Pakistani awarded at BRI competition

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BEIJING: A video telling story of a Pakistani construction worker at Dasu Dam has won award at the second Belt and Road (BRI) Short Video Competition held in Wuhan in Central China’s Hubei Province. Seven state-owned enterprises in Hubei received awards in the second BRI Short Video Competition.
For example, one video submitted by Gezhouba Co tells the story of Naseer from Pakistan, a construction worker from Dasu Dam, a large hydroelectric gravity dam, whose civil works were undertaken by Gezhouba.
Naseer’s work at the Dasu Dam has changed the lives of his family and enables his kids to study at school.
According to statistics, the entries of this competition have received more than 300 million views, including nearly 50 million views overseas, providing colorful stories about the Belt and Road to a global audience.
The wonderful videos of this competition were not only posted and displayed on the exclusive voting platform Kwai with the hashtag of “#Footprints and Memories#”, but also published on Douyin, Bilibili, and Tencent Video, as well as overseas social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok.
The competition, co-organized by the China Public Diplomacy Association, the News Center of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), and Global Times Online, was held in Wuhan.
Themed Act in Solidarity,the second BRI short video competition continues to focus on the BRI while carrying forward the ideas of planning that were a part of the first competition.