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Chinese series heads for US
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THE "2001 Places of China" television series, sponsored by America Times East Media Group and FASNO Media Broadcasting Network, made its debut in Washington on Monday, kicking off a grand TV gala on "the land of dragon" in a scale never seen in American history.
Liu Xiaoming, Minister and Deputy Chief of the Chinese Mission in Washington, told a press conference that the TV series will be simultaneously broadcast on 17 television stations in 14 states across the United States.
It is the first event of such kind in this country to showcase China -- a nation with both an ancient civilization of some 5,000 years and a dynamic, vibrant society of rapid social and economic development, Liu said.
According to a news release, the first session of the TV programme, to be held through the end of June, will highlight China's 12 western provinces, cities and autonomous regions.
The series will first put on show 150 documentary episodes, totalling 25 hours, and the accumulative total broadcast time will be 175 hours, the news release said.
The series is designed to promote the understanding and friendship between the American and Chinese people, the sponsors said in the news release.
"Both China and the United States are great countries. And it is important for our two countries and two peoples to know more about each other and to understand each other better," Liu Xiaoming said.
He praised America Time East Media Group for its efforts towards "bridging the gap between the two countries separated not only by vast distances of mountains and oceans, but also by some protracted differences of systems and values."
America Time East Media Group, which is based in north America and reaches out worldwide, will also trial launch "Beijing Times,"a Chinese and English newspaper, on May 1 this year.
The media group, a multiple-business enterprise devoted to the promotion of cultural exchanges between the east the west, now owns eight subsidiary businesses in the United States, including radio, television, newspaper, magazine as well as Internet operations.
The media group, with partners coming from the US, the UK, China and southeast Asia, representing almost 1,000 television stations and media institutions, covers 65 percent of the world.
(Xinhua)
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