A Chinese mainland spokeswoman on Wednesday commended a six-episode documentary series marking the 160th anniversary of the birth of great national hero Sun Yat-sen.
Zhang Han, spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks in response to a media question about commemorative activities for the anniversary.
"To commemorate the 160th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a six-episode documentary titled 'Sun Yat-sen,' guided by the National Radio and Television Administration and jointly produced by the China Media Group (CMG) and the Publicity Department of the Guangdong Provincial Communist Party Committee, has aired simultaneously on CMG's CCTV-1 comprehensive channel, CCTV-9 documentary channel and the Yangshipin new media platform since November 8," she said at a press briefing in Beijing.
"Based on detailed historical documents and supplemented by AI technology to accurately restore historical scenes, the documentary provides a panoramic review of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's magnificent revolutionary life, and expounds in depth on the important practical and far-reaching historical significance of his patriotism, revolutionary will and enterprising spirit for consolidating and developing the great unity of the Chinese nation, developing the broadest possible patriotic united front, and advancing the cause of national reunification," she said.
Dr. Sun was born on Nov 12, 1866 and died on March 12, 1925. He is known among the Chinese people as a great pioneer of China's democratic revolution for his leading role in the 1911 Revolution, which put an end to more than 2,000 years of feudal rule in China.
Mainland spokeswoman commends documentary marking 160th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen’s birth
China is making significant strides in building a strong parallel energy system that balances continued reliance on fossil-based and nuclear power with the rapid expansion of renewable sources, as part of broader efforts to advance a green transition with the help of digital technology, said a World Economic Forum (WEF) official.
During a visit to the northern Chinese city of Ordos, Jorgen Sandstrom, head of Transforming Industrial Ecosystems at the WEF, said the dual-track approach has brought China closer to its ambitions of optimizing the energy structure and steering emissions-intensive industries and cities away from their dependence on traditional energy sources.
"I think China is well underway with creating a very strong [set of] parallel tracks, which is, you still rely on fossil-based energy, on nuclear-based energy, but then now, you're building up very rapidly a very strong renewable energy [sector], which is able to eventually maybe overtake the fossil-based [energy], but also greatly support the development, such as decarbonizing industries or decarbonizing cities, really lower the emissions in those areas of the economy where you have the most emissions today, which is energy-intensive, heavy industry. It is certain [forms of] transport like trucking and shipping and so on. And then of course, we have our cities where you'll use a lot of energy today," he said.
Looking further ahead, Sandstrom saw particular promise in the way renewable power could be paired with China's strengths in digital technology to improve the environmental sustainability of its industries and cities.
"If you can manage to integrate strong renewable energy sources together with digital systems that can really help you predict the energy needs both on the supply and the demand side, and then integrate it into both industry and cities, I think this is a very, very promising evolution here in China," he said.
China’s dual track energy strategy holds great promise: WEF official
