The Third Video Competition on "100 Reasons To Love Beijing" was launched on 
September 8, 2022. Sponsored by the Information Office of Beijing Municipal 
People's Government and organized by the News and Information Center, Xinhua 
News Agency, the contest is designed to attract Internet users from around the 
world to share their impression about Beijing with short videos or golden words.

Xu Hejian, director of the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal People's 
Government, said in his speech the "100 Reasons To Love Beijing" Short Video 
Competition, a cultural outreach event initiated by the Information Office of 
the Beijing Municipal People's Government, has been held successfully for two 
times. It attracted the participation of more than 3,000 foreign friends from 
over 100 countries and regions, and solicited nearly 5,000 works in the 
aggregate, from which many excellent videos were selected. The 2022 edition of 
the competition themed "How YOUNG Beijing Is" continues to solicit short videos 
from among foreigners who like Beijing. The competition is intended to serve as 
a platform for people to exchange their feelings about Beijing.

"Friendship, which derives from close contact between the people, holds the key 
to sound nation-to-nation relations," Ma Jianguo, deputy director of the News 
and Information Center, Xinhua News Agency, said the "100 Reasons To Love 
Beijing " is an activity to bring the people from all over the world to get 
connected, and to enable the people throughout the world to better understand 
Beijing. "In the run-up to the event, a lot of foreign friends sent videos to 
overseas branches of Xinhua News Agency, telling how and why they love Beijing".

Beijing is an ancient capital, bearing witness to more than 3,000 years of 
historical vicissitudes; Beijing is also a modern city, full of vitality, and 
sees changes with each passing day. Since the late Ming Dynasty, Beijing has 
been attracting friends from all over the world. People love Beijing for 
different reasons. Some love Beijing's beautiful scenery, some Beijing's food, 
some the vitality of starting up businesses, and some Beijing's cultural 
diversity.

The contest welcomes the entries from worldwide netizens, including the 
international friends who are living in Beijing, have been to Beijing, or have 
interest in Beijing. Anyone who is interested can email the work to 
lovebeijing2022 @163.com, and can talk about the topic of "100 Reasons To Love 
Beijing "on Weibo.

Beijing invites global netizens to come on to share the stories.

Source: Information Office of Beijing Municipal People's Government

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