LUSAKA cheap nike air max 2019 mens , Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese pay-television operator StarTimes has launched the 2017 Beijing TV dramas and movies broadcasting season in Africa in Lusaka, the Zambian capital.
The Beijing TV dramas and movies broadcasting season in Africa, the fourth time it is being launched on the continent and first time in Zambia, will see eight hit television dramas and movies being broadcast to the Zambian audience.
StarTimes, with branches in 35 African nations and with almost 10 million subscribers, has partnered with the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Press cheap nike air max 2019 womens , Radio, Film and Television to broadcast the series.
Guo Ziqi, StarTimes Vice-President said during the launch on Monday that the broadcasting of the series will contribute to the strengthened friendship between Zambia and China.
"To assist the broadcasting season, we held the "Carnival of Films and TV drama" in 12 main villages around four major cities, Lusaka, Ndola cheap nike air max 2019 shoes , Kabwe and Kitwe and 24 movies were screened which received a lot of appreciation," she said.
The television firm, she said, was the fastest growing digital television operator in Africa since its launch in 2002.
Wang Yefei, Deputy Director-General of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Press, Publication cheap nike air max 2019 wholesale , Radio, Film and Television said the municipality attaches great importance to the cultural exchanges between China and Africa and hoped that the series will help the African audience to get a panorama of China.
According to him, the African audience will also enjoy 17 movies and 400 drama episodes during the course of the year in seven languages, among them, English, French cheap nike air max 2019 , Portuguese, Swahili, Hausa, Yoruba and Luganda.
Yang Youming, Chinese Ambassador to Zambia, said Chinese TV dramas and movies have become an important new cultural bridge in building relations between the two countries.
"It is my belief that this event will further promote mutual understanding and friendship between our two peoples nike air max 2019 outlet ireland , and open a new window for the cultural and people-to-people exchanges between our two countries, he said.
The Chinese envoy further hoped that more Chinese TV dramas and movies will be broadcasted on Zambian channels to enrich the cultural life of citizens.
According to him, the people-to-people exchange had become an important aspect of cooperation and has resulted in increased