Chinese community leaders, including Zhang Qiyue (fourth from right, in orange), Chinese consul general in New York, receive awards from the New York Mets at Citi Field on Saturday in Flushing, Queens. The team hosted its annual event — “An Evening of Chinese Culture” — during a game between the hometown Mets and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers.

From left: David K Yen, honorary director at the Center for Chinese Art at William Patterson University; Hersh Parekh, representative of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office; Guan Xinguo, president of Xinhua News Agency North America; Peter Zhang, president of the Sino-American Friendship Association (SAFA); US Congresswoman Grace Meng (New York); Li Li, executive vice-president of SAFA; Zhang Qiyue; Xue Yaping, director of the China National Tourist Office in New York; Margaret Lam of the New Jersey Chinese-American Chamber of Commerce; and Michael G. DenDekker, a US assemblyman (New York). Provided To China Daily