The "2025 New Year Concert -- Sailing in the Greater Bay Area" produced by China Media Group (CMG) was aired at 21:15 on New Year's Day.
Co-hosted by the CMG, the People's Government of south China's Guangdong Province, and the governments of the neighboring Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, the New Year Concert this year came to Guangdong's Zhongshan City and fully showcased the vigorous and upward spirit of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Arranged in the format of "9+2" to represent the 11 cities and regions in the Greater Bay Area, the concert invited singers and actors from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions to present the diverse traditional cultural treasures of the Greater Bay Area and showcase its technology, art, traditions and trends.
The concert also adhered to the creative concept of "integration" to show a series of fusion-inspired tracks that were embedded with touching stories about a shared homeland.
The concert began with a violin performance and a track featuring a blend of traditional music originated from Guangdong and "Radetzky March" by Austrian composer Johann Strauss in a bid to usher in a new year of sailing into the future for the Greater Bay Area.
The concert also embraced a variety of other performances, including the Cantonese opera and a child choir formed of children from the three regions of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao.
The event was aired via China Central Television (CCTV), the Chinese-language channels of the CMG, and radio channels such as Radio The Greater Bay.
China Media Group stages Greater Bay Area New Year concert
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