Ambassador Gao added.