"I will bring the news of my day trip to China to our President and Premier." Reporter | China | Premier
"I will bring the experience of this trip to China to my President and Prime Minister. It is a rare opportunity and a great honor. I will become a living witness, telling the story of the warm hospitality and friendly treatment of the Chinese people, and passing on a unique China." Mary Noel Huayani, Director of Broadcasting Production at Vanuatu National Broadcasting and Television Corporation, said towards the end of the five-day "Day Study of China" event.
The Chinese and foreign online media exchange activity of "Day Reading China" is guided by the Network Communication Bureau of the State Internet Information Office, and co sponsored by the China Public Diplomacy Association and Global Network. From September 7th to 12th, "Journey to China" invited 17 media reporters from 13 countries, including Pakistan, East Timor, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, etc., to visit Chengdu and Deyang in Sichuan in depth. Experience the fireworks of happy Chengdu at the trunk market on Sanse Road, unlock the charm of park cities while cycling along the world's longest greenway, and experience the changes brought by technology to life at the 5G fully connected digital factory
Greenway construction leads urban renewal, and live streaming continuously lights up the climax of activities
Create vitality in Chengdu with greenery and poetry, and activate the new economic vitality along the riverbank with greenways and markets. Against the backdrop of building a beautiful and livable park city in Chengdu, the Tianfu Greenway system is gradually forming a network, and the most core part of it - the Jinjiang Greenway, as an "axis" built on the hundred mile mother river Jinjiang, is promoting the rebirth and iteration of the city.
"I have never seen a greenway of this size in a city before!" On the morning of September 8th, Bilat Gautam, a journalist from Nepal News Network, exclaimed during an overseas live broadcast of Global Network's "Riding the World's Largest Greenway System in the Panda City".
The live broadcast recorded the entire journey of foreign media reporters cycling and checking in on the Jinjiang Greenway: starting from the Guixi Ecological Park where birds sing and flowers are fragrant, signing an "urban marriage certificate" at the marriage registration office nestled in green trees, learning Sichuan dialect in the wetlands south of the New Century Global Center, the largest single building in Asia, and colliding with the line at Lake 4 of Jincheng Lake
According to Li Miao, General Manager of Southwest Company of China Communications Aviation Administration, the planned total length of Tianfu Greenway is about 16900 kilometers. Before the opening of the Chengdu Universiade, more than 6500 kilometers of greenways at all levels have been built, with more than 3500 cultural and tourism facilities and technological facilities implanted. The coverage rate of greenway service radius is 95.88%.
Foreign media reporters have left a deep impression on Chengdu's ecological civilization construction and park city development through this cycling trip. "The park is great, it's hard to imagine people building such a beautiful place. They grow naturally like this." "If any friends come to Chengdu, I would definitely recommend them to come to this world-class green corridor." After the cycling, foreign media reporters discussed and signed a "marriage letter" with Chengdu, recording their voices: "I vow to visit beautiful Chengdu again with my family and friends in this lifetime!" "
Foreign media reporters for the "Day Reading China" activity are cycling on the Tianfu Greenway.
Located in the core section of the Jinjiang Greenway bicycle lane, just one street away is the Jinjiang Greenway Woodpark Light Extreme Sports Park... On the evening of September 7th, 17 foreign media reporters from the Asia Pacific region walked into the trunk economic zone of Sanse Road near the Jinjiang Greenway, and joined the live broadcast of the "100 yuan Digital RMB Challenge Chengdu Cuisine" organized by Global Network.
"Three color road, start!" With the host's opening remarks, 17 journalists from 13 countries set foot on the "trunk" market of Three color road, full of Chengdu's fireworks atmosphere, and joined the "100 yuan digital RMB" challenge live broadcast. They watched the flying pancake vendors perform "face changing", taste delicious food from various countries, experience the convenience of digital RMB payment, and feel the integration of local and foreign cultures on Sanse Road.
"It's very convenient, I feel like I can buy anything with it," said Ali Abbas, a senior journalist for Pakistan's City News Network, after experiencing digital RMB payment. San Se Lu has attracted the attention of journalists from various countries with its grassroots economic model and rich and colorful local elements. Through experiencing digital payments, foreign friends have also felt the convenience and speed of Chinese life.
Foreign media reporters from the "Day Reading China" activity are experiencing online payment on SanSe Road.
What is the secret to the San Se Road block being so attractive? Li Tingyue, Senior Director of the Party Committee Work Department of China Communications Corporation's Tianhang Bureau, stated that in the past, there was only a forest and a simple path here. In 2020, Tianhang Bureau took over the Jinjiang Greenway Sewage Interception Main Pipe Project, and improved the neighborhood environment by expanding the sewage interception network, carrying out river dredging, laying municipal greenways, and adding leisure facilities. It has become a characteristic neighborhood that integrates food, sports, leisure, and commerce.
