HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 August 2026 – VinSpace Joint Stock Company (“VinSpace”) announced the signing of a launch contract with U.S.-basedSpaceX. The agreement marks a significant milestone in VinSpace’s roadmap to build comprehensive aerospace capabilities, advancing its mission to foster the development of Vietnam’s space industry.
VinSpace’s satellites will launch aboard a Transporter rideshare mission in 2027 as part of SpaceX’s rideshare program.
Under the agreement, VinSpace’s satellites will launch aboard a Transporter rideshare mission in 2027 as part of SpaceX’s rideshare program, which enables multiple customers to share a single launch. VinSpace is responsible for the research, development, manufacturing and on-orbit operation of its satellites. The satellites will support the on-orbit demonstration of in-house developed technologies, strengthen VinSpace’s satellite engineering capabilities, and pave the way for future commercial space applications.
The agreement provides an important foundation for VinSpace’s first satellite missions. In April 2026, the company announced its plan to develop and launch its first satellites into orbit in 2027.
The agreement represents another important step in VinSpace’s long-term vision to become a full-stack aerospace company, developing capabilities across the entire space value chain – from satellite design and manufacturing to Assembly, Integration and Testing (AIT), launch mission management, satellite operations, and downstream space data products and services.
Selecting SpaceX as its launch service provider reflects VinSpace’s strategy of working with the world’s leading technology companies to realise its first space missions.
Mr. Thu Vu, Chief Executive Officer of VinSpace, shared that:“Reliable access to space is fundamental to turning satellite innovation into operational missions. This contract with SpaceX is an important milestone in VinSpace’s long-term strategy to help build Vietnam’s space ecosystem and strengthen the country’s position within the global space economy.”
VinSpace’s upcoming satellite missions are expected to provide an important platform for in-orbit technology validation, accelerate the development of Vietnam’s aerospace talent, deepen international collaboration, and support the commercialisation of space technologies. As satellites, low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations and other space technologies become increasingly important to economic growth, infrastructure resilience and national technological competitiveness, VinSpace is committed to strengthening Vietnam’s sovereign space capabilities while delivering commercially sustainable solutions for customers across Vietnam, Southeast Asia and international markets.
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About VinSpace
VinSpace, a member of the Vingroup ecosystem, is building towards becoming Vietnam’s leading full-stack aerospace company. Our ambition is to develop capabilities across the entire space value chain, from satellite systems and ground infrastructure to geospatial intelligence, satellite connectivity and downstream applications.
Through strategic partnerships with leading global technology providers, alongside long-term investment in research, development and commercialisation, VinSpace delivers space-enabled solutions for infrastructure, energy, environmental management, logistics and smart cities.
SYDNEY, Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — To address the growing need for institutional-grade security and independent oversight in the digital asset sector, Vield, an Australian Bitcoin-backed finance company, today announced a strategic partnership with Revio Cyber Security. Through this collaboration, Revio will serve as Vield’s dedicated cyber security partner, providing independent security oversight to further deepen the company’s defensive posture.
As clients increasingly seek secure avenues for Bitcoin-collateralised credit and safekeeping, navigating the complexities of digital asset security requires a rigorous, multi-layered approach. Revio addresses this critical need by helping senior business leaders implement a risk-based cyber security strategy that spans people, roles, processes, and technology. This partnership directly extends Vield’s security infrastructure across the core pillars central to its brand: Safety, Security, and Transparency.
Revio joins Vield’s existing security relationships, namely institutional custody provided by Zodia Custody and security audit work by Hashlock. Together, these integrations reinforce Vield’s layered, defence-in-depth approach to protecting client assets and infrastructure.
“For a Bitcoin-backed lender, robust cyber security leadership is not just an operational requirement; it is the foundation of client trust,” said Johnny Phan, CEO of Vield. “By integrating Revio’s independent oversight into our ecosystem, we are actively reinforcing our core pillars of Safety, Security, and Transparency, ensuring our clients’ assets are protected by a comprehensive, defence-in-depth strategy.”
