China News Service, Qinghai Zaduo, August 10th (Reporter Li Jiangning) On the 9th, the 2022 Lancang-Mekong International Video Week was officially launched in Zaduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, the first county of the Lancang River. .

The picture shows the launching ceremony.

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  It is reported that during the event, the Lancang River source style photography, the Lancang River starry sky photography, the Lancang River source drift photography, the Lancang River source exploration trip and the Lancang River Source Starry Sky concert will be conducted to tell the story of the source of the river and the story of the river basin to the world through various forms, creating A new platform for people-to-people and cultural exchanges in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin.

The picture shows Chen Dehai, Secretary-General of the China-ASEAN Center, making a speech.

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  "The Mekong countries are important members of ASEAN and close partners of the China-ASEAN Center. The Center will, as always, actively support the deepening of exchanges and cooperation between Qinghai Province and the Mekong countries, and help the Lancang-Mekong cooperation become solid, stable and far-reaching. , and take this as a focal point to make unremitting efforts to build a closer China-ASEAN comprehensive strategic partnership." said Chen Dehai, Secretary-General of the China-ASEAN Center.

The picture shows Su Caikun Gaola, First Secretary of the Lao Embassy in China, speaking.

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  The first secretary of the Lao Embassy in China, Su Caikun Gaola, said in his speech that Laos and China have a long-term friendly relationship, and the two countries are connected by rivers and mountains.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Laos and China in 1961, the exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in politics, economy, culture, education and health have developed rapidly.

Productivity cooperation between the two countries is an important milestone in strengthening and strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries in the new era.

The picture shows Zhang Lei, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China News Service, delivering a speech via video.

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  "In recent years, China News Agency has paid close attention to the cooperation between the six Lancang-Mekong countries, and constantly innovated ways to tell the world the story of ecological protection and cultural exchanges in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin. I believe that with our joint efforts, this event will certainly attract domestic It will provide a new platform for enhancing eco-tourism cooperation among the six Lancang-Mekong countries, and make new contributions to building a bridge of communication and cooperation between the six countries, enhancing understanding, deepening friendship, and actively building a Lancang-Mekong community with a shared future." Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of China News Service, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhang Lei delivered a speech via video.

The picture shows Ma Naixin, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Qinghai Province, delivering a speech.

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  "We believe that based on Qinghai's ecological environment, green development and source advantages, the photo exhibition will further promote Chinese culture, show Qinghai's wisdom, further promote exchanges and high-quality development among countries in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin, and further promote the dialogue and communication between Qinghai and the world. Exchange." Ma Naixin, deputy director of the Qinghai Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, said that in recent years, the Qinghai Provincial Foreign Affairs Office will continue to deepen cooperation with Yushu Prefecture, and support Yushu, relying on its unique ecological resource endowments, to continue to expand opening up, better serve and integrate into the Lancang-Mekong cooperation mechanism .

The picture shows Liu Qing, vice president and researcher of the China Institute of International Studies, and secretary-general of the Center for Global Mekong Studies.

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  On the day of the launch, Liu Qing, vice president and researcher of the China Institute of International Studies, and secretary-general of the Center for Global Mekong Studies, said in his speech that from 2016 to 2022, the Lancang-Mekong cooperation has gone through six years.

In the past six years, the six countries have built a three-dimensional communication and cooperation network at all levels, departments, and the combination of officials and the people, forming a good cooperation atmosphere of "discussing everything, discussing things more, and discussing things well", creating peace, stability, unity and harmony. The Lancang-Mekong regional environment has laid a firm foundation for the common development and prosperity of the six countries.

The picture shows Guo Yanjun, director of the Institute of Asian Studies at the China Foreign Affairs University, dean of the National Security Institute, and researcher.

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  "I noticed that this event aims to create a new platform for people-to-people and cultural exchanges in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin, tell the world about the Lancang-Mekong River as a family, and show the fruitful results of economic development, ecological protection, cultural exchanges, and people's livelihood improvement in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin. The idea of ​​the event is very good. It is not only an important platform to publicize the Lancang-Mekong cooperation, but also a beneficial attempt to strengthen my country's external communication capacity building, allowing people around the world to better understand and experience a real, three-dimensional, comprehensive and colorful China." The Institute of Asian Studies, China Foreign Affairs University Guo Yanjun, director, dean of the National Security Academy and researcher, said.

The picture shows Zaduo County Changchang Wen presided over the launching ceremony.

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  Liu Zhong, secretary of the Zaduo County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, said in his welcome speech that the 2022 Lancang-Mekong International Video Week is an important part of the Lancang River source eco-cultural tourism series. The "Lancang-Mekong Spirit" enhances the "Lancang-Mekong vitality", expressing the common aspiration of the six countries in the Lancang River (Mekong River) basin, like family members, to join hands to build a Lancang-Mekong national community with a shared future, and inject "source living water" into the high-quality development of the Lancang-Mekong region.

The picture shows Yang Meizhen, Second Secretary of the Thai Embassy in China, speaking.

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  On the same day, Cai Danzhou, Deputy Secretary of the Yushu Prefecture Committee of the Communist Party of China and Minister of Propaganda, announced the opening of the event.

  The event was hosted by China-Singapore Video, Qinghai Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, Qinghai Provincial Government Information Office, Zaduo County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, Zaduo County People's Government, undertaken by China News Agency Qinghai Branch and Zaduo County Party Committee Propaganda Department, and China News Agency as the guiding unit , Lancang-Mekong Water Resources Cooperation Center, Lancang-Mekong Environmental Cooperation Center as supporting units.

At the same time, the event was also supported by the Office of the Organizing Committee of the Colorful Guizhou·China Original Ecology International Photography Exhibition.

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