China News Agency, Guangzhou, May 15th (Reporter Fang Weibin and Wang Jian) ​​On the 15th, the award ceremony of the first Bay Area Youth Photography International Competition and the launching ceremony of the second Bay Area Youth Photography International Competition "One Heart Against the Epidemic" collection event were held in Guangzhou. .

  The event was hosted by the Youth Committee of Guangdong Chaoren Overseas Friendship Association (hereinafter referred to as "Guangdong Chaoqing").

Bai Ling, chairman of the judges of the Bay Area Youth Imaging International Competition, said that the first Bay Area Youth Imaging International Competition has encouraged a large number of outstanding young people at home and abroad, especially Hong Kong and Macau youth, to participate actively through online multi-channel submissions and offline film festival exchanges.

  According to reports, after half a year, the competition has received more than 3,300 works from 9 countries and regions around the world, including folk customs, overseas Chinese culture, scenery, architecture, music, opera, crafts, gardens, food, language and other categories.

The entries of this competition were selected by 16 experts, and finally 222 shortlisted works were selected, of which 200 won the Outstanding Work Award and 22 won the Theme Award.

  Miss Ding, the winner of the short video best editing award work "Awakening Lion", said that participating in the first Bay Area Youth Video International Competition and winning the award is more conducive to spreading Lingnan culture overseas. In the future, their team will bring more Lingnan culture to the world. Elements are integrated into the video creation process, showing the beauty of traditional Chinese culture to audiences at home and abroad.

  The event also attracted foreign friends living in the Greater Bay Area.

The short video best international exchange award work "Shenzhen 2050" tells the appearance of Shenzhen in 2050 from the perspective of a young German Scor.

Scor said that "Shenzhen 2050" has been loved by many young people after being broadcast on overseas platforms. He hopes to create more good works in the future to show the most authentic side of China to young people around the world.

  At the same time as the award ceremony of the first Bay Area Youth Imaging International Competition was held, the organizer also launched a collection of works for the 2nd Bay Area Youth Imaging International Competition "Anti-epidemic".

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