CMG launches multiple cooperation projects with HKSAR government

China Media Group (CMG) launched multiple cooperation projects with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Monday.

According to a cooperation agreement, CMG will become the main broadcaster of the 15th National Games competitions in Hong Kong, along with those of the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities, and the 9th National Special Olympic Games in the region, which are set to take place in November and December this year.

Meanwhile, the Hong Kong screening of quality film and television programs produced by CMG was also launched.

The programs include documentaries recording China's celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, Beijing's hotline service for residents, and astronauts' life and work in China's Tiangong space station.

The multilateral system is "under attack" amid global turmoil, President of the 80th UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock warned in her remarks on Wednesday.

In her briefing on the priorities for the resumed 80th Session of the General Assembly, the UNGA president noted that the current multilateral system does not collapse all in a sudden, but "crumbles piece by piece" in divisions, compromises, and lack of political commitment.

The president called all the UN member states to defend the UN Charter and international law and promote cross-regional cooperation.

She also urged to push forward the work of the UNGA on certain critical issues with a strong majority, rather than an absolute consensus among all member states. Such act is not a failure of multilateralism, but "an affirmation of it," she said.

The foundational principles of the institution should not be eroded by appeasement, she said, calling the member states to show courage, leadership, and responsibility at the UN's "critical make-or-break moment."

"The UN needs you. Your support, your leadership, your principle, stand, your cross-regional cooperation, if we are to preserve and modernize this institution, if we are to make it, rather than break it," she said.