Chinese Embassy and Chinese Cultural Center in Mexico co-sponsor the 2018 'Cultural China' Special Training at El Colegio de México (Linked to Record ID#88581)

Project narrative

In 2018, the Chinese Embassy in Mexico, the Chinese Cultural Center in Mexico, and the El Colegio de México, A.C. (Colmex), co-sponsored at the 2018 "Cultural China" Special Training at El Colegio de México. The trainees represented various aspects of Mexican culture, including officials, curators, museum officials, writers, editors, designers, musicians, dancers, artists, cinematographers and others involved in the film and television industry, and Mexican researchers and educators on China. The opening ceremony of the training course was held on August 11, 2018, featuring a lecture from Chinese Ambassador Qiu Xiaoqi about China. The training was set to end on September 8, 2018. This training is captured by this project. After this training, a select number of its participants, as well as 20 other Mexican trainees selected by Mexico's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, Secretariat of Culture, and other cultural institutions were to visit China from October 11 to October 31, 2018 for the Advanced Seminar on Cultural Industry and Management, a three-week visit and training period to learn about China's cultural policies and practices, trade, and exchanges during visits to Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. This seminar is captured by linked Record ID#88581.