Events organised by the Press and Communication Office in Beijing - 2010
June 23rd- Visit by the Minister of Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping, Ms Louka Katseli
So as to promote the 24-hour visit by the Minister of Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping, Ms Louka Katseli, in Beijing, the Press & Communication Office of the Embassy of Greece in Beijing arranged several interviews to important Chinese Mass Media, among which:
- 12-minutes interview to TV channel China Business News (daily program “Insider Insights”- evening time of high TV viewing – journalist Jia Ningfang)
- 5-minutes interview to TV channel CCTV2 (daily program “Financial News” - evening time of high TV viewing – journalist Rui Chenggang)
- Interview to Chinese News Agency Xinhua.
Aiming in attracting investments in Greece, enhancing bilateral trade, the cooperation in shipping field and in services, especially in the fields of tourism and culture, and supporting Greek investments in China, the visit of Ms Katseli and the reverberation of her interviews highly contributed to the enhancement of the increasingly important strategic partnership of Greece and China.
June - 4th International Tourism and Tea Festival in Yongchuan
Press & Communication Office of the Embassy of Greece in Beijing participated in the International Tourism & Tea Festival, organized every two years by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in collaboration with China International Tea Culture Institute, in Yongchuan, the picturesque historic city of 10 million inhabitants in the southern province Sichuan, in the framework of the effort to promote tea and incorporate its culture in tourism.
Promoting the comprehensive idea of local tourism combined with the absolute respect to nature’s harmony and with the protection of the common wealth for the generations-to-come, the local government connected the highlighting of tea culture with the presentation of the UNESCO monuments of the region.
China is the birthplace of tea cultivation, the birthplace of a product, which represents the eastern philosophy, stirs the spirit and gives taste to those who consume it, while at the same time it creates bridges of friendship between China and other countries around the world. Beyond national borders, nationalities, religious beliefs, tea has always contributed - according to experts – to the evolution of human civilization.
During a night music event, the Ambassador of Greece in Beijing, Mr. Theodore Georgakelos, was chosen by our Chinese hosts, who wished to pay tribute to Greece as cradle of civilization and as ideal tourism destination, to award the city Yongchuan, on behalf of Beijing’s diplomatic community.
May 14th-21st - Press & Communication Office in Beijing and the visit of All – China Journalists’ Association Delegation
With reference to the annual exchange of Press delegations between China and Greece for the 13th year, the Press & Communication Office of the Embassy of Greece in Beijing has once more this year the pleasure to organize, along with the General Secretariat for Information – Public Relations Department, the visit of an 8-member Chinese Press delegation in Greece from May 14th to May 21st, 2010.
The aim of this visit is to give the journalists the chance to meet with political leadership and be briefed on issues related to the political, economic and cultural life in Greece.
Apart from logistics, Press & Communication Office staff attended a working lunch with the journalists on the eve of their departure to Greece.
In an agreeable atmosphere, the staff of the Office presented the idea of optimistic Greece, of its culture, its abilities and its reliability, of strong bilateral relations and of the investment interest, the idea that will be enhanced through the meetings of the Press delegation both in Athens and in Thessaloniki.
April 27th - "THE SUPPER" by Iakovos Kampanellis on ‘ Beijing People’s Art Theatre’ stage
‘The Greek theatrical plays consist a great heritage for the Humanity, and the National Theatre of China is obliged to present plays of Greek repertory’ said the well known Master of Chinese Theatre, intellectual Hellenist, Ambassador of Honor for Greece, and Vice Rector of Chinese Drama Academy, LUO Jinlin, in a press conference at the headquarters of Beijing People’s Art Theatre, on April 27th.
‘It’s the first time for the National Theatre of China to approach an ancient greek tragedy through a modern greek play, and we consider it as a real treasure for the Beijing events this wonderful chance’ accomplished the Vice-Director of the National Organization Theatre, CHUI Ning.
‘Kampanellis proved that he is the most superior innovator of the ancient greek mythological characters through the creation of a poetical narration, which complies with - up to one level - the greek myths’ message, while he, at the same time, modernizes and reshapes them via his own sentimental world’ added the Press & Communication Counsellor of the Embassy of Greece in Beijing, Christos Failadis, presenting the multisided Kampanellis’ accomplishment as theatrical writer, novelist, poet and lyricist .
‘The Supper’ is the 11th greek play directed by Luo Jinlin in China but the 1st with the best Theatre of China, as he characteristically mentioned. The premiere is foreseen for June 16th for 30 in total performances.
April 29th-May 3rd - Beijing Greek Press & Communication Office in the ‘‘Meeting of different civilizations’’
An extremely interesting cultural photo & painting exhibition organized by Chinese Authorities and the European Union Representation in the Chinese capital, since April 29th up to May 3rd, 2010, in the frame of May 1st celebrations, with participation of Chinese and European artists ‘in a meeting of different civilizations and of widen acquaintance with their Chinese counterparts’.
