On April 17, the 2026 Kolkata China Film Festival was grandly inaugurated in West Bengal, India. Consul General Xu Wei and Ms. Sharmistha Banerjee, CEO of the Nandan West Bengal Film Center, attended the opening ceremony and delivered remarks. The event brought together over 500 attendees, including renowned directors and actors such as Mr. Gautam Ghosh, Mr. Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, Mr. Chandan Sen, and Mr. Tota Roy Chowdhury, as well as representatives from the consular corps in Kolkata, overseas Chinese, and local people from all areas.

Consul General Xu stated that the Kolkata China Film Festival, returning after a decade, is a major cultural event that strengthens people-to-people bonds and friendship between China and India. We are seeing a surge in exchanges and cooperation across multiple sectors, underpinned by the steady improvement of China-India relations. Mr. Xu expressed the hope that China and India enhance cooperation in the film industry, deepen cultural exchanges and mutual learning of civilizations, contributing more to the healthy and stable development of bilateral relations.