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Shan Jixiang, president of the Palace Museum Academy, delivers a speech at a forum during the ongoing 2020 Culture & Technology Integration Exhibition Achievement Fair in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Oct 23, 2020. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
A forum titled "Digital economy leads the new trend of cultural and technological integration" was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu province today.
As a major activity during the ongoing 2020 Culture & Technology Integration Exhibition Achievement Fair, the "Hot issues and trend of culture and technology integration" forum had its third session.
The forum focuses on newly emerging hot topics such as big data in culture, digital content, media convergence and artificial intelligence. The forum aims to provide new ideas for the integration of culture with technology.
Shan Jixiang, president of the Palace Museum Academy and former curator of the Palace Museum in Beijing, shared his views on using the power of culture and technology to bring relics back to people's lives, through showing cultural relics and heritages in the Forbidden City.
Wang Xiaoming, curator of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, brought up the concept of the digitalized pavilion. He shared how his museum fuses technology deeply with culture.
In addition, a research report on China's development strategy for the fusion of culture and technology was unveiled at the forum by Song Yangyang, vice-president of the Institute of Creative Industries Technology at Renmin University of China, which has systematically introduced the new situation of China's culture and technology integration.
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The 15th Chinese Film Festival in Bangkok and the 2020 China-Thailand Film Exchange Week opens at the China Cultural Center in Bangkok on Oct 25, 2020. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org] |
On Oct 25, the opening ceremony of the 15th Chinese Film Festival in Bangkok and the 2020 China-Thailand Film Exchange Week was held at the China Cultural Center in Bangkok. The event was hosted by the China Cultural Center in Bangkok and received strong support from the Chinese Embassy in Thailand and the Thai Ministry of Culture.
The COVID-19 pandemic doesn't impede the enthusiasm for cultural exchange between China and Thailand. This film festival uses live broadcast to present the opening ceremony and host the "China-Thailand Film Exchange and Cooperation Online Seminar". During the film festival, audiences can use the online platform of the China Cultural Center in Bangkok to watch films online, which greatly increases the global reach of the festival.
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Gu Hongxing, director of the China Cultural Center in Bangkok and China Tourism Office in Bangkok, speaks at the opening ceremony. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org] |
Gu Hongxing, director of Bangkok's China Cultural Center and China Tourism Office, said film can not only introduce one's national culture, but also reflect unique social landscapes. Film has become an important part of cultural exchange between countries and enhance mutual understanding among people around the world.
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Yang Xin, Chargé d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, speaks at the opening ceremony. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org] |
Yang Xin, Chargé d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, said since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand 45 years ago, the mutual trust between the two countries has continued to deepen, economic and trade cooperation has expanded, cultural exchanges have become closer, and all-around cooperation has achieved fruitful results. Both China and Thailand have a vast film market. As a traditional project of cultural exchanges between China and Thailand, the Bangkok Chinese Film Festival has laid a solid foundation for film cooperation between the two countries for 15 years and will add new drive to the promotion of cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Thailand.
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Itthiphol Kunplome, Thailand's minister of culture, speaks at the opening ceremony. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org] |
Thailand's Minister of Culture Itthiphol Kunplome said in his speech the governments and people of Thailand and China have been in constant exchange. Cooperation in various fields has developed steadily, and the film festival is another important event to further promote cultural exchanges between the two countries. The people of the two countries can promote their understanding of the cultures of both sides through films, and promote friendly relations and cooperation in other perspectives.
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