Ambassador Ante Simonić received fourteen members of the Student Folklore Ensemble Ivan Goran Kovačić from Zagreb on 27th May, 2011, at the Embassy of Croatia in Beijing. The Ensemble visited China from 24 to 30 May at the invitation of the Association of the Chinese of Croatia and the Croatian-Chinese Friendship Society from the city of Dalian and participated at the 22nd Acacia flower festival held in Dalian at a ceremony called the Croatian Day.
During the events, supported by the Croatian Tourist Board and Zagreb Tourist Board, the Ivan Goran Kovačić ensemble presented Croatian cultural and natural sites through Croatian folk songs and films "The Curious Croatia", "Dubrovnik", "Dalmatia and Marco Polo", "City of Zagreb" and "Croatian Zagorje."