The China Global Television Network (CGTN) has published a special short video to celebrate the Year of the Horse ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 17 this year.
Titled "The Year at a Gallop", it presents a unique artistic interpretation of the horse as a universal symbol of strength, courage and progress.
The video shows the process of a magnificent horse being painted on the world’s largest sheet of xuan paper, measuring 11 by 3.3 meters. The result is a stunning work describing a horse in calligraphy and a traditional Chinese painting style.
The video also features the word "horse" in 85 languages, emphasizing the horse's appeal as a symbol transcending cultures and embodying CGTN's sincere greetings to its global audience.
The Spring Festival is one of the most important holidays in China, celebrated with family reunions and wishes for good luck in the coming year.
CGTN releases promo on celebrating Year of Horse
CGTN releases promo on celebrating Year of Horse
China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao outlined the key priorities of the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting, which opened on Friday in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province.
In an interview with CGTN ahead of the two-day meeting, Wang said free trade, digital cooperation and green economy are high on the agenda of the meeting.
"The key areas include advancing regional economic integration and the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, supporting the World Trade Organization (WTO) in strengthening digital cooperation and developing green economy. At present, the international situation is marked by intertwined turbulence and chaos, with intensified geopolitical instability. The rise of unilateralism and protectionism poses serious challenges to the international economic and trade order, disrupting global and Asia-Pacific development. Against this backdrop, all parties have higher expectations for this trade ministers' meeting, hoping that it can build consensus and deliver outcomes," Wang said.
This year marks China's third time hosting the APEC meetings and the 35th anniversary of its membership.
By 2025, China had become the largest trading partner of 13 APEC economies. Trade between China and APEC economies reached 3.7 trillion U.S. dollars, accounting for 57.8 percent of China's total foreign trade.
China has signed 24 free trade agreements or economic and trade arrangements with 31 countries and regions, including 15 APEC economies. In recent years, China has also completed upgrades of free trade agreements with APEC economies such as Singapore and Peru.
The minister said that China has always been a firm supporter and an important contributor to APEC.
"We have actively shared our vast market and development opportunities with all parties. China's door to the world will only open wider and wider. Facing the common challenges, China will continue to fulfill its responsibilities as a major country, further deepen reform, expand high-standard opening-up, and continue to provide new opportunities for the Asia-Pacific region and the world with its new achievements in Chinese modernization," the minister said.
China's Commerce Minister outlines priorities for 32nd APEC trade ministers' meeting
