On the eve of the 2024 New Year of the Dragon, the "old" Hunan has deep affection and shares the future - China and Laos sing a song together The New Year Gala was held on January 29 in Malanshan No. 2 Studio in Changsha, Hunan, Dongchang Hotel in Vientiane, Laos, and Sanxing Community in Shaodong, Hunan. The event was guided by the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, planned by the Hunan Mobile Cultural Tourism Team, and undertaken by the Hunan Chamber of Commerce and Hunan International Channel in Laos.
From the 90s when Hunan people went to Laos to start a business to today's 100,000 Hunan businessmen in Laos, the footsteps of Hunan people's struggle always start from their hometown and go to all over the world. Founded in 2008 in Vientiane, Laos, the Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Laos is the first overseas chamber of commerce in Hunan Province and the largest chamber of commerce. In 2023, when Mao Weiming, the governor of Hunan Province, visited Laos, he made a special trip to the Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Laos to discuss with representatives of Hunan businessmen, expressing his willingness to strengthen economic and trade cooperation between Hunan and Laos, and also proposed that Hunan businessmen who were struggling in other places return to their hometowns to participate in a new round of construction in their hometowns and add icing on the cake to the bright future of their hometowns. Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce in Laos also said that they would pragmatically promote the governor's initiative this year, hoping to return capital, technology and talents to their hometowns and jointly build our land where we were born and raised. Among the 100,000 Hunan businessmen who went to Laos, most of them were from Shaoyang, and most of them were from Shaodong, and a branch venue was set up in the Shaodong community.
The documentary "Hunan People in Laos" produced by Hunan Radio and Television International Channel at the event site tells the story of the president and vice president of the Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Laos and the brilliant industries created by the Hunan entrepreneurs in Laos and their sincere blessings to the Hunan villagers, and through interviews with members of the Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Laos and their families in Hunan Province, the important role played by 100,000 Hunan businessmen in Laos in the process of economic and trade exchanges between China and Laos and their arduous struggle was introduced in detail. Li Liangshuang, vice president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Laos and vice president of the Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Laos, said: "In Laos, even in small villages, there are Hunan people doing business. Speaking of Hunan people, my friends in Laos will give a thumbs up and say that Hunan people are amazing. "In the past, 100,000 Hunan businessmen entered Laos, and now they have opened up a new development situation in the sectors of economy and trade, agriculture, education, and cultural tourism.
The first program is the opening dance "Hua Yao Girl" performed by the Hunan Song and Dance Theater Dance Troupe, which tells the life of Hua Yao women accompanied by "picking flowers", showing Hua Yao women's passionate, unrestrained and hard-working character, as well as their yearning and pursuit of a better life. Hua Yao nationality is an ethnic minority living in Longhui County, Shaoyang, Hunan, Hua Yao women pick flowers without molds, all with a pair of eyes and a pair of skillful hands, what to embroider when you see, what you want to pick what, according to the size of the roving cloth to fix the position of the pattern, and then use all kinds of yarn, silk thread, wool to pick out a variety of gorgeous patterns, no need to design, draft, trace and lofting, according to their own already pregnant abdominal manuscript flying needle line. 
Dance "Hua Yao Girl").
Hometown, what is hometown? Hometown is a childhood dream of you, and hometown is a cornerstone of your growth. There is a song that sings: "Walking all over the world, the most beautiful is still hometown, drinking all over the world, the sweetest is still hometown." The second program after the opening dance was to sing a song together, a song "My Motherland and Me" was sung by representatives of college students from Changsha, Shaodong and Vientiane, Laos, as well as businessmen and their families in Laos, expressing everyone's love for their motherland. Relying on the large bandwidth and low latency empowerment of China Mobile's 5G nomadic base station, the party successfully realized the real-time connection between the two countries and three places for the first time.
Changsha, Hunan, Shaodong, and Vientiane, Laos sang "My Motherland and Me").
The third program of the party was the dance "Lao National Style" brought by representatives of Lao students from Hunan Normal University and the Railway College of Central South University, showing the Lao national costumes and exotic customs to the audiences in the three places.
Dance "Lao National Style").
The folk music ensemble "Drinking Mania" by Sun Zheng, a Daruan player of the China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra, and Zhang Weijun, a guqin player, the millennium Xun music "Coming from the East" brought by the Yangxin Orchestra from the Greater Bay Area, the acrobatic dance "Straw Hat Song" performed by the Hunan Acrobatic Art Theater Performance Troupe, and the series of songs "Xiang Yun" by the Yao family soprano Chen Xiangxiang presented the unique charm of China's excellent traditional culture from different dimensions. The three venues showcased the Lao culture and the Huxiang culture through their own performances and synchronous connections, allowing Lao Hunan businessmen to enjoy the audio-visual feast with their families in different places.
Folk Music Ensemble "Drunken Mania").
Millennium Xunle "Qi from the East").