John Baird, Founder and CEO of Revio, added: “Taking a comprehensive, risk-based approach to cyber security is critical in the digital finance space. Drawing on my background in banking technology and cyber governance, our focus is to provide Vield with rigorous, independent oversight that strengthens their defensive posture and supports their commitment to safeguarding client assets.”
For more information about Vield’s Bitcoin-backed financial products and security infrastructure, visit [vield.io]. To learn more about Revio’s cybersecurity consulting services, visit [revio.tech].
About Vield
Vield is an Australian Bitcoin-backed finance company offering Bitcoin-collateralised credit and safekeeping products. It is an AUSTRAC-registered digital currency exchange provider (Vield Pty Ltd). This partnership with Revio extends Vield’s security infrastructure across the “Safety, Security, and Transparency” pillars central to its brand.
About Revio
Revio (Revio Cyber Security) is an independent cyber security consulting specialising in readiness, response and recovery. Revio helps senior business leaders take a risk-based approach to their organisation’s cyber security, spanning people, roles and responsibilities, process and technology when building a security strategy. Its founder and CEO, John Baird, is a former Chief Technology Officer for Asia/Pacific at Deutsche Bank, former Chairman of the NSW Government Cyber Security Advisory Council, and an Adjunct Fellow at Macquarie University.
Completes calculation and third-party verification of Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions across Korea and key overseas operations
Expands ESG disclosures to cover human rights, safety, working conditions, and training for global employees
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LX Pantos (President & CEO: Lee Yong-ho) has released its 2026 Sustainability Report, highlighting progress in advancing ESG management across its domestic and global operations.
LX Pantos recently released its 2026 Sustainability Report.
The report covers nine material ESG issues identified through a double materiality assessment, including climate change adaptation and mitigation, energy, eco-friendly logistics services, customer value management, human resources management, information security, risk management, business conduct, and new growth engines and business diversification.
A key highlight of this year’s report is the expanded reporting scope, which now includes global worksites. The expansion reflects LX Pantos’s strong international footprint and the growing scale of its overseas operations.
On the environmental front, the company calculated Scope 1 direct greenhouse gas emissions and Scope 2 indirect greenhouse gas emissions from its domestic operations and key overseas sites. Third-party verification further strengthened the reliability of its environmental disclosures.
In the social area, LX Pantos collected and analyzed employee data from nine subsidiaries in Europe, covering human rights and labor, occupational health and safety, working conditions, education, and career development.
In governance, the report highlights progress in Jeong-do Management, the company’s ethics- and compliance-based management philosophy. LX Pantos recorded zero significant legal violations related to anti-corruption and fair trade rules and achieved a 100% completion rate for Jeong-do Management training in 2025.
The report was prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards 2021 and references global ESG frameworks including SASB, the UN SDGs, the UNGC, and the TCFD. An independent third-party assurance agency verified the report for accuracy and reliability.
In 2025, LX Pantos also earned a Bronze rating from EcoVadis, a B rating from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), LEED Gold certification for the MegaWise Cheongna Center, and an A+ rating under the Regional Social Contribution Recognition System administered by the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Commenting on the release of this report, Lee Yong-ho, President & CEO of LX Pantos said, “LX Pantos is further advancing its sustainability management by expanding the scope of ESG management beyond Korea to our overseas operations. Under our ESG vision, ‘Value Deliverer for People and the Planet,’ we will continue to communicate with stakeholders in a transparent manner.”
■ About LX Pantos Established in 1977, LX Pantos is a leading global logistics provider headquartered in Korea. It delivers comprehensive logistics solutions across sea, air, rail, and contract logistics through a worldwide network spanning more than 40 countries. Learn more about LX Pantos online and follow it on LinkedIn.
US$2 billion annual P&L buyer expertise, now paired with the sustainability edge of GSC’s AI Agents for Beauty & Personal Care (BPC) with the CPG Knowledge Graph
VANCOUVER, BC and SYDNEY, Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — GreenCore Solutions Corp. (“GSC” or the “Company”), AI Agents that sell Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and Beauty & Personal Care (BPC) brands into retail grocery procurement, today announced the appointment of Julia Turley to its Board of Directors.
