On 12 February 2025, as the Lantern Festival approached, the Chinese Ambassador to The Bahamas Her Excellency Ms. Yan Jiarong, published an article in The Tribune on Xi Jinping Thought on Culture and Global Civilization Initiative.

Under the background of the vibrant Chinese Embassy’s 2025 Spring Festival Reception, the article introduces the Spring Festival's cultural connotation and contemporary significance. It emphasizes that the successful inscription of the Spring Festival as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity is of far-reaching importance for global cultural diversity. The article compares the uniqueness and commonality of Chinese and Bahamian festive cultures, promoting the principles of equality, mutual learning, dialogue and inclusiveness among civilizations and emphasizes that civilizations have become more prosperous and more colorful with exchanges and mutual learning.