China, Hungary celebrate 75 years of diplomatic ties with cultural event in Budapest

The 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Hungary was celebrated in Budapest on Wednesday with a cultural event hosted by China Media Group (CMG) and the Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA) of Hungary, held to coincide with Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Hungary.

Former Hungarian President Pal Schmitt, former Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy, CMG president Shen Haixiong, chief executive of MTVA Daniel Papp, and Boglarka Illes, state secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, spoke at the event which was attended by renowned figures from the political, economic, cultural, artistic, academic and media circles of China and Hungary.

Speakers at the celebration noted that over the past 75 years, China and Hungary have maintained mutual trust and support, with their friendly cooperative relationship continuously developing, adding that in recent years China-Hungary ties have achieved unprecedented progress.

The speakers also expressed confidence that media cooperation between the two countries will further promote mutual understanding between the Chinese and Hungarian peoples, strengthening and deepening the enduring China-Hungary friendship.

Several collaborative projects were launched at the event, including the broadcasting of CMG programs in Hungary, co-production of documentaries, and CMG's cooperation with the prestigious Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, formerly known as the Royal Hungarian Academy of Music, which was founded in 1875 by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, who is considered the greatest piano virtuoso of his time.

To deepen China-Hungary friendship and document their friendship, CMG and MTVA announced the broadcasting of a short documentary series about China's modernization and the production of a documentary commemorating the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties.

China and Hungary will enhance collaboration in areas like film, television and music production, personnel exchanges, academic cooperation, information sharing, and technological innovation, jointly promoting cultural and people-to-people exchanges.

Additionally, CMG teamed up with media outlets across Europe to launch the "When Tai Chi Meets Symphony" China-EU Youth Creation and Sharing Season, engaging young people through creative, interactive activities on social media platforms to facilitate broader dialogue between Chinese and European youngsters.

China, Hungary celebrate 75 years of diplomatic ties with cultural event in Budapest

The Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve in northwest China's Qinghai Province has been attracting tourists from across the country recently as Tibetan antelopes have started their annual mass migration in the high-altitude World Natural Heritage Site and local ecological systems continue to improve.

Hoh Xil means "beautiful young lady" in Mongolian. Covering 45,000 square kilometers, the average altitude of the plateau is above 4,600 meters. The place is home to dozens of wild animals like Tibetan antelopes and wild yaks apart from many wild plants found only on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the highest plateau in the world.

As Hoh Xil's ecological environment continues to improve, more and more tourists have come to visit the remote place tucked away high on the plateau.

"We drove all the way from Zhejiang to Hoh Xil. I saw lots of wild animals like Tibetan antelopes, wild kiangs and other wildlife. On our way here, I saw many workers of the national nature reserve who were performing their duty of conserving the environment and natural ecology of Hoh Xil, so the ecological environment here in Hoh Xil is really getting better and better," said Xue Yu, a tourist from east China's coastal province Zhejiang.

In 2017, Hoh Xil was added to the World Natural Heritage List, making it the 51th World Heritage Site in China.

Tibetan antelope migration, improved ecological environment draw tourists to Hoh Xil