The Secretary-General of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Ahmed Nadeem has extended warm greetings to global audiences celebrating the Chinese New Year, praising the enduring partnership with China Media Group (CMG) and wishing success for the upcoming Spring Festival Gala.
In his video message, Nadeem described the CMG Spring Festival Gala as a cherished occasion that unites families in celebration of shared cultural traditions, extending his best wishes for its continued success.
The gala, set to be aired on Chinese New Year's Eve on Feb 16 this year, will combine traditional Chinese culture with modern stagecraft, as well as cross-cultural performances featuring international artists.
Commonly known as "Chunwan" in Chinese, the gala has been broadcast live every Chinese New Year's Eve since 1983 and has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the most-watched annual television program on the planet.
The full text of his message is as follows:
On behalf of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union，I would like to extend my warmest greetings and best wishes to everyone celebrating the Chinese New Year.
As we welcome the Year of the Horse, a symbol of strength, vitality, and forward momentum, may this new year bring renewed energy, resilience, and confidence as we move ahead together.
I would also like to express our sincere appreciation to China Media Group for its continued support and close collaboration with ABU.
We greatly value this partnership and look forward to strengthening our cooperation in the year ahead.
I extend my best wishes to China Media Group for the continued success of the CMG Spring Festival Gala, a cherished occasion that brings families together to celebrate shared cultural traditions.
May this Year of the Horse bring you good health, happiness, and prosperity, and may it be filled with peace and joyful moments for you and your loved ones. Happy New Year.
ABU Secretary-General extends Chinese New Year greetings, hails partnership with CMG
China's domestically developed T1200-grade ultra-high-strength carbon fiber holds broad application prospects in strategic emerging industries, according to its developer.
The country on Wednesday unveiled SYT80, a domestically developed T1200-grade ultra-high-strength carbon fiber, marking a major breakthrough in the China's high-performance carbon fiber technology.
This new material has achieved a hundred-tonne-level annual production capacity, making China the first nation to mass-produce this caliber of fiber, according to its developer, China National Building Material Group Co., Ltd. (CNBM).
Featuring lightweight and high-strength properties, the fiber's diameter is less than one-tenth that of a human hair, and yet its tensile strength is 10 times that of ordinary steel and its density is only one-quarter of steel's.
"Compared with the previous-generation T1100, T1200 has seen its tensile strength increase by more than 14 percent. With its ultimate lightweight and high-strength characteristics, T1200 can achieve weight reduction of over 10 percent for equipment in related fields. It holds broad application prospects in strategic emerging industries such as commercial aerospace, low-altitude economy, and humanoid robots," said Chen Qiufei, head of T1200 ultra-high-strength carbon fiber research and development at Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Company, a subsidiary of China National Building Material Group.
The new material also possesses many other outstanding properties.
As the fiber undergoes carbonization at nearly 2,000 degrees Celsius during production, its chemical properties remain stable and its corrosion resistance is excellent.
This fiber material also features strong fire and flame retardant properties, offering good safety performance.
The development of this fiber material demonstrates China's fully independent and controllable capabilities across the entire industrial chain of high-performance carbon fiber, spanning technologies and equipment as well as the transition from laboratory research to mass production, said Zhou Yuxian, chairman of CNBM.
China's high-strength carbon fiber shows strong potential in strategic emerging industries
