STORY: Global Civilization Dialogues "Rendezvous with the Orchid" event held in Sydney
SHOOTING TIME: Sept 12, 2024
DATELINE: Sept 13, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:23
LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Global Civilization Dialogues "Rendezvous with the Orchid" event
2. SOUNDBITE (English): CARRILLO GANTNER, Inaugural Orchid Awards' Friendship Envoy Award winner

STORYLINE:

Global Civilization Dialogues "Rendezvous with the Orchid," a cultural exchange event based on the platform of Orchid Awards, was held in Sydney on Thursday.
   
The event was guided by the State Council Information Office of China, hosted by the China International Communications Group, and organized by the Orchid Awards Secretariat and the China Center for International Communication Development.
   
Dozens of representatives of both countries' government institutions, people from literary and art circles, experts and scholars from universities and think tanks, leaders of relevant associations and organizations, and media representatives attended the event. 

They shared views in the Orchid Awards Cultural Salon, which is a part of the event, on the theme of "Embracing Cultural Diversity."
   
The Sweet Scent of Orchids: Cultural Envoys Connecting Civilizations, a book about the Inaugural Orchid Awards and the awards winners, was launched by the organizers at the event.
   
The organizers aspired to promote China-Australia exchange and forge even stronger bonds of friendship between the two countries through the "Rendezvous with the Orchid" event, so as to contribute to enriching world civilizations and strengthening China-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership.

Carrillo Gantner, an adjunct professor at the Australia-China Institute for Arts and Culture, Western Sydney University, is the Inaugural Orchid Awards' Friendship Envoy Award winner. He said that the orchid award he had received is not so much a personal honor but an acknowledgment of the role of artists and cultural workers as true friendship ambassadors.

SOUNDBITE (English): CARRILLO GANTNER, Inaugural Orchid Awards' Friendship Envoy Award winner
"I am leading a group of Australian arts managers to China this October to introduce a younger generation of arts managers to the diversity and the quality of the performing arts in China. I hope from that, there will be future exchanges beyond of course the young people of the two countries, (who) share so much in common. I have great hopes for the young."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sydney, Australia.
(XHTV)