The Shenzhen-Milan Lifestyle Week opened in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on Friday, serving as a key platform to strengthen cooperation between the Chinese and Italian fashion industries.
The highlight of the three-day event are joint runway shows, bringing fashion elements from both cities to the stage. At the Friday evening opening ceremony, Chinese and Italian brands showcased outfits and performances that incorporated Chinese intangible cultural heritage, including Cantonese opera and Dong folk songs.
Several major fashion industry cooperation projects were signed during the ceremony, and China and Italy launched a joint initiative to deepen collaboration between Shenzhen and Milan in fashion design, cultural creativity, and technological innovation.
Under the theme "Digital Fashion, Eastern Expression," the Week also features a technology and culture exhibition, industry forums, factory tours, and various citywide activities.
Shenzhen-Milan Lifestyle Week boosts China-Italy fashion ties
International media on Saturday and Sunday visited the core disaster area of mudslide-hit Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
The reporters from the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Brazil among other countries and regions visited the area and learned about the disaster situation, ongoing rescue operations, and progress in recovery and reconstruction.
"China has this particular the capacity to address this kind of crisis. You have thousands of workers trained for this and you have machines made for this kind of efforts. And of course, our heart goes to them for the kind of work they are putting," said KJM Varma Mokanda, a reporter from Press Trust of India.
The mudslide, triggered by a high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal on Aug 26, had left 43 people dead and 519 others missing at the border port as of 18:00 Saturday, the emergency response and rescue headquarters told a press conference on Sunday.
As of 18:00 Saturday, more than 2,500 people and over 500 vehicles had been deployed for the rescue, and more than 1,000 flights of drones had air-dropped 5.43 tons of supplies, officials said at the press conference.
International media visit mudslide-hit Gyirong Port
