The all-star Yueju Opera performance of Butterfly Lovers is staged in Auckland, New Zealand on March 25. [Photo/zjol.com.cn]

Zeng is also a fan of the Yueju Opera. Early this year, he helped to bring the all-star Yueju Opera performance of Butterfly Lovers to Auckland. The two successive shows in March attracted approximately 1,500 spectators. The touching plots and the soft dialect of Jiangnan (a region south of Yangtze River) aroused the overseas Chinese people's strong emotions for their homeland. 

With the frequent promotion of Chinese traditional arts like calligraphy and opera, New Zealand people's understanding of China has been improving over the past years. 

"I've been promoting China and spreading the voice of China in New Zealand for 15 years," said Zeng, "I will bring the work to a new, higher level over the next 15 years."