'Witness Shaanxi to Catch up and Surpass – 2017 CRI Chinese and Foreign Journalists Seeing Shaanxi Interviews' event wraps up

Cheng Bin, a deputy director of the management committee of Xi’an Chan-ba Ecological District is interviewed by Chinese and foreign journalists. [Photo: CRI Online]

The seven-day “Witness Shaanxi to Catch up and Surpass – 2017  China Radio International (CRI) Chinese and Foreign Journalists Seeing Shaanxi Interviews” event wrapped up on April 29th, 2017. Journalists from 20 different language departments of CRI and other Chinese state and local Shaanxi media organizations visited Xi’an, Baoji and Xianyang in Shaanxi Province, which helped them to show a new image of the province to the world.

In Xi’an, the team of journalists visited various local districts dedicated to free trade, innovation, financial services, ecological development and other modern industries, witnessing firsthand the latest social and economic progress of the ancient Chinese capital and the vital role it is playing in China’s “Belt and Road” initiative.

CRI’s foreign journalists leave comments in a local’s guest book at the site of the Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) capital Chang'an.  [Photo: CRI Online]

In Baoji and Xianyang, the journalists visited the Shaanxi Qinchuan Machine Tool & Tool Group, the BAOTi Group and the Xianyang Emerging Textile Industry Park. These visits helped to demonstrate the latest results in Shaanxi’s advanced manufacturing industry.  

Additionally, CRI’s journalists also visited a number of cultural heritage sites, including the Terracotta Warriors, the Huaqing Palace and the ancient Xi’an city wall.

CRI’s Chinese and foreign journalists take a group photo at the Yuan village, a tourist destination, in Xianyang, Shaanxi. [Photo: CRI Online]

The team of journalists also shared their experiences with their readers across the world. According to the latest data, more than 200 articles, along with nearly 500 social media posts, were produced by the journalists during the event. One Facebook post featuring a video of the Terracotta Warriors, produced by CRI’s Arabic Service, was viewed more than 470,000 times within 12 hours after it was posted.

The interview event was jointly sponsored by the Shaanxi Provincial Cyberspace Administration, the External Publicity Office of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and CRI Online. More than 70 journalists from 20 different language departments of CRI and other Chinese state and local Shaanxi media organizations participated in the event.