China firmly opposes the U.S. arms sales to the Chinese Taiwan region and any attempts by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities to seek "Taiwan independence" will only bring the danger of military conflict in the Taiwan Strait, a mainland spokeswoman said on Wednesday, in response to the U.S. government's latest approval of arms sales to Taiwan.
The statement made by Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, came after the U.S. State Department approved an estimated 360 million U.S. dollars in arms sales to the Taiwan region.
"We firmly oppose U.S. arms sales to China's Taiwan region. The DPP authorities, driven by their own political interests, are squandering the money of our fellow Chinese in Taiwan to buy arms, with the intention of soliciting support for 'Taiwan independence' and 'seeking independence by force'. Their actions will only bring the danger of military conflict to the Taiwan region and lead our Taiwan compatriots to disaster. The DPP authorities should immediately stop undermining the interest of our compatriots in Taiwan and stop posing risks to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," said Zhu.
China firmly opposes US arms sales to Taiwan region: spokeswoman
China firmly opposes US arms sales to Taiwan region: spokeswoman
China firmly opposes US arms sales to Taiwan region: spokeswoman
China firmly opposes US arms sales to Taiwan region: spokeswoman
The first China Chongqing Science and Technology Film Week is taking place in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, with forums and lectures focusing on the application of new technologies such as artificial intelligence in the film industry.
The six-day event kicked off on Wednesday in Chongqing's Yongchuan District, gathering experts, academics and leaders in the film and TV industry from home and abroad.
On Thursday, four themed salons were held on hot topics such as sci-tech innovations empowering the film and TV industry, virtual production and the upgrading of the film industry, and the integrated development of generative artificial intelligence, film and TV industry and metaverse.
"Director Guo Fan has said that when making The Wandering Earth 3 and later sequels, he would apply AI into the production of more scenes, including using it to present some movements and spatial relations. So, we all said during the Shanghai International Film Festival that AI is not the future. It is already present," said Yin Hong, vice president of the China Film Association.
In the following panel discussions, the guests shared their views on today and tomorrow's film industry and the development of science and technologies from different perspectives.
"We creators, especially visual creators, will embrace this technology in the years to come. It could be a very good thing," said Huo Tingxiao, president of the China Film Art Direction Academy.
On Thursday evening, a virtual girl group staged a concert on a huge screen at the venue, displaying the charm of cutting-edge technologies to the audience.
The film week also held several lectures on Friday, where film directors Li Lichi, Liu Xiaoshi and many other experts shared their insights on film production and science and technology.
"High-tech tools are surely useful in today's film production, very useful. They will bring disruptive changes to the work of our technical teams. But we have to bear in mind that they are just tools, of which we should be the masters, not slaves," Liu said.
In addition, more than 10 film and sci-tech companies presented their latest filmmaking technologies during the event.
Chongqing hosts first sci-tech film week
