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      Inspiration from Claude Monet's oil painting creates romantic moments at CMG Spring Festival Gala

      2025-01-31 15:56 Last Updated At:16:17

      The visual design inspired by French Impressionist Claude Monet's oil paintings for the song "Flowers in the Years", performed at the China Media Group (CMG) 2025 Spring Festival Gala, spread a soothing effect and drew a smile on the faces of the audience as they remembered their romantic love stories.

      Karen Mok and Mao Buyi collaborated to bring the song on a stage which featured an artificial intelligence-generated immersive sea of flowers.

      The stunning outcome was achieved after rounds of improvements.

      "We were all deeply moved by the song 'Flowers in the Years'. At first, our idea was to create the feeling of 'years' with the image of a monthly calendar, and then the visual effect of blooming flowers in each square of the month. However, after turning the idea into visual images, we found that the square is prone to limiting imaginations. Then the CMG president advised us to look for artistic expressions and concentrations in paintings by French Impressionists," said Jiang Yuhao, visual director of the Gala.

      "When the CMG president reviewed the design for the third time, he further required us to turn the immersive sea of flowers into an oil painting which integrates the singers and the whole stage. We referred to the composition and arrangements of colors and spaces in the oil painting 'Promenade near Argenteuil' by Claude Monet, and carried out a lot of trainings and practices in the artificial intelligence model applied by CMG. Finally, we achieved the result where the singers and the stage formed an oil painting, and the moment was captured exactly at the Spring Festival Gala," said Jiang.

      More than 2,900 media outlets in more than 200 countries and regions broadcast the CMG 2025 Spring Festival Gala live and covered the gala, which lasted over four hours after opening on the eve of the Chinese New Year of the Snake.

      CMG delivered the gala in 82 languages, 14 more than in 2024, ensuring accessibility from Southeast Asia to South America. The broadcast's linguistic diversity was matched by its geographic spread: over 3,100 media partners, including CNN, Japan's Niconico, Russia's VK, and Italy's Alma TV, synchronized their coverage, amplifying the event's reach.

      Inspiration from Claude Monet's oil painting creates romantic moments at CMG Spring Festival Gala

      Inspiration from Claude Monet's oil painting creates romantic moments at CMG Spring Festival Gala

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      China to implement negative list for cross-border service trade

      2025-02-27 22:31 Last Updated At:23:07

      In 2025, China will fully implement the negative list for cross-border trade in services which was rolled out last year, and launch new measures to boost opening-up in various sectors, said He Yadong, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, at a press conference in Beijing on Thursday.

      He noted that developing service trade and boosting service consumption are crucial to stabilize foreign trade and drive domestic demand.

      "We will fully implement the negative list for cross-border service trade, progressively open up various sectors to international trade, take the initiative to align with high-standard international economic and trade rules, and work with relevant departments to introduce a batch of new measures of opening up in sectors of telecommunications, education, culture, medical care, and finance," he said.

      The ministry will also introduce policies to boost domestic consumption in sectors of household services, digital services, and sports, and increase the supply of high-quality services. Efforts will also focus on fostering new business models, innovating service consumption experiences, and improving the satisfaction of consumers, according to He.

      China rolled out the national version of negative list for cross-border trade in services in March 2024.

      The national-level list consists of 71 items. It compiles and summarizes market entry measures across various sectors, emphasizing that services and their providers in sectors not included on the list will be treated equally, whether at home or abroad, according to the ministry.

      China to implement negative list for cross-border service trade

      China to implement negative list for cross-border service trade

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