Across the world’s ten largest retailers, only a handful of executives at any time hold a Beauty & Personal Care buying P&L at the director level. Turley held one — at the largest of them all — for years. She spent more than 20 years at Walmart U.S. — Bentonville, Arkansas, inside a retailer with fiscal 2026 global revenues of US$713 billion — in Beauty & Personal Care buying and merchandising leadership, most recently as Director of Merchandising — Beauty, running a US$2 billion P&L. She made the decision GSC’s AI Agents are built for: what gets bought.
Only a handful of executives across the world’s largest retailers hold Beauty & Personal Care buying expertise at the level Turley brings — more than 20 years at Walmart U.S. (fiscal 2026 revenues US$713 billion), most recently as Director of Merchandising — Beauty, running a US$2 billion P&L. She now pairs that expertise with the fastest-scaling AI Agent procurement platform in CPG — GSC’s AI Agents and the CPG Knowledge Graph, carrying brands into retail procurement at 11.5 million+ transactions a month. Her buyer judgment lands on an AI Agent stack already engineered for the buy side — deterministic, procurement-ready, and sustainable by design, resolving answers once instead of burning compute guessing.
“Everyone wins. GSC’s makers get AI Agents built against real buyer judgment. Retail buyers get a sell side engineered for their gates — deterministic, procurement-ready, and sustainable by design, resolving answers once instead of burning compute guessing. And the GSC board gains a leader and a mentor — two decades of building winning categories and developing top merchant talent, now guiding the company that sells to the desk she ran. GSC is the first AI Agent company in CPG to appoint a Walmart U.S. merchandising leader to its Board of Directors,” said Matthew Keddy, CEO, GreenCore Solutions Corp.
“For more than 20 years at Walmart, I evaluated brands through the lens of the customer, the category and the business—what earns distribution, what creates incremental growth and what ultimately deserves space on the shelf. AI is changing how brands and retailers find, evaluate and transact with one another, but strong retail decisions still require sound merchant judgment. I’m excited to bring that perspective to GSC as it builds technology designed around how retailers actually buy,” said Julia Turley.
GSC supplies AI Agents to CPG makers, mounting a maker’s SKUs onto GSC AI Agent infrastructure so those products become machine-discoverable, machine-orderable and procurement-ready for retailer, ERP and AI procurement systems. The Company’s architecture combines its proprietary CPG Knowledge Graph powered by SPARKS with deterministic classification, sovereign resolution and commerce execution infrastructure — with a human in the loop on every purchase order.
About Julia Turley Julia Turley is Founder of JT Retail Solutions LLC (Bentonville, Arkansas) and an Independent Director of GreenCore Solutions Corp. A retail and CPG executive with more than 20 years of experience at Walmart U.S., Turley has led merchandising, category strategy, assortment and supplier partnerships across major consumer categories. Most recently, she served as Director of Merchandising — Beauty, with responsibility for a US$2 billion business. Today, through JT Retail Solutions, she brings that merchant perspective to companies with AI orderability seeking to better understand retail strategy, consumer and category opportunities, product commercialization and scalable retail growth.
About GreenCore Solutions Corp. (GSC) GreenCore Solutions Corp. (GSC) builds AI Agents that sell Beauty & Personal Care (BPC) brands into retail grocery procurement, powered by the CPG Knowledge Graph with SPARKS and delivered on MCP + A2A + ACM-68000. GSC carries 11.5 million+ inbound AI Agent transactions a month — 4.2 every second — across the CPG Knowledge Graph’s 2 billion datapoints spanning 38,350 BPC brands, 15,688 retail grocery banners and 3.29 million points of sale in 50 global markets. GSC AI Agents run sustainable, transact safe, human in the loop, and live on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. GSC is a Microsoft AI Cloud Partner — Crunchbase Global Rank #151 of 5 million companies. D-U-N-S 24-336-6774.