Hu Hongxing, Deputy Director of the English Department of the World Channel of Vietnam's "Voice of Vietnam" radio station, said, "The planners in Chengdu have done very well, with modern facilities and intelligent ecosystems. As I passed by the park, I saw citizens dancing, skateboarding, and exercising. People can live a sustainable life here, which fully demonstrates the charm of this livable city."
Li Tingyue, Senior Director of the Party Committee Work Department of China Communications Corporation's Aviation Administration, was interviewed.
Foreign media reporters from the "Day Reading China" activity participated in an interactive game on Sanse Road.
The two live broadcasts have sparked a wave of attention on overseas social media platforms, with over 20 official accounts including state-owned enterprise Xiaoxin, the Chinese Permanent Mission to the United Nations, the Chinese Embassy in the UK, the Embassy in Italy, the Embassy in Indonesia, the Embassy in the Philippines, the Embassy in Sudan, the Embassy in Egypt, the Embassy in Mexico, the Embassy in Argentina, the Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago, the Consulate General in Marseille, and the Consulate General in Osaka sharing likes.
The global "cloud travel" of Chengdu has also sparked a trend of checking in on three color roads and greenways among netizens. Netizen "Helen Davis" said, "Chengdu! I am ready to be impressed by your passion and culture!" Netizen Alice Garlow said, "I heard Three Color Road calling my name!"
The model of water management is being promoted globally, and China's "smart" manufacturing attracts attention
The development of Chengdu is inseparable from the vitality of the Jinjiang River system, as well as the continuous exploration of water resource monitoring and management under the support of high-tech. Therefore, the smart water management construction in Chengdu provides a replicable example for China's modern and intelligent water management, and also provides important reference for water resource management in developing countries.
The journalist team walked into the Chengdu River and Lake Protection and Smart Water Service Center and was quickly attracted by a huge screen: real-time monitoring data of multiple flood prone points in Chengdu is clear at a glance; The complete preservation of historical data provides powerful references for today's data analysis.
This is a smart watershed management platform tailored by China Communications Administration for the Jinjiang River Basin in Chengdu. Currently, it has access to approximately 170000 big data channels, gathering over 200 million pieces of data. It can achieve data sharing with the Chengdu big data platform, meteorological, hydrological and other departments, equivalent to forming a 1:1 replica of the Chengdu "water system distribution map" on a computer.
Can sudden floods be predicted? Zhang Yi, Deputy General Manager of Southwest Company of China Communications Administration of Aeronautics and Astronautics, introduced: "We use real-time monitoring of the total amount of water resources, river flow velocity, sediment content, etc. in each region of the basin to deduce the entire process of floods in each region. Once a certain value exceeds the flood control standard, the system will automatically make predictions and warnings."
How to deal with the global water scarcity problem? Faced with a barrage of questions from reporters, the relevant person in charge calmly replied, "Firstly, water quality standards for reservoirs that cannot be used as drinking water will be improved. Secondly, the recycling of recycled water will be increased. Chengdu has achieved water resource regeneration through a large number of sewage treatment plants, which can reach four types of water quality for irrigation and domestic use. Thirdly, coastal cities in China will also vigorously explore measures to desalination seawater and convert it into drinking water."
Foreign media reporters from the "Day Reading China" event participated in a symposium on the theme of "empowering urban development through water management".
In the survey questionnaire on water governance, foreign media reporters gave Chengdu a high score of 9 and stated that the water governance model in Chengdu has great reference significance for their respective countries. "Livable," "modern," and "sustainable development" have become high-frequency terms used by journalists to describe Chengdu.
"There are often rainstorm and flood disasters in Malaysia. The water management in Chengdu has an all-weather water condition monitoring system that can monitor the water situation before disasters come, which is of great significance for our country's water management." Chen Xiaoren, a senior reporter of Malaysia's Singzhou Daily, said.
Several areas in Kathmandu, Nepal were hit by floods in August, directly affecting the lives of local people and economic income from agriculture. "Chengdu's water management system has effectively detected issues such as water ecology and water security, and can become a model for our country's water environment monitoring and learning," said Manuel Taylor, a journalist from Nepal's "New Daily"
Intelligent water robot.
