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on the eve of the opening of the forum on china-africa cooperation summit, a "chinese drama fever" swept across many african countries. the china media group translated and launched the "china-africa romance" (season 5) - an exhibition and broadcast event of outstanding chinese film and television works. chinese film and television programs in seven languages ​​including english, french, arabic, and swahili were successively shown on tv screens and offline screens in egypt, south africa, tanzania, ghana, chad and other african countries. not only did a large number of cctv's high-quality original documentaries such as "the road to prosperity", "searching for ancient china", "the profile of chinese music" and "the origins and development" bring a wave of chinese enthusiasm, but many domestic tv dramas and film works also set off a trend of chasing after them.

△ "china-africa romance" season 5 - chinese film and television program exhibition poster

since may 30, many chinese tv series, including the english version of welcome, the arabic version of little joy, the french version of going where the wind runs, and the year without work, have been broadcast on mainstream african tv channels, including ghana golden digital tv, tanzania channel 10, south africa's durban tv, botswana national tv, south sudan's juba echo tv, egypt's heya tv, egypt's etc tv, and chad's tumayi tv. among them, welcome had a national rating of about 14.6% in ghana's prime time, ranking among the top five in the same period. audience christopher adama said: "my colleagues and i often get together to discuss the work and life of young chinese people in the drama, which is very interesting!" kuku pepra said: "chinese tv dramas are very exciting, and the modern cities seen in the drama are really beautiful. you must go and see them."

abibou garba, director of world tv, one of niger's most popular tv stations, said, "the upcoming french version of the tv series 'where the wind runs' is very meaningful. it not only celebrates the convening of the forum on china-africa cooperation summit in beijing, but also helps the people of niger to understand the life and socio-economic development of the chinese people through tv series. this is undoubtedly the best way to deepen the friendly cooperation and friendship between the two countries and the peoples."

△the english version of the tv series "welcome" was broadcast in south africa

in addition to broadcasting on large-screen tvs, cgtn also held offline screenings to bring many chinese films into the lives of african people. the arabic version of "the girls", the english version of "a good place on the tree", the swahili version of "clouds on the ground" and "dear south" and other chinese feature films and documentaries were screened in cairo, egypt and zanzibar, tanzania.

on august 19, egyptian audiences who watched the arabic version of "the tornado girls" at the cairo chinese cultural center expressed their strong interest in chinese film and television programs and chinese culture. audience member abdulrahman said he was excited to see a chinese film dubbed by egyptians; cairo university student omar said chinese films were full of love and "positive energy" that made him believe that he would realize his dream one day.

△egyptian audiences watched the arabic version of "the tornado girls" and actively interacted

on august 23rd local time, the swahili version of the chinese films "clouds on the ground" and "dear south" and the english version of "a good place on the tree" were screened in the stone town of zanzibar castle in tanzania. many teachers, students and residents of the confucius institute in zanzibar came to watch. after watching the films, omar, chairman of the zanzibar international film festival, said that he learned a lot from chinese films and was looking forward to the african film screenings that will be held in china in 10 days. he hoped that chinese audiences could also learn about tanzanian culture through movies, so that the deep friendship between the two countries would be more solid.

△the swahili version of "clouds on the ground" and other movies were screened in zanzibar

since 2021, china media group has launched four seasons of the "china-africa romance" chinese film and television program exhibition and broadcast activities, broadcasting more than 120 outstanding chinese film and television programs, reaching a total of nearly 500 million african audiences.

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(cctv news client)