"Youth on the Silk Road" Short Video Contest Opening for Submissions with the Youngest Participant Being Only 12 Years Old

"Youth on the Silk Road" short video contest organized by CRI Online of China Media Group is opening for submissions! By calling for the stories of the growth and struggle of "Generation Z" youths (the young people born between 1995 and 2009) from countries and regions along the Silk Road, the contest aims to show the achievements and prospects of people from different countries along the Silk Road in the pursuit of a diversified and harmonious world under the Belt and Road Initiative.

Since the #YouthontheSilkRoad# short video contest kicked off on February 28, the organizer has received nearly 100 entries contributed from Canada, Pakistan, Cameroon, Egypt, Serbia, Argentina, China and other countries, with the youngest participant being 12 years old. The contest entries vividly show the connection between "Generation Z" youths and the development of the Silk Road.

In Alamein, a small city on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, the China-Egypt Alamein project team of China State Construction painted "Bing Dwen Dwen" and "Shuey Rhon Rhon" with bright colors. Although they were thousands of miles away from China, their blessings for the Winter Olympics were particularly deep and sincere.

Sawut, a young man from Xinjiang, came across 4,000 kilometers to Shanghai for study and founded a campus mini-program and online shopping platform, hoping to inspire more young people to move forward for their dreams through his own story of entrepreneurship and studying far away from hometown.

With a youthful dream, the Serbian girl Jelena came to learn Chinese classic dance at Nanjing University of the Arts. Believing that the seeds of future relations between countries should be planted by young people, she hopes to deepen the exchanges between Serbian and Chinese youths and promote mutual cultural appreciation between the two countries through her own efforts.

The youngest of the three Canadian-Chinese Bao sisters is only 12 years old, but they already started their own business six years ago. After numerous setbacks, they founded Children's TV in Beijing to pass on their resilient entrepreneurial spirit to more "Generation Z" youths.

More inspiring stories about the young people are shared through the videos, for example, an Argentinean girl studying broadcasting at Communication University of Zhejiang, a Pakistani young man learning Chinese kung fu in Shaolin Temple, and a Cameroonian novice daddy Takam working in Jiaxing to study fiberglass technology...

The participants shared the stories of "Generation Z" on the Silk Road from multiple perspectives, including innovation and entrepreneurship, cultural exchanges, developments along the Silk Road, and conveying the spirit of sports.

The contest is open for submission until August 31, 2022, with a grand prize of up to CNY 30,000. Don't hesitate to join! We are looking forward to your wonderful videos!