Similar to Chengdu's smart watershed management platform and water governance model, Deyang's clean energy equipment technology innovation has brought great shock to the "Read China" journalist team. Journalists have expressed that "the 5G innovative technology adopted by Chinese enterprises is impressive!" "These innovative technologies help achieve the global goal of zero carbon." "My country is also researching hydrogen energy, and China's successful cases have been very helpful in this regard."
On September 11th, the "Read China" journalist team visited the "China Equipment Science and Technology City" in Deyang, Sichuan to learn about China's latest technological innovation in clean energy equipment and unlock the technological wisdom path of the "capital of heavy equipment".
Foreign media reporters visited the digital control center of a 5G fully connected digital factory during the "Journey to China" event.
Foreign media reporters from the "Read China" activity visited the Heavy Duty Plant of Dongfang Steam Turbine.
What is a 5G fully connected digital factory? How to achieve digital manufacturing? Foreign media reporters visited China's largest steam turbine manufacturing base, Dongfang Electric Group Dongfang Steam Turbine Co., Ltd., to visit the clean energy equipment 5G fully connected digital factory on site. Entering the factory, the journalists were deeply shocked by the scene before them: real-time data collection in 1 millisecond, supercomputing power of 100 trillion times per second, and daily parallel data processing capability of over 500G... The highly automated production process and accurate digital system demonstrate the integration of technology and technology.
"The Chinese Dream is green," said Bilat Gautam, a journalist from Nepal News Network, after visiting the industry's first 5G fully connected digital factory. "I will tell more people how China combines 5G technology with environmental protection technology and adheres to the path of sustainable development. If China is greener, the world will be more beautiful."
In the afternoon of that day, foreign media reporters walked into two demonstration application scenarios of Dongfang Boiler Co., Ltd. of Dongfang Electric Group, directly targeting the world's largest chemical chain combustion carbon capture demonstration device, and checked into the hydrogen energy full industry chain application technology demonstration park, giving high praise to the technological innovation of Chinese enterprises in the fields of environmental protection and new energy.
Foreign media reporters from the "Read China" activity visited the world's largest chemical chain combustion carbon capture demonstration facility.
The world's largest chemical chain combustion carbon capture demonstration device, jointly developed and built by Total Energy, Dongfang Electric Group, and Tsinghua University, has received high attention from the press team. Journalists have noticed that this unique device can effectively capture carbon dioxide released from fossil fuels with high efficiency, significantly reducing carbon capture costs, achieving large-scale utilization and storage of carbon dioxide, and significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is reported that the device represents the world's highest level in this field, can achieve near zero emissions, and has significant environmental and social benefits.
Foreign media reporters listened to the explanation of the "Hydrogen Society Panorama" at the Dongfang Electric Hydrogen Industry Demonstration Exhibition Hall during the "Day Reading China" activity.
At the hydrogen energy full industry chain application technology demonstration park, foreign media reporters comprehensively experienced the charm of hydrogen energy in the world. This integrates various green hydrogen production technologies, hydrogen storage technologies, and hydrogen energy utilization technologies. The reporter learned that Dongfang Electric Group has independently developed a series of innovative hydrogen energy products, such as the first MW level PEM electrolysis hydrogen production system in China, a 270kW high-power fuel cell system, and a "hydrogen production hydrogen storage power generation heating cooling" five combined supply system. These products have promoted the development of hydrogen transportation, hydrogen energy storage, hydrogen power generation and other fields, making important contributions to low-carbon and green transformation.
"I saw how Chinese companies are researching hydrogen energy and hydrogen vehicle fuels, which is very impressive, and I believe this approach should be promoted to countries around the world," said Claudia Tally, a journalist for the Papua New Guinea Courier and Mail newspaper, after her visit
Treasures attract attention from foreign media, and culture promotes rural revitalization
The charmingly naive baby panda, the mysterious Sanxingdui ancient Shu civilization, and the world irrigation project heritage Dujiangyan Irrigation Project... These Chinese cultural treasures have recently attracted foreign media reporters from 13 countries to punch in personally. They all expressed that this experience left a deep impression on their long history and culture of China. These colorful cultural treasures provide vivid materials for them to tell Chinese stories.
Foreign media reporters from the "Day Reading China" event took a group photo in Dujiangyan Irrigation Project Scenic Area.
Before the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project Water Conservancy Project, one of the oldest, largest and most complete irrigation projects in the world, reporters listened carefully to the story of Li Bing and his son, a water conservancy scientist in the Warring States Period. They visited three major projects, namely the Yuzui Water Diversion Dike, the Feisha Weir Spillway and the Baopingkou Water Intake, and experienced the cultural heritage that has passed through more than 2000 years on the spot. Foreign media reporters nodded frequently during the visit, believing that this outstanding "super project" is worth learning from around the world.
