Tens of thousands of local citizens and visitors in Istanbul attended the event, at which, folk artists from Chengdu mesmerized the audience with fantastic performances and presentations including face changing, a stunt of Sichuan Opera, paper cutting, suguar painting and other traditional art forms of Chengdu and other parts in China.

At the scene, the Chengdu delegation also displayed Chengdu cultural and creative products, as well as photographs of giant pandas, Dujiangyan Irritation System, Tianfu Greenway and other human and natural landscapes in the city, to give the people in Turkey a better understanding of the Land of Abundance in China.

Immediately after its visit to Turkey, the Chengdu delegation continued its trip to Dubai, the UAE.

In Dubai, hundreds of guests from China and the UAE witnessed the signing of an agreement between the Chengdu Culture & Tourism Development Group and the executive committee of Hala China, a joint initiative between Dubai-based conglomerate Meraas and government-controlled Dubai Holding, which aims to enhance economic and cultural exchanges, and drive investment cooperation between Dubai and China.

The last stop of the Chengdu delegation's cultural tour in the Middle East was Morocco. In Rabat, the delegation put on cultural performances and presented a photo show like those in Istanbul. The local people showed a great interest in Chengdu and expressed a common wish to visit the city.