CMG signs strategic cooperation framework agreement with Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Affairs

China Media Group (CMG) on Friday signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on better presenting stories of agriculture, rural areas, and rural residents in the country.

A signing ceremony was held in Beijing to mark the event, with the country set to celebrate the seventh Farmers' Harvest Festival on Sunday.

Established in 2018 as the first national holiday dedicated to farmers, the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival this year coincides with the autumnal equinox, which is one of the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar and usually falls between Sept 22 and 24 during the country's agricultural harvest season.

While upholding the traditions of celebrating harvests, this year's celebration event is also aimed at promoting culture and revitalizing rural areas. The CMG plans to launch a series of special programs and key activities to showcase the country's progress in turning the countryside into a beautiful and harmonious place for people to live and work in.

The national broadcaster will air the grand 2024 Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival Gala on Sunday night, spotlighting Xiantao City in central China's Hubei Province, with a panoramic display of the vibrant harvest landscape across the nation.

Other well-planned television programs will also be launched to uncover the hidden local specialties across the nation and present the development results of China's rural areas in the new era.

CMG signs strategic cooperation framework agreement with Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Affairs

The 30 Chinese medical teams to the Republic of the Congo have helped foster a deep friendship between the two countries, said President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso in an interview aired on Friday evening.

Sassou Nguesso made the statement in the interview with China Media Group (CMG) in early September while he was in Beijing for a state visit and attending the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).

Since 1967, China has sent 964 doctors in 30 batches to the Republic of the Congo. Chinese doctors have treated about 5 million patients and performed about 150,000 operations in the country.

Targeting the high incidence of ophthalmic diseases due to strong sunlight in the Republic of the Congo, the China-Republic of Congo Friendship Hospital, inaugurated in 2013, set a special center on treatment of such diseases.

"We are planning further development of the China-Republic of Congo Friendship Hospital, which was jointly inaugurated by President Xi Jinping and myself in Brazzaville. The hospital is expected to introduce more modern medical technologies in the future. People in the Republic of the Congo hold great confidence in Chinese doctors, and this trust was developed not only from (the friendship hospital) in Brazzaville, but also in other areas in the country. Chinese doctors have been taking care of our people, during which they have built a harmonious relationship," said Sassou Nguesso.

Chinese medical teams in Republic of Congo help foster deep friendship: president