"Heart-to-Heart Rice" Cultivates Two Decades of Yunnan–Bali Sister-Province Friendship
In the sweltering summer heat, the rice paddies of Yunnan Province in southwestern China are lush and green. More than 3,900 kilometers away, in Indonesia’s Bali Province, nearly 400 mu (approx. 26.7 hectares) of organic rice paddies are equally verdant, sustaining a friendship that spans more than 620 years. On June 30, the “Zheng He Odyssey: Global Friendship Envoy” Series of Cultural Exchange Activities was launched in Jakarta, Indonesia. At its side event—the International Symposium on the Global Civilization Initiative and the Spirit of Zheng He—representatives from China and Indonesia came together to share the story of friendship behind this “heart-to-heart rice” plant.