About GSC Agentic Pty. Ltd. GSC Agentic Pty. Ltd., headquartered in Sydney, Australia, is the Asia-Pacific joint venture delivering the GSC AI Agent Stack across APAC markets.
Partnership underscores Shilla Stay’s standardized service capabilities and large-scale hospitality expertise
Shilla Stay will provide accommodations and dedicated guest services for key participants attending World Youth Day Seoul 2027.
Dedicated check-in arrangements, information desks and coordinated guest services will support a comfortable and efficient stay for participants from around the world.
Shilla Stay will draw on its standardized operating system and experience across 17 properties in South Korea and China.
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Shilla Stay, the premium business hotel brand of Hotel Shilla, South Korea’s leading luxury hospitality company and an affiliate of Samsung Group, will provide accommodations and dedicated hospitality services for key participants attending World Youth Day Seoul 2027 to be held in Seoul, South Korea.
Representatives of Shilla Stay and the WYD Seoul 2027 Local Organizing Committee pose for a commemorative photo following the signing of an agreement to provide accommodations and guest services for World Youth Day Seoul 2027 at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul. Pictured are Fr. Simone Nam-kyun Kim, Executive Secretary of the WYD Seoul 2027 Local Organizing Committee (left) and Sang-oh Park, CEO of Shilla HM (right).
Shilla Stay and WYD Seoul 2027 Local Organizing Committee signed a memorandum of understanding at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul on July 30 to support accommodations and hospitality services for the international gathering.
World Youth Day is an international gathering of young people organized by the Catholic Church and led by the Pope. First held in Rome in 1986, the event has since taken place every three to four years in major cities around the world. World Youth Day Seoul 2027 will be the edition hosted by South Korea and the second held in Asia, following the 1995 gathering in Manila, the Philippines.
Under the agreement, dignitaries from South Korea and around the world, including international delegations of bishops, are expected to stay at Shilla Stay properties during the event. The partnership aims to provide participants traveling to South Korea with a comfortable and reliable stay throughout their visit.
In addition to guest rooms, Shilla Stay plans to operate dedicated check-in arrangements and information desks for event participants. The brand will also manage guest movement within participating hotels to support convenient access for World Youth Day participants while maintaining a comfortable experience for regular hotel guests.
The partnership underscores Shilla Stay’s ability to support a large-scale international event involving guests from diverse countries and backgrounds. By applying consistent operating procedures across multiple properties, the brand aims to provide reliable hospitality while responding to the specific requirements of the event and its participants.
Shilla Stay is a premium business hotel brand built around the concept of a “Smarter Stay.” The brand focuses on the services and amenities most important to business and leisure travelers, combining efficient operations, practical comfort, contemporary design and The Shilla’s service standards.
The brand currently operates 17 properties across South Korea and China. Its network enables Shilla Stay to provide a consistent guest experience across major business and travel destinations while responding to the different needs of each location and guest profile.
In April 2026, Shilla Stay opened Shilla Stay Yancheng in Jiangsu Province, China, marking the brand’s first overseas expansion. The opening extended Shilla Stay’s standardized operating model beyond South Korea and represented a further step in the international growth of Hotel Shilla’s hospitality business.
Shilla Stay has also demonstrated its ability to serve guests at scale. The brand has ranked first in the business hotel category of the Korea Brand Power Index (K-BPI) for seven consecutive years, underscoring the strength of its extensive hotel network and its ability to deliver consistent service.
“World Youth Day Seoul 2027 is a meaningful international event that offers an opportunity to showcase South Korea’s culture, tourism and hospitality capabilities to the world,” said a representative from Shilla Stay. “We will support the successful operation of the event by providing exceptional accommodation services and a differentiated guest experience, ensuring that key participants and official delegations from around the world enjoy a comfortable and safe stay in South Korea.”
As South Korea prepares to welcome participants from around the world for World Youth Day Seoul 2027, Shilla Stay’s role in accommodating key participants reflects the brand’s position as a reliable hospitality partner, supported by its extensive hotel network, standardized operating system and consistent service standards.
