ON CHINESE MEDIA

Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra Subscription Concert 14

Date: May 5, 2022

Venue: Symphony Hall, Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall

Based on Shakespeare’s play,Beethoven’sCoriolan Overtureis distinguished by stark, combative passages in C minor in contrast to gentle yet compassionate sections in E-flat major, highlighting the conflict embedded in the tragedy.The piano solo part ofConcerto No.3, heroic and powerful, is quintessentially Beethoven.The composer suffered much hardship after Napoleon invaded Vienna, but managed to complete his final concerto, the“Emperor,” of that classical genre.

Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra Subscription Concert 15

Date: May 13, 2022

Venue: Symphony Hall, Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall

Mother Goose Rhymesis a historical collection of several hundred English children’s ditties, from which Maurice Ravel selected five to comprise the movements of his delightful suite.Mozart composed his rococo-tingedViolin Concerto No.3when he was 19 as a testament to his creative ingenuity.L’Arlesienneis a story about lovers’ reunion after half a century, to which Bizet wrote incidental music.HisSymphony No.1,Juveniliacompleted at age 17, is a harbinger of Bizet’s talent in the making.UNESCO, China’s Gansu Collaborate in Cultural Heritage Protection

The UNESCO and northwest China’s Gansu Province have signed a partnership agreement to promote cultural heritage protection and development of creative industries in the province.

At the virtual signing ceremony on March 24, Shahbaz Khan, director and representative of the UNESCO Beijing Office, said UNESCO is committed to continuing to support Gansu in becoming a “truly world class cultural center.”

UNESCO will bring in the best practices in site conservation and management, sustainable cultural tourism development, community involvement in heritage protection, safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, and development of cultural and creative industries,Khan said.

According to the agreement,UNESCO will provide solutions for the province to implement a cultural and creative industry development framework and hold training sessions on intangible cultural heritage protection and creative industries development.

The Gansu provincial government hopes the cooperation will allow it to share with the world its experience in cultural heritage protection and innovation so as to promote global cultural development, said Chen Weizhong, head of the Gansu provincial department of culture and tourism.

An Ancient Civilization Is Moving Towards A Cultural Power

Outlook Weekly

Issue 13, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the significance of Chinese culture in his report to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2017.Earlier this year the Chinese cultural elements at the opening ceremony of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games amazed the world.Later, Wang Yaping, China’sShenzhou-13 taikonaut, played a segment of a piece of traditional Chinese music via video link for the Lantern Festival celebrations.As China grows stronger, so does its people’s confidence in Chinese culture.

Scientists’ Business Startups

China Newsweek Issue 10, 2022

The synergy between industry, academia, and research has been advocated since the 1990s,but is not yet realized.Now,

numerous investors are looking for commercial opportunities in scientists’ laboratories.A wave of entrepreneurship led by scien-tists is sweeping the country.

County Digital Economy

Insight China Issue 9, 2022

China’s county-level

digital economy has formed a unique circle.All sectors from the industrial chain and supply chain to value chain have been upgraded and integrated in the process of produc-tion, distribution, circulation,and consumption.