History

The journey we have walked…

July 2025 Creation of the WeChat Official account about the Camino de Santiago

Dec 2016 Launching of the website www.buencamino.org (until 2022)

May 2017 Founding of ‘Beijing Camino International Cultural Exchange Center’ (Beijing)

Jun 2017 Promotional event of the Camino in collaboration with the Cervantes Institute (Beijing)

Aug 2018 Camino sharing forum in collaboration with the Cervantes Institute (Beijing)

May 2019 Twinning with the Camino Friends’ Association in Madrid (Madrid)

2019-2020 Undertaking a touring exhibition on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe sponsored by the Delegation of the European Union to China

(Changchun Municipal Library, Embassy of the Delegation of the EU to China, Danish Cultural Institute, Gothe Institute)

Jan 2020 Gathering of Camino friends and promotional conference (Beijing)

2020-2022 Translation of the APP guide of major routes of the Camino into Chinese in collaboration with Buen Camino Publishing House

January 2021 Gathering of Camino friends (online)

Jun 2022 Completion of Chinese pilgrim stories The Echos of the Orient (in Chinese)

2023-2025 Recruiting, training and sending volunteers to serve in the Pilgrim Office and pilgrim hostels in collaboration with the Pilgrim Office and fellow Camino Friends Associations in Spain

Oct 2023 Participating in the International Assembly of the Camino Friends Associations (Galicia)

Nov 2023 Publication of Between Two Boundaries – A Road of Encounter between the Eastern and Western Traditions (in Chinese and Spanish)

Jun 2024 Creation of Rednote account ‘Camino Friends’

Jun-Nov 2024 Promotional events and gatherings of Camino friends in Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Xi’an

Nov 2024 Creation of BCC Wechat Channels’ account

Dec 2024 Translation of pilgrim baggage transport service guide to Chinese in collaboration with Correos (Spain)

2024-2025 Exhibitions of ‘Between the Two Boundaries’ in collaboration with Jilin University, Beijing Harrow School, Beijing Cervantes Institute, TourEspaña, Desti Youth Park in Chengdu and Xi’an