About Shilla Stay Shilla Stay is the premium business hotel brand of Hotel Shilla, South Korea’s leading luxury hospitality company and an affiliate of Samsung Group. Built around the concept of a “Smarter Stay,” the brand provides efficient, comfortable and contemporary accommodations for business and leisure travelers. Shilla Stay currently operates 17 properties across South Korea and China, including Shilla Stay Yancheng, which opened in April 2026 as the brand’s first overseas property. Through its standardized operating system and The Shilla’s service standards, Shilla Stay aims to deliver a reliable and consistent hospitality experience across its growing hotel network.
About Hotel Shilla Hotel Shilla, an affiliate of the Samsung Group, is a leading hospitality and travel retail operator based in South Korea, committed to delivering outstanding customer experiences through innovation and service excellence. Its hospitality division, The Shilla Hotels & Resorts, includes three hotel brands: The Shilla, Shilla Monogram, and Shilla Stay, with 22 properties across South Korea, China and Vietnam. The Shilla Seoul, the company’s flagship luxury property, is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World (LHW) and an APAC Regional Program Partner of Virtuoso, recognized globally for excellence in service and sophistication. In its travel retail division, The Shilla Duty Free is a leading duty-free powerhouse, operating three domestic stores, two overseas branches, and an online platform. Drawing on decades of expertise, Hotel Shilla continues to pursue new opportunities for growth, aiming to become a world-class service distribution leader.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mobile technologies and services are projected to contribute US$1.4 trillion to the Asia Pacific economy by 2030, a 40% increase from the US$1 trillion generated today, according to the GSMA’s new Mobile Economy Asia Pacific 2026 report.
Released today in Kuala Lumpur ahead of next month’s M360 ASEAN 2026, the report finds that the next phase of digital growth will be shaped not only by connectivity, but by how governments, operators and technology providers respond to four converging priorities: the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI), declining digital trust, demand for more resilient digital infrastructure, and growing interest in digital sovereignty.
Key findings:
5G connections are forecast to reach 1.5 billion by 2030, representing 50% of all mobile connections in Asia Pacific.
Operators are expected to invest more than US$200 billion in capital expenditure between 2025 and 2030.
The mobile ecosystem supported 18 million jobs across the region in 2025.
More than 700 million adults remain offline despite being covered by mobile broadband networks.
Julian Gorman, Head of Asia Pacific, GSMA, said: “The mobile industry is playing an increasingly important role in shaping Asia Pacific’s digital future. As this report shows, economies and societies across the region are becoming increasingly digital, with mobile networks serving as the foundation for AI adoption, digital trust and resilient digital infrastructure. As governments place greater emphasis on digital sovereignty and citizens expect stronger protection from scams, fraud and cyber threats, the responsibilities placed on our industry continue to grow. M360 ASEAN brings together policymakers, industry leaders and innovators to address these challenges, strengthen trust and ensure digital transformation delivers long-term economic and social benefits for everyone.”
Many of the issues highlighted in the report, including AI adoption, digital trust, digital sovereignty, network resilience and digital inclusion, will be explored in depth at M360 ASEAN, taking place in Kuala Lumpur on 9-10 September 2026.
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Registration is also now open for MWC26 Doha, which returns to DECC from 8-10 November 2026. Find out more here.
Business leaders, policymakers and innovators explore AI, industrial transformation and global growth as Frost & Sullivan celebrates its 65th anniversary
SHANGHAI, Aug. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan welcomed more than 2,000 business leaders, policymakers, investors, academics and innovators to the 20th Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL) Summit in China, held August 4–5 at the Jing An Shangri-La in Shanghai.
Frost & Sullivan’s GIL Global: China 2026
Coinciding with Frost & Sullivan’s 65th anniversary, the summit featured more than 300 speakers and 150 keynote presentations and panel discussions. Topics included artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, life sciences, consumer markets and investment – highlighting the forces reshaping global competitiveness and transformational growth.
The event combined a flagship plenary programme with 10 parallel forums and the fifth edition of Frost & Sullivan’s New Investment Event, fostering collaboration across business, finance, government, academia and research.
