The event also was attended by Wang Guoqing, vice-chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC and spokesman of the first session of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC; Tang Wensheng, vice-president of the China Academy of Translation; Zhang Jianmin, head of the translation and interpretation department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Qu Yingpu, deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily; Ju Chaohui, deputy director of the publicity department of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee, Qi Xiaohu, publicity chief of Hangzhou; Chen Hongying, vice mayor of Hangzhou; Chen Chunlei, Party secretary of Hangzhou Normal University; Xu Qingsen, vice-director of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education; Lord Paul Boateng, chairman of The English-Speaking Union, and Dr Ester J. de Jong, president of the TESOL International Association.

The same day also witnessed the awards ceremony of the China Daily "21st Century Cup" National English Speaking Competition. Zang Yingjie from Qufu Normal University, Ni Kan from Fudan University, Xiong Ziqing from Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), won the first, second and third prizes, respectively. Zang Yingjie and Wang Huichen from the Shanghai Foreign Language School affiliated to SISU won the titles for the "Most Promising Award". They will represent China at the international English speaking competition held in London in May.

The Vision China event was co-organized by China Daily and Hangzhou municipal government. Each event in the series of talks picks a China-related theme with a global perspective and invites key opinion leaders from home and abroad to share their views and interact with the audience.