On 23 April 2025, Ambassador He Rulong led the embassy’s Running Team to participate in the 3rd “Embassy Run” held by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland. The Icelandic Minister of Foreign Affairs Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir made some remarks on the spot to encourage the diplomatic runners. MFA Director General for International Affairs and Policy María Jónsdóttir led the group of about 60 runners including Ambassadors of the U.K., Japan and Sweden to Iceland. Counsellor Yang Jing, Counsellor Dai Ke and several other members of our Embassy participated in the running.

The “Embassy Run” was specially scheduled one day before the First Day of Summer in Iceland. The running route passes through every diplomatic mission in Iceland and the city center of Reykjavík. The event carried a beautiful meaning of celebrating the end of the long winter and the arrival of sunny summer, and promotion of a healthy lifestyle. It also carried a practical significance of strengthening, through running, the exchanges and cooperation between the diplomatic missions and the MFA of Iceland.