As a co-host city of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Jinhua holds the "Diplomats' Expectations of the Asian Games" activity, aiming to showcase Jinhua's unique characteristics and enhance an internationalised ambiance for the Asian Games.

On May 17, Xu Shufang, from the Protocol Office of Jinhua, visited the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Shanghai to invite Ramazan Parvaz, the Consul General, to learn more about Jinhua and share his stories about the Asian Games.

Parvaz said, "I once visited Jinhua, a city with time-honored history and profound cultural heritage. Iran is strong in football, and I look forward to the football matches at the Hangzhou Asian Games in Jinhua."

Consul General Ramazan Parvaz

Bouaphat Phoutthavong, Consul General of Laos in Shanghai, harbors the same expectation for the Asian Games sports events to be staged in Jinhua. According to him, since the project of "Homestay in Jinhua's Historical Villages" in Jinhua, many young people of Laos have learned about China and Chinese culture through Jinhua. Sepaktakraw is a sport in which Laos excels, so he hopes that athletes will achieve excellent results in the sepaktakraw event in Jinhua.

Consul General Bouaphat Phoutthavong