"Dujiangyan Irrigation Project is like a holiday resort, where people can explore the history of Chengdu and appreciate the great rivers and mountains of Sichuan." Manuel Taylor, a reporter from Nepal's New Daily, sighed when visiting Dujiangyan Irrigation Project Water Conservancy Project, "nature is a precious treasure. This project has shown me how the water conservancy system is perfectly integrated into it, and how Chinese traditional cultural knowledge is applied to modern social practice, so that people can better understand history and culture. In contrast, our country has not been able to protect historical and cultural heritage like this, and Dujiangyan Irrigation Project is very worthy of reference."
The giant panda, as a national treasure level protected animal in China, has won the love of foreign journalists for its cute and adorable appearance. At the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, the journalist team had a "zero distance" interaction with the pandas. "Over there, over there!" "It's so cute!" "I'm very happy to bring a panda to my country!" The reporters couldn't help but be excited and took photos with their phones.
The panda base is surrounded by lush trees and bamboo forests, while the panda houses are scattered among the mountains and forests, coexisting with nature. The sustainable development model of "production, education, research, and tourism" integrated by the base has been highly recognized by the press corps. "I believe that establishing a nature reserve is the best way to protect pandas. When pandas live in a protected area, like the base we visited today, we can help them breed better and avoid extinction," said Mary Noel Huayani, the director of broadcasting production at the Vanuatu National Broadcasting and Television Company
Foreign media reporters listened to the excavation process of the Sanxingdui site during the "Read China" activity.
At the Sanxingdui Museum, there are over 1500 cultural relics in the collection, showcasing the arduous journey and mysterious yet powerful Chinese culture of the unearthed artifacts, as well as the love and respect of the Chinese people for the history of their own nation, such as the golden staff, the heavenly tree, the vertical mask, and the bronze standing figure.
"China has always attached great importance to the protection of cultural relics and knows how to effectively preserve and care for its cultural treasures," said Salotte Karubo, a journalist from the Fiji Sun. After the visit, the reporters praised China's cultural relics protection work and expressed that the Chinese people are willing to understand history and cherish their own history, which is worth learning from for every country.
Foreign media reporters gathered to watch the production of Pixian Douban Sauce during the "Day Reading China" event.
Foreign media reporters at the "Reading China" event tried to grind soybean milk by hand.
To keep traditional culture fresh and enduring, it is inseparable from cultural inheritance and innovation in rural revitalization. Watching the production of intangible cultural heritage bean paste, experiencing the stone mill soybean milk, punch card farming museum... After visiting the demonstration village of rural revitalization - Chengdu Zhanqi Village, the reporters recognized its achievements in achieving agricultural modernization, improving people's livelihood, and revitalizing culture.
Here, the scenery is beautiful and everyone is happy. The Jinjiang Greenway passes through the area, and there are also Tianfu Agricultural Culture Museum and Douban Culture Museum, which tell the story of intangible cultural heritage techniques such as Douban sauce making, Shu embroidery, and Tang Chang cloth shoes. Teddy Trelaksono, a special contributor to the Jakarta Post in Indonesia, praised, "Building a museum in the village is really a great idea that can quickly help foreign friends understand the story of the entire village."
"In the past five days, I have explored two cities in Sichuan together with reporters from Global Network and countries in Asia Pacific region. Chengdu is a livable city, and the local people live in a harmonious environment with nature. Villagers in rural Sichuan built and lived in beautiful and tidy houses. They made soybean milk, soy sauce, bean paste, cloth shoes, and started their own businesses." Hu Hongxing, deputy director of the English Department of the World Channel of Voice of Vietnam, said, "I am very grateful that 'going to China' has provided us with a rare experience."
"Before coming to China, my plan was to enjoy the city of Beijing and write a few articles after returning to China. After experiencing my trip to Sichuan, I have now planned to write a book," said Birat Gautam, a journalist for Nepal News Network, as the event approached its end.
"I will make a program about my travel experience and broadcast it in Thailand because I want to let the Thai people know that this place is very impressive, and I would like to invite them to visit here once," said Ponsawan Charupan, the host and broadcaster of Thailand's "Headline News Television".
The five-day visit to Sichuan, known as "Journey to China", has successfully concluded. 17 foreign media reporters from 13 countries have deeply fallen in love with Sichuan and become closer to China. By touching the pulse of history and culture on the spot, and realizing the achievements of ecological construction and technological development, these friends from distant countries are using their personal experiences to build bridges for communication between Chinese and foreign cultures, and conveying the true China to the world with genuine emotions.
