On December 27th, the award ceremony of the 3rd "Silk Road Friendship Envoy" ceremony, jointly sponsored by the China International Cultural Exchange Center and the People's ** Global People Magazine, and co-organized by China International Culture and Art, was held in Beijing.
The Belt and Road Initiative originates from China, and the achievements and opportunities belong to the worldWith the theme of "Telling the Story of the Belt and Road Builders", 11 groups of "Silk Road Friendship Envoys" were selected from more than 100 candidates around the world. The winners come from more than 10 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania, covering politics, economy, culture, education, medical care and other fields, fully demonstrating that the Belt and Road Initiative benefits the people of the countries and brings them a real sense of gain, happiness and security.
At the event, more than 300 people, including envoys from nearly 10 countries in China and friendly people at home and abroad who are concerned about the construction of the "Belt and Road", gathered together to listen to the friendship envoys tell the extraordinary cross-cultural exchanges between ordinary people in the process of building the "Belt and Road" and talk about the Silk Road stories of people-to-people bonds.
In the story, there is a "happy grass" that floats across the ocean.
The award-winning envoy, Freda Kolarom, accepted the award.
In 2020, Freda Kolarom came to China to learn Juncao cultivation techniques. Later, Juncao followed Kolarom across the ocean and took root in the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. Now, her Juncao mushroom farm can produce 200 kilograms of fresh mushrooms per week, and she has become a local "leader in getting rich", promoting Juncao technology to many surrounding villages, and driving everyone to plant "happy grass". Today, Juncao technology has become one of the important public goods provided by China to the international community, spreading to more than 100 countries and regions. "From the bottom of my heart, I am grateful for the Belt and Road Initiative, which has changed my life and the face of our country. At the event, Fei Lei said emotionally.
In the story, there is a "mother-daughter relationship" that crosses borders.
Lv Hong, editor-in-chief of Global People magazine, presented the award to the award-winning envoy Sheng Ruifang.
Alifa Qin, a 13-year-old Bangladeshi girl, has a "Chinese mother", Sheng Ruifang. In 2010, the Chinese Navy's hospital ship Peace Ark sailed to Chittagong, Bangladesh, for the first time to bring free medical care to the local people. Among these life-saving people, one figure is particularly eye-catching, she is Sheng Ruifang, an anesthesiologist who visited with the formation. In order to save a high-risk pregnant woman with a serious heart attack, Sheng Ruifang, his colleagues and comrades-in-arms underwent surgery under great pressure, and finally the mother and daughter were safe. The family named the girl "Qin", which means "China" in the Meng language. Now, Qin is determined to be an envoy of China-Bangladesh friendship when he grows up, go to China to study medicine, and save lives and help the wounded like a "Chinese mother".
In the story, there are new cases of green development.
Abdurrahman Salem, Silk Road Friendship Envoy, delivered an acceptance speech.
Eight years ago, Abdurrahman Salem became the builder of the "Great Green Wall" in Mauritania. Today, a sturdy walled city stretches along the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, a place that was once covered in yellow sand and is being transformed into a paradise for flora and fauna. Africa's "Great Green Wall" is inspired by China's "Three-North Shelterbelt". In 2023, Abdurrahman visited "warm and friendly" China twice to learn advanced experience in combating desertification. He said excitedly: "We are amazed by what China has done in this regardI want to bring them back to Mauritania. "The road of China-Africa cooperation in desertification control and desertification prevention has become a road of friendship between the people. The people of China and Africa are working together to draw up a blueprint for a "community of life between man and nature".
In the story, there is also a bridge of communication and a song of cooperation.
Silk Road Friendship Envoy" Amar delivered an acceptance speech.
Amar Albadani, a Yemeni doctor, has lived in China for 27 years. When Ammar was 13 years old, Chinese doctors used acupuncture to cure his father's illness, which gave him the dream of studying medicine in China. Amar came to China to study in 1996 and became a doctor in the Fourth Hospital of Zhejiang University in Yiwu after receiving his doctorate from Zhejiang University in 2013. In 2015, he founded the "Silk Road Culture Club" with friends from the Belt and Road countries to let more foreigners know about Chinese culture. "I have witnessed China's development and the Belt and Road Initiative. The best years of my life were spent in China. Amar said in fluent Chinese.
