On Feb 2nd, Chinese Microsoft Employee Network held 2013 Microsoft Asian Spring Festival Gala at Redmond, where the headquarters of Microsoft is located. Deputy Consul General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco Gang Bi, the Lieutenant Governor of Washington Brad Owen, president of Microsoft's Online Services Division Qi Lu, and Microsoft vice president Xiangyang Shen attended this event to celebrate Spring Festival with about 2000 attendees.

Having attended best wishes to everyone for the Chinese New Years, Deputy Consul General Bi briefed the audience about the latest development of China-U.S. relations in the past year in general, and the various achievements between the State of Washington and China in particular. He also thanked all the Microsoft employees for their contributions toward China-U.S. relations, and wished them success in their own respective endeavors.