n 2022, CGTN's "Read a Poem" campaign launched several special events for the 
Qixi Festival in August, the Mid-Autumn Festival and International Day of Peace 
in September, and the upcoming new year.

Thirteen ambassadors and representatives from Guinea-Bissau, Sri Lanka, Guyana, 
Mexico, Uruguay, Algeria, Jordan, Ecuador, Malawi, Guinea, Egypt, United 
Nations Women, Russian Cultural Centre in Beijing and The United Nations 
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) accepted CGTN's 
invitation to read poems and send blessings for the upcoming new year.

Smriti Aryal, representative of UN Women in China, read "What I will," written 
by Suheir Hammad, to share her stand, strength, courage, and resilience. "I 
will not forget where I come from. I will craft my own drum. Gather my beloved 
near, and our chanting will be dancing, our humming will be drumming," she read.

António Serifo Embaló, ambassador of Guinea-Bissau to China, read "Sea, sea and 
sea" written by Eugénio de Andrade. "Sometimes the sea is a white figure 
glistening among the rocks. The sea becomes small and mine again perfect 
anemone, opening in my fingers."

Hassane Rabehi, Algerian ambassador to China, read "My motherland, I love you 
beyond imagination," and addressed the profound friendship of China and 
Algeria. "The friendship between Algeria and China will last forever, for the 
common interests of all mankind, the friendship of all countries in the world 
will last forever," he said.

The global "Read a poem" online campaign is a central component of the second 
season of CGTN's multilingual integrated product "Poetry Sans Frontiers," which 
will be broadcast online on January 1, 2023.

"Poetry Sans Frontiers" is a cross-cultural exchange program launched by CGTN 
that breaks the language boundaries through the narration and poetry recitation 
of different countries and characters, employs poetry to tell the story of 
beautiful love, genuine friendship, fearless courage, love for life, praise for 
nature and a longing for peace.

In season two of "Poetry Sans Frontiers," seven episodes will be presented to 
global audiences, namely friendship, peace, life, beginner's mind, love and 
courage, return, and dream.

The products will be distributed globally on all CGTN platforms, CMG new media 
platforms, and international platforms as global poetry collection activities 
and poetry-related documentaries, among other concepts, to promote emotional 
person-to-person exchanges among nations.

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Source: CGTN