Ni howdy!

Li Qiangmin (left), China's newly appointed Consul General in Houston, shakes hands with Fan Bo (fourth from right), president of US China Partnerships, at a welcome party on Tuesday at the Intercontinental Airport. Community representatives including Chinese Civic Center officers Frank Xu, Xie Zhong (second and third from right) and John Leung (fifth from right) were also there. Photo by May Zhou / China Daily