On February 10, the fourth anniversary of Dragon TV's ideological and political program "This Is China" and the launch ceremony for the release of the 2023 film list were held in Shanghai.

"This Is China" has created a brand-new ideological and political program model, allowing Chinese discourse to go directly to the public and young people. Since its launch in 2019, word-of-mouth has been rising all the way. At the launching ceremony, the program team reviewed and summarized the successful experience of the previous four years, and released the latest film list for 2023.

Launch ceremony site

In 2023, in addition to the 20th anniversary of Dragon TV's satellite broadcast, it will also be the 70th anniversary of the victory of the "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, and the 10th anniversary of the "Belt and Road" initiative.

Zhou Jie, deputy editor-in-chief of Dragon TV Center, said that in conjunction with the 70th anniversary of "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", the program plans to invite General Jin Yinan to look back at the war years.

Based in Shanghai, a "socialist modern international metropolis", the program group will plan a series of selected topics to showcase "successful examples of Chinese-style modernization":

In terms of economic topic selection, combined with "the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone", focusing on the development process of the free trade zone, showing the extraordinary changes since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and striving to make the "This is China" column a socialist internationalization of Shanghai. The display window of the metropolis.

In terms of cultural topic selection, under the guidance of the Shanghai Bureau of Culture and Tourism, cultural topics such as "Exploring Shanghai's Red Cultural Gene" and "Architecture Can be Read" were launched to promote the construction of a socialist international cultural metropolis with world influence and start the "Shanghai Cultural "Brand, enhance Shanghai's urban soft power.

In addition, the program team will also enter the "Five New Cities" in Shanghai this year - namely, Qingpu, Songjiang, Jiading, Fengxian, and the Party School of the District Party Committee where Nanhui New City is located, to promote the new heights in theory, and to explore Shanghai based on the respective positioning of the five new cities. High-quality development and the road to Chinese-style modernization. Tell Chinese stories well and interpret Shanghai wonderfully.

In addition to being based in Shanghai, the program group will also go to all parts of the country in combination with selected topics. During the launch of the documentary "Why China", a special program "Civilization Exploration and the East" will be planned, based on the "Chinese Civilization Exploration Project" and "Archaeological China". "The major research results and latest discoveries, tell the world about the origin of China, and tell the public about the glorious past of Chinese civilization.

Entering its fifth year, "This Is China" will continue to explain deeply and vividly Chinese-style modernization. Use "small incisions" to analyze "big themes", "multi-perspectives" to tell "new ideas" well, and to tell Chinese stories that theory leads development in simple terms.

"This Is China", which was launched in 2019, has broadcast more than 170 episodes in total. It is a frequently watched and often new ideological and political program. With a novel form and an international perspective, the program relies on the core speaker Zhang Weiwei and a strong team of expert think tanks to closely follow the topics of the times, collide with sparks of thought, and strive to deconstruct the Western discourse system through discussions on many hot topics in the current situation. The original Chinese discourse has aroused strong repercussions and wide acclaim in the society.

Wang Leiqing, vice president of Shanghai Culture Radio, Film and Television Group Co., Ltd. and Secretary of the Party Committee of Oriental Satellite TV Center (Oriental Entertainment Company), believes that "This Is China" has gradually formed a three-dimensional expansion in the innovative development of ideological and theoretical programs——Shangda The height of the strategic structure, the breadth of access to the whole society, and the broadening of the scale of media integration, the program is an open and inclusive attitude to achieve a strong knock on the Chinese discourse system to the world public opinion field.