With the Chinese Lunar New Year just around the corner, Qingdao received New Year's greetings from a group of expats.

Hon. Kon Vatskalis, the Lord Mayor of Darwin, Australia, extends his greetings to Qingdao for Chinese New Year. [Video provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Igor Isachenko, chairman of the Orsha Region Executive Committee, extends his greetings to Qingdao for Chinese New Year. [Video provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Nabhasporn Bhuttarichval, consul general of Thailand in Qingdao, extends her greetings to Qingdao for Chinese New Year. [Video provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Yu Sang-ho, chief representative of South Korea's Daegu Metropolitan City Shanghai Office, extends his greetings to Qingdao for Chinese New Year. [Video provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Nakahara Shinji, branch manager of ALL Nippon Airways in Qingdao, extends his greetings for Chinese New Year. [Video provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A group of overseas students from Kiribati at Ocean University of China extend their greetings to Qingdao for Chinese New Year. [Video provided to chinadaily.com.cn]