On January 16, Prelude to the Spring Festival Gala - a special event of China Media Group (CMG) was held in New York. Shen Haixiong, vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and president of CMG, delivered a speech via video link. Ambassador Xie Feng, China's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Fu Cong, Consul General Chen Li, and National Committee on U.S.-China Relations President Stephen Orlins, together with friends from all walks of life in New York, participated in the event.