The Greek Press & Communication Office reacted positively to the invitation and participated with two works of our fellow-worker, Yannis Marinoglou, representing the friendship and cooperative relationship between Greece & China. On the two 60X70 photos ‘ the Chinese Opera Actress meets with the Karyatides of Acropolis’ and ‘ Theodorakis conducts an orchestra at the Tien an Men Square’. The Organizing Committee has selectively forwarded the greek photos at the webside www.artbeijing.net.
The exhibition was under the Chinese Mass Media spotlights, while thousands of visitors enjoyed the chinese – european artistic works.
10 March - The Beijing Press & Communication Office anchors the‘Endless Sailing’of Vangelis Rinas
The National Art Museum of China in Beijing wide opened its gates for the first time to a Greek artist’s personal exhibition, with the ‘‘endless sailing’’ of Vangelis Rinas’ art, to anchor to the long distance Beijing Port.
Vangelis Rinas, painter & sculptor, presents with craftsmanship and sensibility his visual landscape consisting of ships and hulls of ships, musical instruments and timbers, charming female figures, striking a miraculous balance in Time, between yesterday and today, Myth & History, romantic & realistic, colors & light’ emphasized the Ambassador of Greece, H.E. Theodore Georgakelos, inaugurating the exhibition “Endless Sailing III’’. Among his huge dimension paintings, there is a ship, with a Chinese fairy tale carved on its surface, attempting to bring together two great traditions, two brilliant civilizations, the Greek and the Chinese.
The fond of the art Beijing public approached with a great interest the greek exhibition, showing that the contemporary art of Greece still remains an all-time source of cultural shining and dynamic evolution as well.
The Greek Press Office in cooperation with the Cultural Section of the Embassy of Greece in Beijing worked together to support this exhibition, which is under the auspices of the China Artists Association, the Ministry of Culture and the Culture Organization of Greece and the Embassies of China in Greece and the Embassy of Greece in Beijing.
4 March - The Beijing Press & Communication Office supports the presence of Greece in the ‘'Fête de la Francophonie 2010’’
With the shooting of Nickos Panagiotopoulos’ greek film production ‘‘ Dying in Athens ’’, and the participation of H.E. the Ambassador of Greece, Mr. Theodore Georgakellos, as well, at the inaugural ceremony of presentation of the ‘15eme fete de la Francophonie’ in Beijing, the Beijing Press & Communication Office supported, as an co-organizer, the presence of Greece at these festivities, being already an institution for the foreign national cinematography, among others, at the Chinese capital.
14-19 February - Beijing Spring Festival
Greece was the center of attention in the Beijing Spring Festival, in the 7-days festivities of Chinese New Year.
Press & Communication Office in Beijing actively participated in the event, presenting an “Aegean Sea Park”, since the word “Aegean” reminds of the word “love” in Chinese.
The participation of Press & Communication Office in a big Press conference, and in TV shows with high ratings, that multiplied the “idea of love in the 4 seasons of Greece”, along with the two folklore dancing groups from Evia, the Greek pictures, sounds, smells and tastes, and with the traditional Greek bell, resounding its wishes to Chinese people, presented a sunny and romantic idea of Greece, and invited Chinese people to visit our country.
30 January - Giorgos Papageorgiou exhibition
In Beijing downtown, in gallery Yishu – 8, a traditional renovated building in a rapidly developing area, fitting to the dynamic of his creation, painter Giorgos Papageorgiou, Minister Counsellor of EU Delegation in China, welcomed the audience of his exhibition, inaugurated on Saturday, January 30th, under the auspices of Embassy of Greece in Beijing.
Numerous Chinese members of the artistic community along with members of diplomatic delegations highlighted the great interest for an avant garde approach, that transforms canvas and paper to a part of Beijing history.
Introducing the exhibition, art critic Dora Iliopoulou – Rogan refers to the “beneficial impact of Chinese social and cultural environment” on the painter, adding that this impact was already obvious two years ago, in the exhibition of Today Art Museum in Beijing.
15-19 January, Press & Communication Office in Beijing at the 4th International Ecology Forum
Press & Communication Office in Beijing participated in the 4th International Ecology Forum (January, 15th – 19th ), that takes place every two years on the Chinese Hainan island, under the auspices of the Chinese Government, and in the presence of representatives of the international ecology movement, along with prominent diplomatic delegations in Beijing.
Aim of the Forum is to examine the relation of a development based on ecological principles with tourism industry, and the application of these principles in the environment.
Addressing to the Forum, the Greek delegation presented the Greek Government’s “green development” policy, along with the new energy policy and the “green infrastructures” that will set off Greek natural wealth.
The presentation has been supported by a Chinese activist, who took part 2007 in the restoration of the landscape of Ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games, that has been destroyed by fire.
