On December 3rd 2011, United Nation Women hosted the annual charity sales event at the Austria Center in Vienna. The Chinese delegation provided food and handicraft for sale.

This year, the Confucius Institute at the University of Vienna was helping the Chinese delegation, and invited students of music and Chinese studies to perform the Flying Dance from Dunhuang and juggling diabolo. The audience was cheering to these very Chinese performances.

On that day, diplomats from all countries, people from the UNO staff and also people from Vienna gathered together, where they had the chance to taste gourmet food from all over the world. Doing that way, they could get a taste of foreign countries, making the whole event very vivid and interesting.

This event has its own tradition in Vienna, where everybody can donate a little bit, in order to support worldwide children's charity.

The Confucius Institute at the University of Vienna also participated actively. It tried to promote Chinese culture on that occasion to the outside world. This time, they bade Thomas Plesser, who got the Special Prize of the 11th Chinese Bridge language contest, to perform the Chinese art of diablo for the guests.

His skillfull performing of this Chinese art form was surprising many of the present guests.

Another performer was the student Ji Yutong, studying modern dance in Austria. She has a profound understanding of folklore dance, and is already well known here.

The audience applauded to her charming, vivid and elegant performance. These two extraordinary performances boosted the charity sales of the Chinese delegation.

According to our information, the total revenue of the charity sales event will be passed over to UN Women, in order to sponsor welfare projects such as medical treatment and education of poor, disabled or blind children in the whole world.

In future, the Confucius Institute will also continue to promote Chinese culture on charity events.