BRICS Association for Visual Arts and BRICS Media & Think Tank Association Inaugurated
BRICS Association for Visual Arts and BRICS Media & Think Tank Association Inaugurated
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On March 30, the BRICS Seminar on Governance & Cultural Exchange Forum kicked off in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. Both the BRICS Association for Visual Arts and the BRICS Media & Think Tank Association were inaugurated during the event.
Under the initiative of the CICG Center for Europe and Asia (China Pictorial Publications) and the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies, the BRICS Association for Visual Arts was established with the joint efforts of the two institutions, photographic associations as well as related institutions from BRICS countries. The BRICS Media & Think Tank Association was set up thanks to joint endeavors of mainstream media outlets and think tanks from BRICS countries. In the framework of the BRICS, all these efforts aim to strengthen understanding and mutual trust among the peoples of BRICS countries and implement the consensus among BRICS leaders.
Jiang Yonggang, president of the CICG Center for Europe and Asia (China Pictorial Publications), opens the inauguration.
The mission of the BRICS Association for Visual Arts is to unite photography organizations and related institutions from BRICS countries and create an all-media platform for sharing photography themes and resources. By building the platform into an image database on people-to-people exchanges, the cross-cultural communication through images among BRICS countries will be further strengthened.
Li Ge, vice-president of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and chairman of the China Photographers Association delivers a speech at the inauguration.
The mission of the BRICS Media & Think Tank Association, by bringing together mainstream media organizations and influential think tanks from BRICS countries, is to provide a platform for information exchange and cooperative activities such as sharing information, organizing academic discussions, conducting joint reporting activities, and facilitating mutual visits. Its objective is to enhance the influence of BRICS countries by promoting interaction among media organizations and think tanks.
The BRICS Association for Visual Arts and the BRICS Media & Think Tank Association were inaugurated during the BRICS Seminar on Governance & Cultural Exchange Forum, which kicked off in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, March 30, 2023.
Since its inception, the initiative of establishing the two associations was warmly received by relevant institutions of BRICS countries. Nine visual arts institutions from BRICS countries, including the China Photographers Association, the Union of Photo Artists of Russia, the Indian Institute of Photography, and the Photographic Society of South Africa, joined the BRICS Association for Visual Arts. At the same time, 19 major media outlets and prestigious think tanks from BRICS countries joined the BRICS Media & Think Tank Association. Among them are Radar China (Brazil) and the Lula Institute (Brazil), Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper (Russia) and Trud newspaper (Russia), Free Press Journal (India) and the Forum for a New South Asia (India), Independent Media Group (South Africa), the Euro-Asian Social Development Research Institute under the Development Research Center of the State Council of China, China Daily, and China News Service.
Guests at the venue witnessing the establishment of the two BRICS associations.
Under the framework of the two associations, their members will carry out diverse international exchange activities, creating new platforms for cooperation and exchanges for emerging markets and developing countries in the future.