[Explanation] The 2021 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Youth "Sustainable Development" Debate STEAM Innovation Maker Competition and Cultural Exchange Event was officially launched in Guangzhou on the afternoon of September 16.
According to reports, this event is mainly in the form of a debate contest, attracting young people from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to participate in the competition to discuss the topic of "sustainable development".
[Concurrent] Deng Jingqian, Director of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Youth International Cultural Exchange Center (Yuexiu)
What we hope most is that we can guide our young people in the Greater Bay Area. They can use some of their own language to participate in the construction of our Greater Bay Area and the construction of the future country in the next 30 years and the next 100 years. How to build a community with a shared future for mankind, how to let them understand some issues that are closely related to our future development of all mankind.
[Explanation] This event has attracted wide attention from the educational and cultural circles of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The vice chairman of the National Youth Federation Huo Qigang also encouraged young people to participate actively in the form of video to enhance scientific cognition and innovative practical ability in the competition.
[Concurrent] Huo Qigang, Vice Chairman of the National Youth Federation
I believe that through this competition, each of our outstanding contestants can show the world the enthusiasm and confidence of our Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao youths to participate in the sustainable development of the Greater Bay Area and even the whole country.
[Explanation] The returnee Dou Dou is the youth tutor of this event. She has a double degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After studying and working in the United States for 10 years, she decided to return to China to develop. She has just ended her isolation and became a A member of the youth exchange program in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Talking about the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, she said that the image of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the eyes of foreign friends is constantly being constructed and developed.
[Concurrent] Dou Dou, a young returnee
In fact, there are many people in the United States who are concerned about China's development, and now the degree of attention between China and the United States is very, very high.
So I feel that every time I tell you about the concept of the Greater Bay Area, there is actually a sense of pride, because it breaks through the general understanding of China or some cities in China.
Everyone will feel that you have such an advanced concept and such a region.
So it should be an image that is being established.
[Explanation] It is reported that in addition to the debate competition, this competition also includes a new innovative maker stage to encourage young people to discover problems through action and practice.
The organizer will also organize Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area students to visit companies during the competition to learn about the exploration results of dual-carbon and environmental protection projects in various industries in China.
Reporter Wang Qingran, Yuan Yue reports from Guangzhou
Editor in charge: [Yue Chuan]