LaunchingceremonyofmicrodocumentaryseriesonBeijing’shugechangesheldinBeijingPhototakenonNov.12,2018showsthesceneofthelaunchingceremonythemicrodocumentaryseriesthemed“40Yearson—BeijingBloomingwithUs”atBeijingFuninBeijing,capitalofChina.(PhotobyJiChunhong/GuangmingPicture)BEIJING,Nov.12(GuangmingOnline)—Thelaunchingceremonyofmicrodocumentaryseries“40Yearson—BeijingBloomingwithUs”wasjointlyheldbytheInformationOfficeofBeijingMunicipality,GuangmingDailyandGMW.cn(officialwebsiteofGuangmingDaily)inBeijingonMonday.Inthemicrodocumentaryseries,40foreignexpertstalkaboutthechangestheyhavewitnessedinBeijingasthecountrycelebratesthe40thanniversaryofreformandopening-up.DuFeijin,MemberoftheStandingCommitteeoftheCPCBeijingMunicipalCommitteeandHeadoftheitsPublicityDepartment,andZhangZheng,Editor-in-ChiefofGuangmingDaily,attendedthelaunchingceremonyanddeliveredspeeches.GuestsfromthePublicityDepartmentoftheCPCCentralCommittee,OfficeoftheCentralCyberspaceAffairsCommission,publicitydepartmentsofBeijing’sCPCdistrictcommittees,over30mediaagencies,somesocialmediacelebritiesaswellas14foreignguestsattended.Inhisspeech,DuFeijinexpressedthatBeijing,togetherwithChina,hasmaderemarkableachievementsandrealizedunprecedentedhistoricchangessincethereformandopening-upbegan40yearsago.Ithasdevelopedfromanancientcapitalwithprofoundhistoryintoaninfluentialcosmopolisandismovingforwardtobecomeaworld-classlivablecity.Storiesaboutreformandopening-upinBeijingarewrittenbythousandsuponthousandsof“Beijingers”amongwhomaremanyforeignexperts.Weplannedthemicrodocumentaryseries“40Yearson—BeijingBloomingwithUs”toleaveauniquegrowthdiaryofthecitythroughthelens.Webelievethateveryonecandeeplyfeelthatreformandopening-upisthemostdistinctivecharacteristicofcontemporaryChina.ZhangZhengstatedthatGuangmingDailyhasaspecialrelationshipwiththereformandopening-up.OnMay11,1978,GuangmingDailypublishedthespecialcommentatorarticle“PracticeistheSoleCriterionforTestingTruth”,inspiringheateddiscussionnationwideonthecriterionfortestingtruth,announcingthedawningofreformandopening-up.Inthefollowingdecades,GuangmingDailyGrouphasbeenitsrecorderaswellasitsactivepusher.Inthenewera,GuangmingDailyfurtherdisplaysitspositionandcharacteristicinthefieldsoftheoryandculture.Itconstantlyexploresanddevelopsconvergentmediaproducts,andthemicrodocumentaryseriesintegrateGuangming’scharacteristicsandaBeijingtheme.LuXiangao,DeputyEditor-in-ChiefofGuangmingDaily,saidinhiswelcomingspeechthatthemicrodocumentaryseries,aspecialgiftcelebratingthe40thanniversaryofreformandopening-up,isasignificantmovefortheGrouptoshiftitsfocustothecyberspaceinanswertoPresidentXiJinping’scall.It’salsoatestforimplementingtheCPCCentralCommittee’sdeploymentregardingmediaconvergence.Inthemicrodocumentaryseries,40foreignexpertsfrom22countriesinAsia,Europe,Africa,NorthAmericaandLatinAmericaareinvitedbytheInformationOfficeofBeijingMunicipalityandGMW.cntotalkabouttheirlifeandworkinBeijingsoastoshowthehugechangesinthelifestyles,cityimage,innovationcapacityandinternationalcommunicationinBeijing.ChineseandforeignaudiencecanfeelthefruitfulachievementsofBeijingoverthepast40yearsofreformandopening-upthroughtheirstories.ThemicrodocumentaryserieswillbepublishedatleastoneepisodeperdayonplatformsincludingnewmediamatrixoftheInformationOfficeofBeijingMunicipality,allmediachannelsofGMW.cnandotherforeignanddomesticmediaandsocialmediafromNov.12.123NextPageLastPage31[Editor:ZhangZhou