China Hour, China Audiovisual Month launched in Peru

The launch ceremony for Peru's China Hour TV program and China Audiovisual Month was held in Lima, the capital of Peru, on Wednesday.

Guests from the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, China's National Radio and Television Administration, the Peruvian Congress, the Ministry of Education of Peru, and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of Peru, along with business representatives from both countries, attended the event. In a congratulatory message, Eduardo Salhuana Cavides, president of the Congress of Peru, emphasized that with joint efforts, cultural exchanges between Peru and China will yield even more fruitful results and play an active role in enhancing mutual understanding and promoting friendly relations between the two peoples.

Peruvian Congressman Segundo Quiroz Barboza expressed his eagerness for the China Hour to become a new highlight in the cultural exchange between the two countries, fostering China-Peru cultural exchanges and cooperation.

Chinese guests expressed their willingness to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Peru in management, industrial planning, program creation, technological research and development, and human resources training in the field of radio and television and online audiovisual.

The launch of China Hour will bring dozens of high-quality Chinese audiovisual programs, including The Three-Body Problem based on a novel by the Chinese science fiction author Liu Cixin, Minning Town which tells the story of people in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region getting out of poverty, and The Tale of Rose--a TV drama series telling the story of the heroine's growth, career and love from her teenage years to middle age, to the Peruvian audience.

The launch ceremony was steered by China's State Council Information Office and China's National Radio and Television Administration, and sponsored by the Publicity Department of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, the Chongqing Radio and Television Bureau, and the Culture and Cultural Heritage Committee of Congress of Peru.

China Hour, China Audiovisual Month launched in Peru

The Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge (Xiamen section) entered a new phase of marine construction on Monday morning, marked by the completion of the east tower's piling work of the Liuwudian Channel Bridge, a pivotal component of the project, in Xiamen of Fujian Province in east China.

The Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge (Xiamen section) spans 17.34 km and is designed to link the Xiamen island with the Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport that is currently under construction. The Liuwudian Channel Bridge is the province's first offshore suspension bridge and largest span bridge with a total length of 1,948 meters and a main span of 928 meters in length.

The pile foundation of the east bridge tower was completed on Monday after four months of work, while that of the west one is expected to finish at the end of this month.

Confronted with complex geological conditions and the challenge of transporting materials to the offshore construction site, the team newly built a large-scale mixing station and employed six rotary drilling rigs which operated around the clock.

With a total investment of 37.27 billion yuan (about 5.12 billion U.S. dollars), the Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge (Xiamen section) will become the most efficient connection between the Xiamen island and the Xiang'an Airport. Once completed, it will ease traffic congestion and greatly enhance transport efficiency in the region.

The Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge (Xiamen section) started construction in October 2023, and is expected to be completed simultaneously with the Xiang'an Airport Expressway in 2026.

Kinmen is an important hub for interaction across the Taiwan Strait. Growing trade and commercial links between Kinmen and Xiamen have made the building of the bridge a common desire of many people in the region.

Xiamen-Kinmen Bridge enters marine construction stage