Awards ceremony of the fourth Belt and Road Initiative Short Video Competition held online

The awards ceremony of the fourth Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Short Video Competition was held online on Dec. 28. It was livestreamed and featured a metaverse venue where participants joined the event in digital form.

The competition was organized by the China Public Diplomacy Association, News Center of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, Global Times Online (Huanqiu.com), Cyberspace Administration of Jiangsu Province, co-organized by Cyberspace Administration of Wuxi Municipality, Wuxi Foreign Affairs Office, Cyberspace Administration of Wuxi’s Xishan District and assisted by Hodo Group.

Voting system of the short video competition was exclusively offered by Kuaishou, and the competition also partnered StarTimes and Inmyshow Digital.

A series of awards were issued at the ceremony, including the Integration of Civilizations Award, Popularity Award, Voice of the Generation Z Award, Public Benefit Activity Award and Most Beautiful BRI Co-builders Award.

Some participants watched award-winning short videos at the ceremony in person, while some visited the event’s metaverse venue or joined it via livestreaming.

In the metaverse venue of the awards ceremony, a digital collectible was launched, which reflects the vision of Belt and Road countries to further deepen their friendship and people-to-people bond.

Zhang Yong, who’s in charge of the Cyber Communication Bureau of the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, said at the ceremony that the BRI, as a vivid practice of building a community with a shared future for mankind, connects China’s development with that of other developing countries and provides a new channel for promoting connectivity and cross-regional cooperation among participating countries.

Luo Linquan, vice president of the China Public Diplomacy Association, said the China-proposed BRI creates opportunities for the entire world, and projects under the initiative have not…