Strolling through the history of the Great Wall, we are now writing a new chapter of culture. The “Mountain and the Moon at the Juyong Pass” in the course of the main venue event of 2023 Beijing Great Wall Culture Festival in Changping District, “Rendezvous with Great Wall at Mighty Pass Under the Bright Moon”, was grandly presented at the foot of Juyongguan Great Wall on the evening of September 23.

This Great Wall Culture Festival includes a main venue event, a high-level cultural salon, a summit forum and a number of thematic activities. With the Great Wall as a medium, culture as a link, the mighty Great Wall was presented to the global audience with an audiovisual language that is full of rich contemporary sense.

As night fell, the magnificently illuminated Juyongguan Great Wall with brilliant lights or fireworks announced the kick-off of the event officially. The main venue event in Changping District consists of the results release and launching ceremony, cultural performances among others. Through the release of the results of the Great Wall Cultural Belt series, the broadcast of the Great Wall Cultural Promotion Videos as well as a variety of programs and performances, the event has shown the world the magnificent architectural miracles and unparalleled historical and cultural landscapes in human history.

At the evening, literary and artistic programs with the characteristics of the Great Wall were also staged in turn. Ancient poems were chanted together, “Under a Border-fortress”, “Drinking Alone Under the Moon”, “Asking the Moon with Wine in Hand”, which was full of emotion and deeply moving; the original song “Enjoying the Sight of the Moon on a Platform in the Clouds”, which poured out the ancient inspiration of the Great Wall, itching the souls of our Chinese people; the song mix of “The endless Green of Juyong Mountain”, “The Mighty Pass of Thousand Miles” and “Four Seasons at Juyong Pass”, which revealed the magnificent and long history of the Great Wall, and built a Great Wall of poetry and music.

To better disseminate the culture of the Great Wall, Changping District, Beijing, where the Juyong Pass is located, has also initiated other activities simultaneously during the Great Wall Cultural Festival, such as Juyong Soul – Great Wall Themed Photography Art Exhibition, Juyong Pass Great Wall City Market and Juyong Pass Great Wall Cage Football Invitational. In the form of “tourism + intangible heritage + cultural creation + sports”, the cultural and tourism industry is promoted for high-quality integrated development, cultural resources are activated, tourism supply is enriched, the people’s love for the Great Wall is stimulated, and a sound atmosphere for the whole people to participate in the protection of cultural relics is created.

Contact: Li Yameng

Tel: 0086-18511329901

Email: lym66391@163.com

The Office of the Executive Committee of the WMC Released the List of “Top 500 Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises in 2023

The 2023 World Manufacturing Convention (WMC) was opened on September 20 in Hefei, Anhui Province, China. In the convention, the list of “Top 500 Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises in 2023” was released, indicating that the operating revenue of China’s top 500 manufacturing enterprises in 2023 has exceeded 50 trillion RMB for the first time, reaching 51.06 trillion RMB, which was an increase of 8.38%.
Among the top 500 manufacturing enterprises, the heavy chemical industry still occupies the main position, and four out of the five industries with the largest operating revenue belong to the heavy chemical industries. Meanwhile, the pace of development of strategic emerging industries has accelerated, and most of the enterprises with the top operating revenue and net profit growth are strategic emerging industry enterprises. The top five industry’s average revenue growth rates are from power batteries and energy storage batteries, wind energy, solar equipment manufacturing, medical equipment manufacturing, computer and office equipment and chemical fiber manufacturing, of which the top three growth rate reached more than 45%, respectively 59.72%, 49.42%, 45.54%. According to the analysis of the ranking, the total R&D expenses of China’s top 500 manufacturing enterprises in 2023 have reached 109.6215 billion RMB, which was an increase of 3.83% over the previous year; the R&D intensity was 2.33%, which is at a high level in recent years. The average R&D expenses of industries such as aerospace, communication equipment manufacturing, railway traffic equipment manufacturing, textile printing and dyeing are at the forefront from the perspective of various industries.
The “2023 Development Report on Anhui Manufacturing” prepared by the Anhui Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology was also released on the day of the convention. The report shows that the average annual growth rate of industrial value added of enterprises above the designated size in Anhui Province was 9.5% from 2012 to 2022, ranking the first in the central region, the first in the Yangtze River Delta and the fourth in whole China. In 2022, the province’s industrial enterprises above the designated size have achieved an operating revenue of 4.9 trillion RMB, ranking 10th in the country. Among them, manufacturing enterprises above the designated size have achieved an operating revenue of 4.4 trillion RMB; the added value of the manufacturing industry has exceeded 1 trillion RMB, accounting for 26.5% of GDP, which was an increase of 0.3 percentage points over the previous year.
In recent years, Anhui’s manufacturing industry has accelerated the development of integrated clustering, especially the clustering of advanced manufacturing chains, forming an unformidable trend. The top one industry is “automobile” with irresistible force, while the PV and energy storage gathering “sparkling light” into a raging torch, the IC industry showing its brilliant “core”, the new “displays and screens” experiencing a rapid boom, and the AI “valley” astonishing the world. A number of industrial landmarks have become an important force leading the trend of China’s and even the world’s manufacturing industry.

