On 10 November, the Consulate-General of China in Adelaide hosted the closing ceremony of the 2026 China Film Festival in Australia. Acting Consul-General Wang Hongsun attended the closing ceremony cocktail reception and delivered remarks. The event was attended by the Mayor of the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters Robert Bria, the Mayor of the City of Campbelltown Jill Whittaker; President of the South Australian Branch of the Australia-China Friendship Society Joel Baker, as well as representatives from local political, business, cultural and educational circles, members of the local Chinese community, Chinese workers and students. Deputy Consul-General Chen Gang also attended the event.

Acting Consul-General Wang said that cinema serves as an important bridge for promoting cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and Australia. Running for six days, this year's film festival was launched simultaneously in six Australian capital cities. The six outstanding films screened during the festival each had distinctive characteristics, reflecting China's history and culture, social landscape and everyday life. They offered Australian audiences different perspectives through which to experience China. He expressed the hope that Australian audiences, particularly those in South Australia, would gain a deeper understanding of the Chinese people's aesthetic aspirations, patriotic sentiments and international outlook through the films, and that the screenings would bring them enjoyment and emotional inspiration.

Acting Consul-General Wang also noted that recently, 110 young Australian university students had jointly written to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, expressing their friendly feelings towards China. Chinese Ambassador to Australia Liu Jinsong had recently made a special visit to Adelaide to deliver President Xi's reply to the young students, encouraging greater face-to-face exchanges between the young people and wider communities of the two countries. This year marks the third anniversary of President Xi Jinping's proposal of the Global Civilization Initiative and the second anniversary of the establishment of the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations. The more people-to-people and cultural exchanges China and Australia engage in, the deeper the mutual understanding between their peoples will become. He expressed the hope that both sides would work together to continuously inject vitality into bilateral relations and the building of the community with a shared future for humanity.

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The opening ceremony of this year's film festival was held in Canberra on 5 November, with simultaneous launches in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.Following the closing ceremony cocktail reception, the guests watched the film Dear You together, which deeply moved the audience.