Original title: "Hong Kong·Shanghai TV Week" opens in Hong Kong
The opening ceremony of "Hong Kong·Shanghai TV Week" and the Hong Kong premiere of "Why China" were held at the Hong Kong Palace Museum on the afternoon of the 27th.
Shanghai Radio and Television Station and Radio Television Hong Kong signed a memorandum of cooperation at the sixth meeting of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Cooperation Conference on the 26th, agreeing to further deepen friendly cooperation in the cultural field between Shanghai and Hong Kong, and organize "Hong Kong·Shanghai TV Week" to jointly say good things about China story, a tale of the twin cities of Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Song Jiongming, director of Shanghai Radio and Television Station, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony and expressed the hope that the programs selected for the "Hong Kong·Shanghai TV Week" can better promote mutual understanding, intimacy and integration between the people of Shanghai and Hong Kong. This cooperation between the two cities and two channels will write a new chapter in the media cooperation between the two places. The two parties will work together to lead the way, each show its strengths, jointly serve the country's high-quality development, and continue to write a wonderful story of two cities.
Mr. Cheung Kwok-choi, Director of the Broadcasting Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government and Director of Radio Television Hong Kong, said in his speech that Radio Television Hong Kong has always been committed to strengthening cooperation with mainland media and promoting Chinese culture to the world. The signing of a memorandum of cooperation with Shanghai Radio and Television Station and the joint presentation of "Hong Kong·Shanghai TV Week" symbolizes the determination of the two places' media to have closer ties.
At the opening ceremony, Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong SAR Government Zhuo Yongxing, and representatives from the SAR government, the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Radio Television Hong Kong, Shanghai Radio and Television and other institutions The guests jointly opened the "Hong Kong·Shanghai TV Week".
Starting from the 27th, a number of cultural and special programs of Shanghai Radio and Television will be broadcast on RTHK TV Channel 31, including the documentary "Why China", "Next Stop" introducing Shanghai culture, and a closer look at the treasures of the Shanghai Museum The second season of "The Great Treasure·Treasure Quest". In addition, the two channels also jointly produced a character feature film "Meeting in Two Cities", featuring exclusive interviews with Hong Kong people living in Shanghai and Shanghai people living in Hong Kong.
After the opening ceremony, the large-scale documentary "Why China" (Cantonese version) premiered in Hong Kong. The film was shot by Shanghai Radio and Television Station over a period of three years. It uses a documentary format combined with narrative scene re-enactments to show the history of China from the Paleolithic Age to the formation of the unified Qin and Han dynasties. It is a film-based brief history of early Chinese civilization.
Radio Television Hong Kong is the only public broadcasting and television organization in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has multiple free TV channels and broadcast frequencies covering Hong Kong.
(Xinhuanet)
