China Media Group (CMG) is getting ready to broadcast the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in 8K ultra-high-definition signals, the first-ever use of 8K production technology at the Summer Olympics.
As one of the main broadcasters for the Games accredited by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), CMG will set a record for the scale of its broadcast coverage of the Paris Olympics.
CMG will handle broadcast coverage and provide international broadcasting signals for the table tennis, badminton, rock climbing, and gymnastics events, while also delivering 8K UHD signals for the athletics events and closing ceremony.
CMG has set up a media center at the Games' International Broadcast Center, along with an on-site studio and reporting points in front of the Eiffel Tower, which are all now operational.
On Sunday, CMG successfully delivered three studios equipped with 4K UHD production technology to the International Broadcasting Center, with all systems installed and debugged to commence rehearsals for the Games' opening this week.
CMG is using cutting-edge technologies such as UHD, AI, 5G, and cloud platforms to cover the Games, with self-developed broadcasting systems and key equipment that allow multi-faceted and multi-dimensional reporting of the event.
CMG's 8K UHD live broadcast trucks are among the world's most powerful and flexible outside broadcast platforms.
Under a strategic agreement between the IOC and CMG, the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and CMG have forged a long-term cooperation mechanism for the Paris Olympics and upcoming Olympic Games. This collaboration spans event broadcasting, technological applications, market development, and aims to foster the broad dissemination of the Olympic spirit and culture.
The Paris Olympic Games are set to take place from July 26 to August 11, followed by the Paralympics from August 28 to September 8.
CMG prepares in Paris to provide first ever 8K UHD Summer Olympics broadcast
Chinese President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit resonated with the common aspiration of more than 2.8 billion Chinese and African people and demonstrated China's firm will of moving forward hand-in-hand with Africa along the path of development, revitalization and modernization, several participants at the event have said.
In his speech on Thursday, Xi proposed that bilateral relations between China and all African countries having diplomatic ties with China be elevated to the level of strategic relations, and that the overall characterization of China-Africa relations be elevated to an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era.
He also announced that the Chinese government will provide 360 billion yuan (about 50.8 billion U.S. dollars) of financial support to Africa over the next three years.
"Everyone was happy to hear those news, so everyone was clapping. So now we are going to a higher level of relations between China and Africa," said Hamidou, a counselor at the Embassy of Comoros in Beijing.
"China understands Africa's urgent desire to advance modernization. We can learn a lot from China's development," said Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso Karamoko Jean Marie Traore.
Xi also suggested 10 partnership actions for modernization that China will take together with Africa in the next three years to deepen China-Africa cooperation and spearhead modernization in the Global South.
"President Xi, through his long vision of the needs of countries and his interest in supporting development, has offered this as a real vehicle to promote exports of Africa to China, which is a huge market," said Alaa Ezz, secretary general of the Union of African Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture, and Professions (UACCIAP).
"As he told this morning, we have many projects in digitalization, in capacity building, in health centers, support for health, for infrastructure, in the framework of the Belt and [Road]. And we think that we are very satisfied with this partnership. This is a win-win partnership," said Gabriel Mbairobe, Cameroon's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Held in Beijing from Wednesday to Friday, the 2024 FOCAC summit brought together leaders from China and over 50 African countries, who highlighted the common pursuit of China and African countries in realizing modernization.
During the summit, both sides unanimously adopted two important documents -- a declaration on jointly building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era, and an action plan of the FOCAC for the next three years.
Xi's speech at FOCAC summit resonates with people's common aspiration: participants