Acrobatic dance "Straw Hat Song").
series of songs "Xiang Rhyme").
In the intermission interactive session, while the national first-class actor Liu Na performed the Kunqu opera "Peony Pavilion and Garden", the calligrapher Yan Fuchu entrusted a special person to present three masterpieces to the party, and Ni Wenhua, Chen Ximing, and Yang Guoping made on-site creations. The improvisations of the three artists and some of the works donated by calligrapher Yan Fuchu were auctioned and sold at the main venue in Changsha. The online charity sale was launched at the same time, and all donations were jointly responsible by Mango V** and the Hunan Provincial Employee Assistance Association to support the extremely poor workers in the province to welcome the New Year of the Dragon.
Three artists created live).
program "Peony Pavilion Garden").
At the party, four calligraphy and painting works such as "Chinese Love Xiaoxiang Xing" were photographed, and 44,000 yuan was raised.
At the same time, in order to pass on the love and carry forward the good deeds, the masters also provided a number of original works of calligraphy and painting created by themselves to be auctioned on Mango V**Tmall Public Welfare**.
There is a beautiful place where I live in heaven on earth, where the mountains and water are beautiful, and the people are even more beautiful. And I, on the other hand, have long since left my soul in a small village surrounded by mountains and rivers. During the festive season, I feel homesick, thinking about the grass and flowers, the trees and trees, and the bricks and tiles. After the auction and charity sale, the party relied on the empowerment of mobile 5G nomadic base stations, interconnected thousands of miles, and conveyed their thoughts, so that the representatives of Hunan businessmen at the Laos venue and the relatives at the Shaodong branch venue could connect with each other in real time to express their feelings of missing. The audience at the Shaodong branch venue was mainly the relatives of Hunan businessmen in Laos, and they hoped that the children of Huxiang who were working hard abroad would take care of their health and go home for the New Year as soon as possible. At the other end of the signal, Li Wenke, president of the Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Laos, sent blessings for the Year of the Dragon to the relatives of the motherland on behalf of the Hunan businessmen of Laos, and hoped to contribute more to the development of his hometown. Although the connection time is short, but the nostalgia is full, the mountains are long, the water is long, and the little love can not be blown away along the way, and the lovesickness is not separated, only to send a lovesick heart, suing the bright moon, just as the bright moon sends lovesickness for thousands of miles, I hope that people will be long, thousands of miles together.
The Laos branch is interconnected with the Shaodong branch).
The Laos branch is interconnected with the Shaodong branch).
The Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Laos actively implements the deployment of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and the province, deepens the friendly cooperation between Hunan and Laos, and creates a better future, and is the first to receive the "Invitation Letter for Returning to the Hometown for Investment". President Li Wenke said that the Chamber of Commerce is brewing and will introduce 4 billion funds to inject new vitality into the high-quality development of his hometown. The work report of the Hunan Provincial Two Sessions, which concluded on January 28, put forward for the first time that it is necessary to "vigorously promote the return of Hunan businessmen, alumni to Hunan and Hunan wisdom." The implementation of the return of Hunan businessmen is a major strategic decision made by the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government, and it is also an important guarantee that the sons and daughters of Hunan can return to their hometowns to be "more popular".
At the end of the party, Changsha, Shaodong, Hunan and Vientiane, Laos sang the Hunan folk song "Liuyang River", drawing a perfect end to the event.
The purpose of this event is to further tell Chinese stories, spread Chinese voices, promote Chinese culture to the world, and actively implement and practice cultural thoughts. Strengthening international communication capacity building and promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations is an important part of the construction of socialist culture in the new era, and it is also one of the "seven efforts" mentioned in the important instructions of the general secretary of the Communist Party of China on propaganda, ideological and cultural work, which is of great significance for China to improve its national cultural soft power, enhance its international discourse, create a good external environment, and even promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. The main purpose of this party is to adhere to cultural self-confidence, tell Chinese stories well, spread Chinese voices, promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture to the world, promote exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and Lao civilizations and the construction of a community with a shared future between China and Laos, and offer love to the needy workers in Hunan Province through auction and charity sale on the occasion of the Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon. While strengthening cultural self-confidence, promoting the excellent traditional Chinese culture to go out and vigorously promoting the return of Hunan businessmen, it is also necessary to invite excellent foreign cultures and guests to promote cultural exchanges and integration. Laos is the rotating chair of ASEAN in 2024, with a strong appeal, the 3rd Hunan Tourism Development Conference will be held in Hengyang, the Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Laos will invite the highest level of art groups from 10 to 20 countries to perform in China and Hunan with the Hunan Chamber of Commerce in other Southeast Asian countries, but also to invite foreign friends to China for tourism, investment and real estate, further strengthen international communication capacity building, and promote exchanges and mutual learning with Southeast Asian countries.
Editor: Zheng Jing.