Contact: Yuan Fan

Tel: 0086- 13552640063
E-mail: 564346447@qq.com

As the first match of the Asian Games, the beach volleyball competition of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou opened on September 19 at the Banbian Mountain Beach Volleyball Center of Mount Xiangshan in Ningbo. The Chinese team of Wang Yanwei/Li Jie defeated the Palestinian rival team, so that the Chinese delegation won the first match of the Asian Games. With the Asian sports event getting intense, the attention of the world has been led to the shore of the East China Sea.

Ningbo, Zhejiang, a coastal city with a history of more than 8,000 years of civilization, used to be a window for the exchange of Chinese civilization and world civilizations. Today, as the co-host city of the Hangzhou Asian Games, it will rely on the advantages of the port to host two events, sailing and beach volleyball, and once again enter the world stage. Ningbo is working hard to build the “City of Events” and handing out another “most beautiful business card” to the world.

Beach volleyball is followed by the sailing competition of the Asian Games. The women’s volleyball Olympic Qualification Tournament and the 2023 Ningbo Tennis Open are also around the corner. The successive heavyweight events will not only attract global attention, but also inject a steady stream of vitality into Ningbo. With the assistance of these events, Ningbo is now showing her unique urban charm.

The 2023 Ningbo Tennis Open will be held at the Yinzhou Tennis Center in Ningbo from September 23 to 30. So far, a total of 109 athletes from more than 30 countries and regions have entered the competition, with 38 athletes from the top 100 in the world. World renowned names such as Kvitova, Brady, Potapova will gather in Ningbo.

According to statistics, Ningbo hosts more than 50 sports events above the national level every year. The FIA World Touring Car Championship, the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League, the “Belt and Road” Mountaineering International Masters Tournament, the Asian Weightlifting Championship, the National Sailing Championship and many other national and international events have not only made Ningbo famous, but also gave the city a broader vision and a higher realm.

The cultural and tourism industry is in full bloom upon booming sport events. The tournament economy continues to take the lead, and the vitality of the nation’s sports surges. A more three-dimensional and vivid Ningbo is now in our sight.

When sports are integrated into the bloodline of the city, people inadvertently show confidence and self-improvement, openness and inclusiveness, civilized and polite temperament, which also makes Ningbo thrive, ushering in “highlights moments” one by one.

Contact: Zhu Min

Tel: 0086-17757478064

E-mail: 342579085@qq.com

Recently, the Launch Ceremony for the Portuguese edition of Xi Jinping: On Respecting and Protecting Human Rights and the Seminar on Enriching the Diversity of Human Civilization to Promote Development of the Global Human Rights Cause was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was jointly hosted by the China International Communications Group (CICG) and the Chinese Embassy in Brazil and co-organized by the Foreign Languages Press, the Consulate-General of China in Rio de Janeiro, and the CICG Center for Americas (Beijing Review). Liu Dawei, Vice President of the CICG, Tia Ju, Vice President of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Zhu Qingqiao, Chinese Ambassador to Brazil, and Edson Santos, Alderman of the Rio de Janeiro City Council, attended the launch ceremony and delivered speeches. Li Yafang, President of the CICG Center for Americas, hosted the event. Around 100 representatives from the Brazilian political, academic, cultural, media, and other communities attended the event.

