WenzhouDaily awarded as Zhejiang International Culture Exchange Base
On Dec. 4, the “2020 International Culture Exchange Week”, which was titled "Focus on Zhejiang" and hosted by Zhejiang Provincial Culture & Tourism Department, was launched in Shaoxing, an ancient city of Zhejiang.
At the launching ceremony, 7 units in Zhejiang province were listed as Zhejiang International Culture Exchange Base. Wenzhou Overseas Media Center (WenzhouDaily) was listed among them. It’s also the only selected unit in Wenzhou.
In the first half of this year, Zhejiang Provincial Government launched the construction of the "Zhejiang International Culture Exchange Base", focusing on international exchanges & cooperation, overseas cultural communication and international image building-up, to reflect the characteristics of Zhejiang and the image of China.
It is reported that over the years, Wenzhou Overseas Media Center (WenzhouDaily) has established an international volunteer team, which is mainly composed of foreigners. At the same time, it has created an international media matrix composed of more than 40 domestic and foreign media outlets, and produced the original bilingual video program "Meet China" , which is aimed to introduce China from the perspective of foreigners.
British anchor Alex participated in the shooting of the video program
Wenzhou Overseas Media Center (WenzhouDaily) also established the “International Communication & Social Media Influencer Center of Wenzhou Center”, and set up the "Meeting·Wuma" Livestreaming Studio in Wuma Street, a celebrity street in Wenzhou. More than 20 foreigners have been appointed as the first batch of "Ambassadors for Wenzhou International Internet Cultural Communication". They continuously show the beauty of Wenzhou to the whole world through the live broadcasts and the special cultural tours in various counties (cities, districts) every week.
Foreign anchor Brett from South Africa was performing outside the "Meeting·Wuma" Livestreaming Studio
In order to strengthen cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries and help improve Wenzhou’s international service level, Wenzhou Overseas Media Center (WenzhouDaily) opened a bilingual service hotline for foreigners (4008678110), and established an “Immigration Service Center” in conjunction with the Wenzhou Public Security Immigration Administration.
The bilingual service hotline for foreigners (4008678110)
The person in charge of the Wenzhou Overseas Media Center (WenzhouDaily) stated that it’s a great honor to be awarded as the Zhejiang International Culture Exchange Base. It will be a "golden card" helping WenzhouDaily to organize more foreign cultural exchanges. In the future, WenzhouDaily will further strengthen the cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries through various online and offline events and fully demonstrate the charm of “ Poetry & Painting Zhejiang”.
American photographer Roman recorded the beauty of Zhejiang with his lens
Furthermore, we welcome more foreign friends to join our international culture exchange team, and work together to promote the better and faster development of Chinese and foreign cultural exchanges.
Foreign anchor Michaela From South African won the award through our video ”The 3 minutes I spent with the Ou opera”
List of other 6 awarded units in Zhejiang Province:
1.China Silk Museum,2.Wuzhen Scenic Area, 3.Zhejiang Wanli College, 4.Jimingshan Community, Jiangdong Street, Yiwu, 5.Zhejiang Normal University, 6.Liangzhu Ancient City Site.
