Sun Delan, Executive Vice President of Liaoning Provincial People's Association for Friendship With Foreign Countries: It Will Be a Warm and Loving Online Photo Exhibition

On February 5, "Rays of Light in Memory" 2021 Liaoning-Central and Eastern Europe Photography Exchange, sponsored by Liaoning Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (LPPAFFC), will be officially launched on the CRI Online Liaoning channel. What are the highlights of this photo exhibition? What is the significance of holding this event at this time? What can be conveyed through the photos ?

Recently, Sun Delan, executive vice president of LPPAFFC, said in an interview that since 2018, LPPAFFC has carried out various forms of friendly exchange activities with Central and Eastern European countries in the field of humanities for many years. "For this year, we take the opportunity of the 5th China-Central and Eastern European countries local leaders' conference to hold this event. We believe that it will be a warm and loving online photo exhibition." Sun Delan said.

The exhibition will last until August, including two parts: "Liaoning in the eyes of Central and Eastern European photographers" and "Central and Eastern Europe in the eyes of Liaoning People". It has a wide range of participation and lasts for a long time. It is worth mentioning that the photography exhibition has specially set up an expert interview session. The LPPAFFC will invite professional photographers to analyze photography skills and appreciate wonderful works, so as to provide an opportunity for photography lovers to learn and communicate. The column "Picture Story" will introduce the warm stories behind the photos to the global audience.

The reason why they choose photography exhibition as the activity form, Sun Delan said that in her opinion, photography is not only a form of artistic expression, but also plays an irreplaceable role in promoting international people to people cultural exchange. With the help of high-tech electronic equipment and network, a photo can instantly cross the mountain and sea and spread information all over the world.

"Although China and Central and Eastern European countries are located at the two ends of the Eurasian continent, their people have been friendly from generation to generation and their friendship has a long history." Referring to the original intention of holding the event, Sun Delan said, "At present, the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading all over the world. People has never become a community of common destiny like it is today. Therefore, we hope to show the diverse civilizations beyond region, race, culture and value concepts through the exhibition, and express the good wishes of jointly promoting regional peace and stability and building a beautiful home, and promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning."

"I hope that this event will let more and more foreign people see a different China, a new Liaoning, and let more and more foreign enterprises and chambers of Commerce willing to enter Liaoning and settle in Liaoning." Sun Delan said, "We hope to encourage Liaoning Overseas Chinese to deeply participate in people-to-people diplomacy and speak on behalf of their hometown through the stories of Liaoning people working, studying and living in Central and Eastern Europe."