International Online Report (Reporter Zhang Jinghao): Zhao Yuan, Honorary President of the Swiss-China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association and President of the Switzerland-China Cultural and Art Exchange Association, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from the main station that he watched the live broadcast of the opening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. , deeply encouraged, he will continue to make contributions to the cultural exchange between Switzerland and China.
Zhao Yuan, Honorary President of Switzerland-China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association and President of Switzerland-China Cultural and Art Exchange Association, accepted an exclusive interview with reporters from the main station.
Although there is a 6-hour time difference between Switzerland and China, Zhao Yuan, Honorary President of the Swiss-China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association and President of the Switzerland-China Cultural and Art Exchange Association, still watched the live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. He said that General Secretary Xi Jinping's report comprehensively summarized the development achievements since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which deeply moved and encouraged the patriotic overseas Chinese living overseas.
Zhao Yuan said that as a musician who has lived in Switzerland for decades, in recent years, especially in the past ten years, he has personally felt the growing influence of China's development achievements in various fields in Switzerland, and the attractiveness of Chinese culture. It is getting stronger and stronger, "especially in terms of cultural identity, not only the second generation of overseas Chinese have a deeper and deeper identity with Chinese culture, but also love the culture of their ancestral country more and more. People, that is, the people around Switzerland and the European people where we live, have also learned more and more deeply about Chinese culture and China's modernization process. Through understanding Chinese culture, we can further understand China's modernization process, and China Contribution to the world, these are inseparable from telling Chinese stories well and promoting cultural exchanges. As a musician, my experience in this area has become stronger and stronger in the past ten years.”
Zhao Yuan said, held in Switzerland In many music events, the Swiss traditional music played by Chinese musician has won strong resonance with the local people. The excellent traditional culture of China has also been widely spread in Switzerland, which invisibly promotes the local people's deep understanding, understanding and love of Chinese culture, and also promotes the friendship between the two countries. "For example, the Geneva Cantonal Orchestra I once conducted played the popular Chinese works "Welcome to the Motherland", "Sing to the Motherland", "Athletes' March", etc. These works have produced great repercussions in Swiss society and European society, and they are shocking This kind of scene is often seen in our cultural exchange activities and in concerts where musicians from the two countries cooperate. So I have to emphasize here that cultural exchanges, cultural 'going out', this This kind of strength and appeal plays a vital role in the mutual understanding and friendship between the peoples of the two countries (China and Switzerland), and between the Chinese people and the local people in Europe." Spread the power of civilization and influence, tell Chinese stories well, spread Chinese voices well, and present a credible, lovely and respectable image of China. It is necessary to deepen exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and promote Chinese culture to better spread to the world. Zhao Yuan said that he was very encouraged and he would continue to make the best efforts for the cultural exchange between Sweden and China: "I have noticed that in the report, General Secretary Xi particularly talked about the development of Chinese culture and the 'going out' of Chinese culture. This paragraph (content) is a very big inspiration and motivation for those of us who are engaged in cultural exchanges and cultural work. So in the next five years, I have also set a very clear goal for myself. I will definitely make the greatest efforts in various fields such as cultural exchanges between China and Switzerland and between China and European countries under the framework of the cultural 'going out' strategy. We will do our best to continue to display and promote Chinese culture (overseas). , especially (to show) a world-class music culture with the greatest effort."