In 1988, UNESCO launched the "Integrated Study of the Silk Roads: Paths of Dialogue" project, which was coordinated by Doudou Dean from Senegal. As a result of his efforts, UNESCO launched five cross-country expeditions. In 1990, Dean set out from Venice, Italy, re-walked the "Maritime Silk Road", and finally arrived in Quanzhou, China. Since then, he has visited China more than 20 times and made outstanding contributions to the study of the Silk Road. Dean said that the Belt and Road Initiative inherits the spirit of the ancient Silk Road, that is, prosperity and peace should be based on mutual respect and understanding among different civilizations. This value is the common heritage of all humankind.
Silk Road Friendship Envoy" Dudu Dean delivered an acceptance speech.
Twelve years ago, he came to Shanghai from Spain and has since put down roots in China. As a director of the "Belt and Road" Lawyers Alliance, Tao Ruizhe uses law to resolve conflicts and escort economic and trade exchanges between China and Latin American countries. He has helped Chinese companies to open mines, build bridges and build roads in Chile, Venezuela, Colombia and other Latin American countries, bringing Chinese technology and ideas to the table, while also demonstrating Chinese wisdom and diligence. With the help of Tao Ruizhe, many foreign companies have also obtained funds in China and opened up the market.
Silk Road Friendship Envoy" Tao Ruizhe delivered an acceptance speech.
In order to find a route for the construction of a power grid that would not damage the natural environment, Ricardo Felix, director of the safety and environment department of State Grid Brasil Holdings, led a team into the rainforest to study the habits of local flora and fauna. After full investigation, he designed a "5-year action plan for environmental protection, social responsibility and corporate governance" for State Grid Bakong Company. Felix said that the Belt and Road Initiative is a way to invest in the future. He hopes that in the next 10 years, under the Belt and Road Initiative, Brazil-China power cooperation will bring opportunities and prosperity to more and more Brazilian families.
Xu Lirong, Vice Chairman of the China International Cultural Exchange Center, presented the award to the award-winning envoy Ricardo Félix.
The story of the Belt and Road Initiative by Hu Fenglan, a Chinese-Russian ethnic group, focuses on international youth. In 2012, Hu Fenglan came to China to study and actively participated in international student activities. In 2017, she co-founded the SCO Youth Platform with her classmates. Hu Fenglan believes that the value of the Belt and Road Initiative is not only for infrastructure construction and investment, but also for uniting young people around the world and promoting connections between them. Over the past few years, the platform has established branches in several SCO member states and cooperated with Chinese and foreign universities to promote youth exchanges and entrepreneurship.
Silk Road Friendship Envoy" Hu Fenglan delivered an acceptance speech.
*Mark Liwen, an American expert at the University of Nationalities, is not only a teacher from the United States, but also a folk song creator. In 2005, he came to Huai'an, Jiangsu Province to teach, and fell in love with China. Folk songs are his way of showing his love, and he has composed 80 ballads about China, and he has also gained a lot of friendship. As he sings in the song: "People's Republic of China, I would like to live here for a long time, I have lived here for many years, and I have always felt very comfortable." ”
Li Baodong, vice chairman of the China International Cultural Exchange Center, presented the award to the award-winning envoy Mark Liwen.
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Sheradir Bhakhtgulov, from Kyrgyzstan, focuses on the Belt and Road Initiative and China. Baktgulov was born not far from the border between China and Kyrgyzstan. As a child, he occasionally listened to Chinese radio and sometimes saw Chinese convoys full of goods, which made him interested in China. In 1998, Baktgulov visited China for the first time, and since then he has visited China more than 20 times and participated in many academic research conferences. At the same time, in Kyrgyzstan, Bhakhtgulov also held various academic activities on the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the development of China-Kyrgyzstan relations.
Wang Yongwu, Secretary-General of the China International Cultural Exchange Center, presented the award to the award-winning envoy Sheradir Baktlov.
