Third video competition on '100 Reasons To Love Beijing' launched Sept 8

The Third Video Competition on "100 Reasons To Love Beijing" was launched on September 8, 2022.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (Bernama) -- The Third Video Competition on "100 Reasons To Love Beijing" was launched on Sept 8.

Sponsored by the Information Office of Beijing Municipal People's Government and organized by the News and Information Center, Xinhua News Agency, the contest is designed to attract Internet users worldwide to share their impression about Beijing with short videos or golden words.

Xu Hejian, director of the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal People's Government, said in his speech the "100 Reasons To Love Beijing" Short Video Competition, a cultural outreach event initiated by the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal People's Government, was held successfully twice.

It attracted the participation of more than 3,000 foreign friends from over 100 countries and regions, soliciting nearly 5,000 works in the aggregate, from which many excellent videos were selected.

According to a statement, the 2022 edition of the competition themed "How YOUNG Beijing Is" continues to solicit short videos from among foreigners who like Beijing, with the competition intended to serve as a platform for people to exchange their feelings about Beijing.

Ma Jianguo, deputy director of the News and Information Center, Xinhua News Agency, said the "100 Reasons To Love Beijing " was an activity to bring the global peoples to get connected, enabling them to better understand Beijing. "In the run-up to the event, a lot of foreign friends sent videos to overseas branches of Xinhua News Agency, telling how and why they love Beijing".

The contest welcomes entries from worldwide netizens, including the international friends who are living in Beijing, have been to Beijing, or have interest in Beijing, an ancient capital bearing witness to more than 3,000 years of historical vicissitudes.

Those interested can email the work to lovebeijing2022 @163.com, and can talk about the topic of "100 Reasons To Love Beijing "on Weibo.

-- BERNAMA