The 600-meter Canton Tower, the most famous landmark in Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, officially launched a spectacular 5-minute and 45-second themed light show on Thursday night to celebrate the upcoming 15th National Games.
The light display showcased vibrant colors of orange, pink and green, symbolizing the spirit of the Games. It sequentially interpreted themes such as "Blossom," "Glory," "Climb" and "Starry Sky," vividly capturing the passion for sports and the rhythm of urban development. The show provided both residents and tourists with a visual feast that blended the excitement of the Games with the charm of Guangzhou.
Additionally, the Canton Tower unveiled its new daily light show themed "New Rhythm of the Bay Area." This design integrates Lingnan culture with the spirit of the Greater Bay Area city cluster in south China comprising nine cities in Guangdong and the neighboring Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, with the lighting lasting about 4 minutes and 20 seconds each time. In the future, this show will alternate with the tower's classic lighting to highlight the city's unique fusion of ancient civilization and modern culture, as well as its global connections.
The Lingnan culture, also known as the Cantonese culture, refers to the regional Chinese culture of the region of Lingnan: twin provincial-lvel regions of Guangdong and Guangxi, the names of which mean "eastern expanse" and "western expanse", respectively.
The 15th National Games will open on Sunday across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, marking the first time three regions have co-hosted the country's premier multi-sport event.
Guangzhou's Canton Tower lit up for 15th National Games
Zhao Leji, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, held talks with Tomio Okamura, speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, in Beijing on Thursday.
Noting that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-Czech strategic partnership, Zhao, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said China stands ready to work with the Czech side to carry forward traditional friendship, enhance mutual understanding and trust, strengthen exchanges and cooperation, and promote the sound and steady growth of bilateral relations.
Zhao called on both sides to consolidate the political foundation of their ties, sustain the momentum of improvement in bilateral relations, and resume and step up exchanges and interactions at all levels and across all fields.
Both sides should further tap cooperation potential, give full play to the role of mechanisms such as the economic joint committee between China and Czech and the China-Central and Eastern European Countries Expo, explore ways to strengthen cooperation in new energy, electric vehicles and other fields, and support enterprises of the two countries in expanding investment cooperation, Zhao added.
The NPC is ready to enhance friendly exchanges with the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, carry out mutual learning and exchanges on legislative supervision, economic development, improvement of people's livelihood, formulate, revise and ratify legal documents conducive to bilateral cooperation, and maintain close communication and collaboration within multilateral mechanisms such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Zhao said.
Zhao also said China is willing to work with all countries, including the Czech Republic, to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence and promote the establishment of a fair and equitable global governance system for AI.
Okamura said the Czech Republic adheres to the one-China policy, adding that it hopes to strengthen tourism cooperation with China and welcome more Chinese tourists to visit the Czech Republic, expand cooperation in areas such as economy and trade, cultural relic exhibitions, and direct flights, and enhance people-to-people exchanges.
The Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic stands ready to strengthen friendly exchanges with China's NPC and enhance the friendship between the two peoples, Okamura added.
China's top legislator holds talks with speaker of Czech Chamber of Deputies
