China News Service, August 27, Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Ma Xiaoguang said on the 27th when introducing the 8th Straits Youth Festival, this year’s Haiqing Festival will take "happiness and dream of homeland" as the theme, and innovatively explore "online+" In the “offline” model, 14 activities were carefully designed with the “cloud as the medium”.

Data map: Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Kejia

  A reporter asked that the 8th Strait Youth Festival is currently being held. This is the largest cross-strait youth exchange event since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia. Please introduce the relevant situation and characteristics of the event.

  Ma Xiaoguang said that on August 15, the 8th Strait Youth Festival, co-sponsored by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, the All-China Youth Federation, and the Fujian Provincial Government, was officially launched in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. This is the largest cross-strait youth exchange activity since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic. It has built a platform for cross-strait youth exchanges, exchanges, friendship, and integration, and continues to show the charm and strong brand effect of the Haiqing Festival. Mainly present the following characteristics:

  One is the unique form of activity. With the theme of "Happiness·Homeland Dream", this year’s Haiqing Festival, innovatively explored the "online + offline" model, "cloud as the medium" carefully designed 14 activities, focusing on the "cloud summit", "cloud There are four online exchange events, such as "Come on", "Cloud Live", and "Traveling through the Strait". The "Cloud Summit" has its main venue in Fuzhou and branch venues in Wuhan, Kunshan, Xiamen, Pingtan and Taipei. Various activities use video connection, Douyin interaction, live sharing and other methods on a large scale. Carry out extensive, instant, interactive, and sustainable cross-strait youth exchanges.

  Second, the actual effects of the activities have become more prominent. This year’s Haiqing Festival provides job docking and high-quality services for Taiwan’s youth to come to Fujian for employment and entrepreneurship. During the period, the first Fujian-Taiwan Talent Cooperation Forum released 2,349 positions for Taiwan’s youth; for the first time, new economic formats such as fashionable live broadcast and delivery have been integrated into various industries. Activities; break through the time and space restrictions caused by the epidemic in the form of "online + offline" activities, and deepen cross-strait youth exchanges; formulate epidemic prevention work plans, and establish a tripartite epidemic prevention joint by "event organizers", "venues" and "hotels" Control mechanism to ensure safe and orderly activities.

  Third, the exchange topics have received enthusiastic response, and this Haiqing Festival has attracted more than 60 million people's attention. The "Cloud Summit" spread over 72.68 million across the entire network, the "Come on Cloud" coastal live broadcast event reached 3.2 million viewers across the strait, the "Cloud Tour Strait" event had a total of 22.65 million views, and there were 230 media outlets across the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong. Reporters report on Haiqing Festival on all platforms such as Toutiao, Douyin, Facebook, Twitter and various media news clients. The "Cross-Strait Media Trip to Fuzhou" event launched a series of special reports on the "Haiqing Story" to encourage and support more Taiwan youths to land and develop. As of August 25, the total reading volume of event news reached 37 million, and the volume of video views reached more than 73 million.

  Currently, Haiqing Festival-related activities are still ongoing.