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SARAJEVO, October 28 (FENA) - As part of the co-operation of the Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT), Beijing TV and the Bosnian-Chinese Friendship Association (BKP Association), a television program "Beautiful Beijing" and the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Beijing 2022 were presented to Sarajevo citizens today.
A ceremony to mark the start of the collaboration between BHRT, Bejing TV and the BKP Association was hosted today in front of the Sarajevo City Center, which will be realized in the coming period through the broadcast of 52 episodes of the series "Beautiful Beijing".
The series will allow viewers in BiH to learn about Beijing's culture, art and technological innovations, and learn about Beijing's contemporary achievements.
Following the presentation of the series, the event was also a chance to present the Winter Olympic Games 2022 to be held in Beijing. Distinguished guests from all spheres of life - politics, culture, sports and academia attended the gathering in Sarajevo.
The beginning of the cooperation was officially marked by Deputy Mayor of the City of Sarajevo Ivica Šarić, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to BiH Ji Ping, Member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, Beijing Municipal Committee and Head of the United Workers' Front of the Communist Party of China Municipal Committee Beijing Qi Jing, Deputy Mayor of Sarajevo Milan Trivić, Director of the Information Office of the People's Government of Beijing Xu Hejian, Secretary General of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina Seid Fazlagić, Deputy Director-General of the Culture and Ceremonies Section of the Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympic Games 2022 Gao Tian, Deputy Director of Beijing TV Yue Min and on behalf of the BHRT Tvrtko Milović.
Deputy Mayor of the City of Sarajevo, Ivica Šarić, said that the cooperation of the two broadcasting services would bring China and its capital closer to BiH citizens, and that the experience that Sarajevo has had as a host of one of the best organized Olympic Games in history would be of use to Beijing.
He also stressed that Sarajevo and BiH should use Chinese extended arms of friendship and cooperation provided through the Belt and Road Initiative and the 17 + 1 mechanism.
Šarić expressed belief that the friendship of BiH and China will last and that it should be carefully cultivated in all fields.
Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to BiH Ji Ping in his speech said that through the Belt and Road Initiative and the 17 + 1 mechanism, cooperation between China and BiH has intensified, and that the promotion and broadcasting of the "Beautiful Beijing" program is a new step in that cooperation, which will contribute to bring even closer the peoples of China and BiH.
“I am very pleased as a citizen of Beijing to open a window to this wonderful city for the citizens of BiH, and as an ambassador of the People's Republic of China to BiH, I am building a friendship between our two countries. I hope the China-BiH friendship will last forever," said Ji Ping.
Deputy Director-General of the Department for Culture and Ceremonies of the Organizing Committee of the Winter Olympic Games 2022 Gao Tian expressed her satisfaction with attending this event and an opportunity to present the preparatory actions taken by the Organizing Committee.
She stated that Beijing would be the first "double Olympic city", that is, the first city to host both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.
Shee hopes that through the effort invested and exceptional games that will be held, they will manage to display Chinese history and culture and demonstrate the latest developments and show the world an image of an open and self- confident China. She presented the attendees with the important cultural symbols, the coat of arms and mascots of the 2022Winter Olympic Games.
Director of the Information Office of the People's Government, Municipality of Beijing Xu Hejian expressed satisfaction with his stay in Sarajevo, noting that there are many similarities with Beijing – both are capital cities, hosts of the Olympic Games, but also cities with a rich and long history.
Visitors had the opportunity to get acquainted with the top artistic and creative products of Beijing-based manufacturer "Sanshan Wuyuan", to participate in a creative paper-cutting workshop and other curiosities prepared by the Confucius Institute in Sarajevo.
A large number of visitors gathered at the booth with Beijing cultural products, where they viewed and inquired with great care about the Summer Palace cultural products, which represent the perfect combination of Chinese culture and modern creativity, presented by China Culture Tourism and Creativity.
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