BEIJING, Nov. 06, 2024 — The award ceremony for the “My Chinese Story” China-Africa Photo and Video Competition was held in Beijing on Nov. 1. The competition was sponsored by the Secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and the China Public Diplomacy Association, with Global Times Online (huanqiu.com) serving as the organizer.

Diplomatic representatives from nearly 30 countries in China, including Egypt, the Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic, attended the ceremony and praised the competition.

“The friendship between China and Africa needs no elaborate words; our bond is growing deeper and stronger,” said Kenneth S. Rabale, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Lesotho to China.

Twenty winners of the competition from South Africa, Egypt, and Madagascar were invited to a five-day visit to Beijing on the sidelines of the award ceremony from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3.

They visited the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City on the central axis of Beijing, ascended the Badaling Great Wall, and experienced Beijing culture at the Qianmen Gate and the Laoshe Teahouse.

They also toured a new energy vehicle development center to witness the rapid advancement of Chinese technology and participated in seminars with students from Tsinghua University and journalists to discuss the future development of China and Africa.

During their Beijing visit, a video of RUCHINGA CHERUBALA HUGUES, a young man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, performing Kung Fu and playing the cucurbit flute, or hulusi, on the Great Wall, went viral on short video platforms.

The prize winners participating in the Beijing visit activity indicated that they would continue to serve as envoys of China-Africa cultural exchanges, spreading their experiences in China to every corner of the world.

The “My Chinese Story” China-Africa Photo and Video Competition was co-hosted by the Secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the China Public Diplomacy Association, and organized by Global Times Online.

Representatives of the prize winners of the “My Chinese Story” China-Africa Photo and Video Competition pose for a photo on the Badaling Great Wall

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