CMG program "Classic Quotes by Xi Jinping" to air in Russia

The Russian version of the third season of "The Classic Quotes by Xi Jinping", a multilingual TV series produced by China Media Group (CMG), will be broadcast on major Russian media platforms from Tuesday when the 16th BRICS Summit is set to kick off in Russia's Kazan City.

Focusing on the themes of putting people first, reform and innovation, common prosperity, ecological protection, cultural inheritance, and civilization diversity, the program features quotes from Chinese literary classics used by President Xi in his speeches and articles, allowing audience to understand the connotation of Chinese traditional culture in the new era and its global value.

The program demonstrates Xi's outstanding political wisdom as well as his deep knowledge of history and culture.

Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the official gazette of the Russian government, Tuesday published an article about the program on its front page, saying it opens a window for Russian people to know more about Xi's thoughts on governance, the secrets of China's successful development, and Chinese people's efforts in striving for modernization.

Nearly 100 mainstream media outlets in Asia, Europe and around the world, including the Big Asia TV channel, the Radio Metro, the St. Petersburg Press, and the Business Kazakhstan, covered the TV program.

The program's poster has also been played on outdoor giant LED screens in Moscow's Central Administrative Okrug since Saturday, drawing the attention of many people.

People from all sectors of Russia have expressed high anticipation for the program, saying it will help them to know more about Chinese leader's political wisdom as well as China's long history and brilliant civilization.

BRICS is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The upcoming summit, scheduled from Tuesday to Thursday, is the first to be held after the BRICS expansion in January when Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were included into the bloc.

President Xi will attend the summit at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

CMG program "Classic Quotes by Xi Jinping" to air in Russia

The combination of the Shenzhou-19 manned spaceship and a Long March-2F Y19 carrier rocket has been transferred to the launching area at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Tuesday afternoon.

At 16:00, the combination was lifted from the assembly and test facility and smoothly transported via a vertical transfer method to the launching site. The entire transfer process covered a distance of 1.5 kilometers and took approximately two hours.

The spacecraft and rocket combination weighs over 40 tons and stands nearly 60 meters tall.

The completion of this vertical transport signifies that the rocket has officially entered the final phase of launch preparations.

Subsequent activities will include a series of function checks and joint tests, with a launch expected to take place later this month.

Gao Minzhong, a senior engineer with the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, highlighted the emphasis on safety and precision during the transport.

"We have optimized the control of positioning accuracy upon the combination's arrival at the destination and prepared multiple backup plans to guarantee a reliable and foolproof transfer," Gao said.

China is scheduled to launch the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship and welcome the Shenzhou-18 crew back to the Earth in late October, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

The three-member Shenzhou-18 crew was sent into space on April 25.

Shenzhou-19 spaceship, carrier rocket combination transferred to launch pad