China News Service, Guilin, March 17, Title: Foreign Correspondents: Seeing China Full of Development Potential in Guangxi

  Author Chen Qiuxia

  In the spring, the Lijiang River is misty and rainy, egrets are flying together, fish are swimming on the shallow bottom, the water is clear and the shore is green, and tourists enjoy the spring scenery.

Seeing this beautiful ecological picture of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, foreign reporters clicked their shutters one after another.

On March 15, on the Li River in Guilin, Guangxi, foreign media reporters recorded the beauty of the Li River in misty rain.

Photo by Jiang Fenghui

  Recently, a group of foreign journalists from the China International Press Exchange Center visited the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China.

There are 12 living ethnic groups in Guangxi, which borders Vietnam.

This was once the main battlefield for China's poverty alleviation campaign, but now it has transformed from a "frontier outpost" into an "open frontier".

  The reporters visited Beihai, Liuzhou, Guilin and other places to focus on the high-quality development of Guangxi, understand the historical context of the Maritime Silk Road, appreciate Guangxi's colorful ethnic customs, and feel the achievements of Guangxi's ecological civilization protection and beautiful rural construction, which are vivid to the outside world. Promote the practice of Chinese-style modernization in Guangxi and promote cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.

  "Guilin's karst landscape is beautiful, and the Lijiang River's protection and management experience is worth learning from Brazil. I will introduce it to more people. I hope that all parties will work together to protect the ecological environment and achieve sustainable development." Asia, a reporter from Brazil's "Forum Magazine" La Vidal said.

  The Li River is known as one of the most beautiful rivers in the world.

The local government has established the Guilin Landscape Protection Research Institute, introduced a series of local regulations, and built a digital Lijiang 5G real-time monitoring platform to protect the ecology of the Lijiang River, helping Guilin to build a world-class tourism city and transform the beautiful "green waters and green mountains" into High value "gold and silver".

On March 13, foreign media reporters experienced cooking snail noodles in Liuzhou.

Photo by Lin Xin

  In Liuzhou, an important industrial town in southwest China, reporters visited the snail noodle production line and the snail noodle cultural center to experience the fun of snail noodle.

"It's so delicious." Copali Pablo, the host and reporter of Argentina's public television, "showed off" three bowls of snail noodles.

  Liuzhou snail noodles are popular among diners at home and abroad for their unique flavors such as fresh, fragrant, sour, spicy and refreshing, and have now achieved leapfrog development in the industry.

According to statistics, the sales revenue of the entire industry chain of Liuzhou City's snail noodles in 2023 will be 66.99 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), of which the export value will reach 101 million yuan.

  The development of snail noodles reflects the huge potential and vitality of China's consumer market, which has amazed foreign media reporters.

"I didn't expect that a bowl of noodles could connect an industrial chain." Copali Pablo said.

On March 13, foreign media reporters experienced new energy vehicles in Liuzhou, Guangxi.

Photo by Liu Juncong

  As one of the five major automobile cities in China, Liuzhou City is actively developing the new energy vehicle industry, and the new energy vehicles "running" in the streets and alleys have become a beautiful scenery.

  "I am very lucky to be able to drive a Chinese new energy vehicle. Our country also needs this technology very much, which can help us save fuel costs." The host Abubakar Halshi Bakar from Tanzania told the camera about the test drive experience , hoping that the two sides will strengthen cooperation in the field of new energy vehicles.

  At Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co., Ltd., Copalli Pablo sat on the remote control seat of a 5G intelligent remote control loader and experienced the performance of this operating system.

  The technology he experienced can control loaders operating more than 2,000 kilometers away, and it is suitable for various working conditions, especially those that pose serious threats to personal safety and health.

"This innovative technology has brought great help to people, which is amazing." said Copali Pablo.

On March 12, foreign media reporters visited and interviewed the Han Dynasty Culture Museum in Hepu, Beihai, Guangxi.

Photo by Zhai Liqiang

  Beihai is one of the earliest departure ports of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.

The Hepu Han Dynasty Culture Museum, which mainly displays the history and culture of the Maritime Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, has a collection of more than 5,000 cultural relics, which confirms the history of trade between China and Southeast Asia, South Asia and even West Asia.

  During the visit, Catherine Gulua from Georgia took out the microphone from time to time and broadcast in front of the camera.

She said: "The exquisite cultural relics in the museum reflect the highly developed civilization of ancient China, and I want to introduce them to my audience." (End)