Vibrant Guangdong Embodies the Charm of International Communication

On June 10th, a story sharing session on China-South Korea friendship was held 
in Seoul, South Korea. With the dialogue on mutual learning among civilizations 
and innovation cooperation, the exchange activities between China and South 
Korea as well as that between China and Japan began.

More than 200 guests from political, economic and cultural fields, including 
Qiu Guohong, Chinese Ambassador to South Korea, Lee Yong-Sub, the mayor of 
Gwangju City, and representatives of the Guangdong government and enterprises, 
attended the event. The storytellers, with their vivid stories of exchanges 
between China and South Korea in various fields, showcased a developing and 
open China, a vibrant Guangdong and unlimited potential in Guangzhou.

These stories are a dazzling epitome of the history of friendly exchanges 
between China and South Korea. Qiu Guohong said in his speech that the two 
countries are geographically adjacent, economically integrated, culturally 
similar and emotionally connected. Today, China and South Korea are striving to 
become partners in achieving common development, building regional peace, 
jointly revitalizing Asia, and promoting world prosperity.
  
"Guangzhou, China, and Gwangju, South Korea, have been friends for 23 years," 
said Lee Yong-Sub, adding that the two cities have maintained close exchanges 
and cooperation in economy, culture, sports and other aspects over the years.

LG, a world-renowned Korean company, has invested in Guangzhou since 2006. Last 
year, it began to build an 8.5-generation OLED panel production line in Huangpu 
District, Guangzhou. Sun Yongzhen, vice president of global public relations of 
LGD, said that Guangzhou has excellent hard strengths such as excellent 
business environment, abundant human resources, convenient logistics channels 
and transportation infrastructure, and soft strengths such as broad consumer 
market and high acceptance of new technologies.

"Guangzhou is an important battlefield in the Greater Bay Area. Leafun is 
creating the flagship park of cultural and creative industries in Huangpu. We 
especially hope that Korean digital creative enterprises come and jointly 
expand the larger Chinese market here," said the person in charge of Leafun 
Culture at the event, extending a warm invitation.

Also at the event, Ou Kaiming, the famous Cantonese opera performance artist 
and inheritor of Chinese intangible cultural heritage, and Jin Xiuzhi, the 
disciple of inheritor of Pansori, South Korea's intangible cultural heritage, 
vividly interpreted that art goes beyond borders through their joint 
performance. Wu zhengdan and Wei baohua, the couple winning "The Golden Clown", 
the highest award in the international acrobatics competition, once again 
pushed the atmosphere to a climax with their demanding performance of ballet on 
shoulders.

As comprehensively cooperation between China and South Korea deepens, including 
more interactions of excellent IPs, a number of cultural and creative industry 
leaders described what they saw as new opportunities for the cultural industry.

At the event, Huangpu District carefully set up a graphic exhibition themed 
"Huangpu, Hope / Go to Huangpu". And the large aerial pictures of "four zones 
and four centers" of Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Sino-Sinapore 
Guangzhou Knowledge City, Guangzhou Science City, the Port of Huangpu, 
Guangzhou International Biotech Island, attracted many guests to watch 
carefully and take photos.

Source: Guangzhou Huangpu District