after attending the forum on china-africa cooperation summit in china, 35 journalists from 31 african countries "checked in" in chongqing
2024-09-07
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“although i often see this beautiful city of chongqing on social networks, i am still shocked by this city when i am actually there!” on september 7, at the chongqing liziba rail passing-through-building check-in point, abubakar baka, a reporter from the zanzibar radio and television station of tanzania, took photos with his mobile phone from time to time to record the moment of passing through the building and praised the magical transportation in the mountain city.
from september 6 to 10, 35 journalists from 31 african countries who came to china to cover the 2024 forum on china-africa cooperation summit started their visit in chongqing. this is the largest african foreign media group visiting chongqing in recent years. chongqing is the only place the group visited after leaving beijing. this visit is also one of the "@chongqing@world" foreign affairs brand activities created by the chongqing municipal government foreign affairs office.
chongqing planning exhibition hall was the first stop of the media delegation's visit to chongqing. on the morning of september 7, the african foreign media delegation learned about chongqing through various exhibition forms such as flat display boards, multimedia screens, interactive platforms, large and small models, and restored scenes.
after getting to know the mountains, rivers, and customs of chongqing, the group went to shancheng lane to experience chongqing's traditional tea culture and enjoy the sichuan opera face-changing performance. omar diaye, a reporter from senegal's le soleil, praised chongqing after tasting the special covered bowl tea, saying that chongqing is a beautiful city with wonderful people, and he also hopes to learn about china's tea culture.
abubakar baka, a reporter from zanzibar radio and television in tanzania, said frankly that he felt the sense of chinese history and culture in shancheng lane. "the chinese truly love and protect their culture. many chinese also come to africa to work and live, and experience some cultures from african countries and africans. i think this is a process of mutual sharing."
in addition to experiencing the mountain city culture, the african journalists also visited the chongqing haifu science and technology industrial park to get a close look at chongqing's "black technology".
in the exhibition hall, the staff demonstrated the hifu technology to the african journalists, which attracted wide attention from the journalists. "what surgeries can be performed with this technology?" "which african countries have used this technology?" "can our country introduce it?" the journalists rushed to interview the person in charge at the scene.
the high-intensity focused ultrasound tumor treatment equipment independently developed and produced by chongqing haifu technology co., ltd. has been exported to many african countries including egypt, south africa, nigeria and tanzania for the treatment of patients with benign and malignant tumors.
"china's medical development is accelerating. it is very gratifying to see that china is constantly developing medicine and making great progress in medicine. i hope that china can cooperate with our country in the future and bring this technology to my country." mohamed atigue, a reporter from mauritania's people's daily, said. astashama chitamon, a reporter from the mauritius broadcasting corporation, said that she hoped that this technology could be introduced to more african countries and truly benefit the local people.
in the next itinerary, the media group will also visit dazu to learn about chongqing's intangible cultural heritage, experience modern agriculture in chongqing modern agriculture high-tech park, and see new energy applications in changan automobile global r&d center. they will interview and report from multiple angles on chongqing's economic and social development achievements, opening-up and cooperation, especially chongqing's practice of china-africa cooperation, etc., from the aspects of urban planning, industrial ecology, traditional culture, grassroots governance, and international communication.
upstream news reporter tan xu