Irene Pivetti, President of the Italian Association for Friendship with China, has been committed to promoting economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West for many years. This legendary woman, who has set a number of "firsts" in Europe, has served as an economic consultant for many cities in China, actively campaigned to promote the opening and operation of the China-Europe train from Chengdu to Milan, and provided assistance for Chinese delegations to visit Italy many times, and promoted project cooperation between enterprises of the two countries. In her view, cooperation with China should be the EU's top priority, and "I sincerely hope that the Belt and Road cooperation will continue to contribute to the international community."
Yang Chuantang, Chairman of the China International Cultural Exchange Center, presented the award to the award-winning envoy Irene Pivetti.
On the evening of the event, the awarding ceremony and signing ceremony of the two major projects of "Silk Road Health International Cooperation" and "Silk Road Youth Entrepreneurship Program" were also held on the spot.
In recent years, the Belt and Road countries have achieved fruitful results in cooperation and exchanges in the field of medical and health care. The "Silk Road International Cooperation on Health" aims to promote practical medical cooperation between China and foreign countries, strengthen technical exchanges between Chinese and foreign medical talents, and promote the building of a community of health for all. The Belt and Road Initiative has created new opportunities for youth development, and youth power has injected new impetus into the Belt and Road Initiative. The Silk Road Youth Entrepreneurship Program aims to provide young people with entrepreneurial and employment resources and accelerate the construction of a new pattern of youth participation in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Silk Road Dream" endurance launching ceremony.
At the end of the ceremony, the third "Silk Road Friendship Messenger" ceremony token - the Silk Road treasure ship model building block was released, which carried the Silk Road dream of the new era and continued the Silk Road love that lasted for thousands of years in the form of cultural and creative tokens symbolizing peace and friendship.
The token of the 3rd "Silk Road Friendship Envoy" ceremony - the Silk Road Treasure Ship was officially released on the spot.
In the evening, a number of artists performed for the ceremony. Kuqa Qiuzi Dance Troupe opened the ceremony with a "Qiuzi Music and Dance" to reproduce the ancient and prosperous Silk Road culture with beautiful and moving folk dance art. Chinese music master Fang Jinlong, famous singer Wang Tiegang, and Shanghai Peking Opera Company young actor Han Yijia also presented classic repertoire for the ceremony.
Dongpeng Special Drink, Shanghai Story, iFLYTEK, Luzhou Laojiao, Wanyu Technology, etc. also provided support for this grand ceremony.
In the process of jointly building the "Belt and Road", many national brands actively seize the historical opportunity of foreign cooperation, expand overseas markets, and promote national brands. According to a report by Nielsen IQ, Dongpeng Special Drink, a well-known national functional drink brand, ranked first in sales of energy drinks in China for two consecutive years in 2021 and 2022. While the domestic market continues to grow, Dongpeng Beverage will start its export business in 2022. For overseas markets, Dongpeng Beverage has established an overseas business department and set up a professional team to conduct customized research and development of localized products. Its overseas sales first landed in Southeast Asia, and successively entered the local mainstream sales channels. Up to now, Dongpeng Beverage's sales area includes 6 continents and 19 countries and regions. In the future, Dongpeng Beverage will also carry out refined local operations to meet the needs of consumers in overseas markets to the greatest extent. Just as Lin Muqin, chairman of Dongpeng Beverage, put forward "let the world fall in love with Chinese energy", Dongpeng Beverage is working hard for Chinese brands to go to the world and let the world fall in love with Chinese brands under the inspiration of the "Belt and Road" cooperation initiative
The Belt and Road Initiative will once again write a new chapter, as it has brought with it a vision and achievements for common development, universal security and eternal friendshipThe on-site testimonials of the winners are the expectations and confidence of countless ordinary people in the world for the next golden decade of the Belt and Road Initiative due to their own experiences. On this sunny avenue that connects the hearts of the people, reaches the people's will, and benefits the people's livelihood, more Silk Road friendship envoys will emerge to promote people-to-people ties with actions and tell the story of the Silk Road.