The 2024 Silk Road Rediscovery Tour of Beijing kicked off in the capital city of Chinaon the evening of October 21. The event, themed “Explore a Modernized City of Opportunities”,welcomed prominent international influencers from Albania, Brazil, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Türkiye, the United States, and Uzbekistan, to embark on a journey of discovery in Beijing.
Foreign influencers and other attendees launching the event together
Since 2016, ten consecutive sessions of theSilk Road Rediscovery Tour of Beijinghave been held,participated bya total of 125 international influencers from 51 Belt and Roadpartner countries so far.
Mukhammad Obidov, Chief Editor of Uzbekistan National News Agency and Chairman of the Fergana Journalists’ Association, delivered a speech as the representative of all the participating influencers.
Mukhammad Obidov,Chief Editor of Uzbekistan National News Agency and Chairman of the Fergana Journalists’ Association,spoke of theincreasing interest of Uzbek peopletowards theirneighboring countries, especiallyChina, and suggested creating an alliance of Central Asian and Chinese journalistsas well as a unified information platform to help deepen understanding among themembersof this proposed alliance.
Kanat Sakhariyanov, Director of Kazakhstan’s Atameken TV, delivered a speech.
Kanat Sakhariyanov,Director of Kazakhstan’s Atameken TV,said in his speech that Beijing is a city marked bytheconvergence of ancient history and cutting-edge technologies, and that theresidents of Beijingare good at living with each other in harmony through tolerance and mutual respect. Since 2019, Atameken TV has aired more than 20 documentaries about China along with regular news programs such as “On the Silk Road” and “China News”,as part of efforts to strengthenunderstanding between the two countries.
Lucas Eleuterio Fernandes, a Brazilian influencer, delivered a speech.
Lucas Eleuterio Fernandes, a journalistand presenter of TV Globo and a social media influencer from Brazil,is also apopular social media influencerwith 2.1 million followers on Instagram. Hebegan his world tour from China in 2010and returned here14 years later to find “astounding Chinese development and transformation”.According to Fernandes, “Many people still have misconceptions about this country, but I want to say that China is a place everyone should visit at least once in their lifetime.”
This year’s Silk Road Rediscovery Tour of Beijing will runfrom October 21 to 25, and the participatinginfluencers will experience Beijing’s uniqueurban charmblendingancient heritageand modern achievements from multiple angles and through a number of landmarks, including the three major cultural venuesin Beijing Municipal Administrative Center, ZGC E-Town International Robot Industrial Park, GTVerse Center, the Palace Museum, the Olympic Tower, the No. 3 Blast Furnace and the Big Air Shougangin Shougang Park, etc.
(Source: CRI Online of China Media Group)
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