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Preface
Telling Vivid Chinese Stories to the World
In his speech delivered at the National Conference on Publicity and
Ideological Work in August 2015, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said: “We should
tell Cinese stories and let the world know more of China.” This provides a
fundamental basis for international communication. Since the initiation of
the reform and opening up program in late 1978, the international influence
of China has greatly improved and the international community has paid
unprecendented attention to China. It has become an important and urgent issue
to strengthen the construction of international communication capacity, enhance
the creativity, appeal and credibility and show the world a real, stereoscopic and
comprehensive China.
Since its establishment in 1992, the China Central Television International
Channel (CCTV4) has been adhering to the principle of “news+culture”.
Through updating its forms of international communications, showing the image
of China and vividly, and displaying the exchanges and mutual learning of
various civilizations at home and abroad, CCTV4 works hard to build a worldclass
new mainstream media entity with strong leadership, communication
ability and influence, better meeting the needs of a Chinese-language audience of more than 200 million around the world. The program “Foreinger in China”
has made positive exploration in this respect, it reflects the reality of China, tells
Chinese stories and displays China’s development from the unique perspective
of foreigners.
The book series of the same name adapted from the program includes four
books, namely My Happy Life in China, My Story About Learning Culture
in China, My Story About Realizing Dreams in China, and the fourth volume
My Story About Doing Business in China, captured wonderful stories of
many foreign friends in China. They are French designer Berenice who loves
China’s intangible cultural heritage, young people from Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) member countries, and Diarra, the first traditional Chinese
medicine (TCM) practitioner from Mali…Their stories are real, vivid and
meaningful, which lively convey the profound accumulation and eternal charm of Chinese
Chinese civilization, show the good image and sonorous pace of contemporary
China, and elaborate the profound connotation of the development of
civilization in exchange and mutual learning, and the increasingly common
destiny of mankind.
Besides the focusing on the stories of ordinary people, “Foreigner insonorous pace of contemporary
China, and elaborate the profound connotation of the development of
civilization in exchange and mutual learning, and the increasingly common
destiny of mankind.
Besides the focusing on the stories of ordinary people, “Foreigner inn
