Xi arrives in Tajikistan for state visit

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Xi arrives in Tajikistan for state visit

2024-07-05 06:57 Last Updated At：13:17

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Dushanbe Thursday evening for a state visit to Tajikistan at the invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.

President Rahmon personally greeted President Xi at the airport.

Local children presented flowers to Xi and welcomed his visit in Chinese and Tajik.

Rahmon then held a grand welcoming ceremony for Xi at the airport, where more than 1,500 young locals dressed in national costumes sang, danced and waved Chinese and Tajik national flags to warmly welcome the Chinese president's state visit to the Central Asian country.

In a written statement upon arrival in the Tajik capital, Xi said China and Tajikistan are good neighbors who help each other, good friends who support each other, good partners with mutual benefit and win-win results, and good brothers who treat each other with absolute sincerity.

Since the establishment of diplomatic ties 32 years ago, China-Tajikistan relations have achieved sustained, rapid and sound development, growing from good-neighborly friendship to a strategic partnership and then to a comprehensive strategic partnership, becoming a model for neighboring countries' relations, Xi said.

The two countries share solid political mutual trust and always firmly support each other on issues concerning each other's core interests, he said.

Noting that China has become Tajikistan's second-largest trading partner, Xi said, their Belt and Road cooperation has yielded fruitful results with two-way trade constantly setting new records.

Xi said he looks forward to working with President Rahmon to make new plans and arrangements for the development of China-Tajikistan relations in light of the new circumstances, so as to take the China-Tajikistan all-round cooperation to a higher level.

On the way from the airport to the hotel, President Xi Jinping's motorcade was warmly welcomed by overseas Chinese and representatives from local Chinese-funded enterprises.

Xi is paying a state visit to Tajikistan after attending the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Astana and paying a state visit to Kazakhstan.

When Xi left Astana, senior officials including Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov saw the delegation off at the airport.

Three fighter jets from the Kazakh Air Force escorted Xi Jinping's plane after it took off.

CMG broadcast vehicles for Paris Olympics unloaded at Port of Rotterdam

2024-07-08 21:22 Last Updated At：21:47

A new batch of China Media Group's (CMG) 8K ultra-high-definition (UHD) live broadcast vehicles for the Paris Olympics was unloaded in the Netherlands on Sunday local time, before heading to France.

In addition to the broadcast van in red, an auxiliary vehicle was also disembarked at the Port of Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe.

With a length of 17 meters, a width of 2.5 meters and a weight of 40 tons, the live broadcast vehicle, carrying state-of-the-art broadcast equipment, has very high requirements on the port's lifting capacity.

To ensure smooth unloading, the Port of Rotterdam convened a pre-ship meeting and specifically designed a customized lifting plan. Prior to the actual lift, over two hours were spent testing and adjusting the lifting equipment.

As planned, the broadcast vehicles will run all the way from Rotterdam to Belgium, and sail to Paris. As a leading broadcaster and the international media organization with the most broadcasting rights for the Paris Olympic Games, CMG is set to orchestrate its largest-scale Olympic Games coverage to date.

A production and technical service team of over 2,000 technicians will be responsible for producing pool signals for the four major events: gymnastics, table tennis, badminton, and rock climbing.

Meanwhile, the live broadcast will last over 400 hours, with more than 11,000 hours of high-quality signals for the competitions broadcast and distributed through television channels and new media terminals.

For the first time abroad, CMG's Olympic broadcast production will be delivered entirely in 4K ultra-high-definition.