Xi Jinping: On Respecting and Protecting Human Rights, featuring nine themes, includes a series of important discourses by Chinese President Xi Jinping on respecting and protecting human rights. At the ceremony, Liu Dawei, Zhu Qingqiao, Tia Ju and Edson Santos unveiled the new book. Liu Dawei, on behalf of the publisher, presented the new books to Brazilian guests.

At the seminar, experts from China and other countries, including Ding Zhitao, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Foreign Languages Press, Claudia Jannuzzi, official of the State Government of Rio de Janeiro, César de Queiroz Benjamin, Editor-in-Chief of Contraponto Press, Douglas Guimarães Leite, researcher at the Center for Global Development of the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Henrique Nóbrega, President of Brazil-China Friendship Association, Li Junru, Vice President of the 4th National Council of China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS), and Mo Jihong, Director of the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and Director of the Human Rights Research Center of CASS, exchanged views on the diversity of human civilizations, global human rights governance, and the concept and practices of human rights in China. The participants all agreed that the launch of the Portuguese edition of the book will help Portuguese readers fully and systematically understand the current situation and features of the development of contemporary China’s human rights cause, and accurately grasp the theoretical connotation of Xi Jinping’s discourses on respecting and protecting human rights in a scientific manner. It will help enhance the communication and understanding between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries on the basic values and concepts of human rights, thus contributing to the elimination of misunderstandings, the strengthening of communication and cooperation, and the joint promotion of the building of a global community of shared future. It will give a theoretical impetus to developing diverse human civilizations and promoting global human rights.

Contact: Ms. Liu Yuhong

Tel: 008610-68995846

E-mail: 1542190629@qq.com

At the Extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China, the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality co-hosted a thematic side-event on “Digital Empowerment of Cultural Heritage”. Lazare Elondou Assomo, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Li Qun, Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China and Administrator of the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China, and Tan Xuxiang, Vice Mayor of Beijing, attended the event and delivered speeches.

China’s innovative practice in “Digital Empowerment of Cultural Heritage” was highly recognized by the participants and international organizations. “From virtual tours to heritage lists and 3D models of archaeological sites, heritage digitization is thriving.” commented Lazare Elondou Assomo, Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. “China’s heritage managers share their good practices through regular reports, such as 3D digital scanning virtual restoration, real-time monitoring of visitor volumes, etc., which are crucial for heritage conservation and management.” He believes that China has considerable experience and expertise in the field of heritage protection and could share a number of good practices in the use of digital technology to protect heritage with other countries.

Led by the establishment of a large national database of cultural relics resources, China has carried out a lot of work in the digital protection of cultural relics, the digitalization of business management, the digitalization of public services, and the digitalization of exhibitions. A series of digital practices such as the Digital Forbidden City, Digital Dunhuang, Digital Great Wall, and Digital Beijing Central Axis provide useful references for countries to use digital technology to enhance the level of protection and management of world cultural heritage.

As one of the organizers of this event, Beijing, the capital of China, has a city-building history of more than 3,000 years and a capital-building history of more than 800 years. While fully implementing the overall protection of the old city, many attempts have been made in digitally empowering cultural heritage. Through the “Digital Time-teller at night” project, Beijing encourages the public to take photos to participate in cultural heritage monitoring; It has presented the “Tanyuan Platform”, through the cooperation with Tencent and successively launched the Beijing Central Axis, the Capital Museum, the Sanxingdui Museum, and inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty, and has accumulated more than 50 cultural heritage units and more than 1,000 cultural heritage digital resources.

The Beijing Cultural Heritage Photography Exhibition and the International Youth Painting Exhibition and the Digital Beijing Cultural Experience Activities were held simultaneously at the side-event, attracting guests from all over the world to visit and interact with each other.