Leadership Perspectives on Transformational Growth
David Frigstad, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Frost & Sullivan, highlighted the opportunity for Chinese companies to build global brands, teams and market presence.
“The next great chapter of China’s economy will belong to world-class enterprises with global brands, global footprints and compelling narratives,” Frigstad said. “Through Frost & Sullivan’s Transformational Growth Platform, we are helping ambitious companies turn local expertise into sustainable global leadership.”
Aroop Zutshi, Global Managing Partner and Executive Board Member, examined how organisations can embed AI across strategy, brand development and operations to create lasting business capabilities.
Dr Neil Wang, Global Senior Vice President, Co-Chairman of Asia Pacific and Chairman of China, introduced the Resilience Triangle – Mission, Innovation and Trust – and the principle “AI + HI = CI,” combining artificial and human intelligence to create collaborative intelligence.
“Frost & Sullivan’s mission is to communicate China’s growth, innovation and leadership to the world while helping Chinese companies embrace global opportunities,” Wang said.
More than 20 industry reports, three professional publications and several research initiatives were unveiled. Flagship releases included “White Paper on China’s Industrial Development Trends for the Next 50 Years (5th Edition)”, covering opportunities in AI, intelligent manufacturing, consumer markets, healthcare and semiconductors.
Other releases addressed biotechnology, consumer intelligent technology, brand building and the application of AI in research and investment management – reflecting the summit’s focus on turning technological progress into resilient, commercially viable growth.
Strengthening the Growth Ecosystem
Frost & Sullivan announced collaborations with organisations spanning industry, academia and research, while launching a Professional Institution Expert Committee to deepen cooperation across capital markets, auditing, legal services and consulting.
The summit concluded with a gala celebrating Frost & Sullivan’s 65th anniversary and two decades of GIL programming in China. The 2026 Frost & Sullivan GIL Awards recognised organisations demonstrating innovation, customer impact and leadership.
Since launching in China in 2008, the GIL Summit has become an influential platform for identifying growth opportunities and connecting China’s innovation ecosystem with international markets.
About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Pipeline Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation, and leadership. The company’s Growth Pipeline as a Service provides the CEO’s Growth Team with transformational strategies and best-practice models to drive the generation, evaluation, and implementation of powerful growth opportunities. For over 60 years, Frost & Sullivan has partnered with investors, corporate leaders, and governments to identify, prioritize, and execute transformational growth strategies.
JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 August 2026 – On August 6, the “Boundless Creativity, Connecting Youth” China–Indonesia Youth Cultural Exchange Series was held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event was jointly hosted by the China Intercontinental Communication Center (CICC) and Indonesia’s GARUDA TV, with co-organized by Luoyang Radio and Television Media Group Co., Ltd. and Coocaa, a brand under Skyworth Group. More than 800 people attended the opening ceremony. Among them were representatives from government agencies, cultural circles, news media, and creative industries, as well as youth delegates from higher education institutions across both nations.
At the event, the exhibitions Her Bloom: A Digital Cultural Heritage Exhibition on Luoyang, the Divine Capital and the Indonesian leg of Emerging Forces, Boundless Horizons: A Global Touring Exhibition Series Featuring Young Chinese Artists officially opened. The event also launched a China–Indonesia media organization, FAST Media Alliance, the Indonesian broadcast of the micro-drama Her Bloom, and the China–Indonesia Visual Project—Nanyang Film Festival, among other collaborative initiatives.
In her remarks, Anindita Kusuma Listya, Special Advisor to the Minister of Culture for Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Industries at Ministry of Culture of Indonesia, expressed her strong appreciation for the event’s focus on youth connectivity, digital innovation, and media co-creation. She noted that Indonesia has consistently attached great importance to cultural exchanges and cooperation with China, encouraging young people, arts professionals, media organizations, and cultural and creative enterprises from both countries to engage in regular, in-depth, and multidimensional collaboration. As nations with diverse civilizations, Indonesia and China enjoy vast potential for cooperation and closely aligned development needs in cultural heritage preservation, digital cultural and creative industries, film and television production, and youth innovation.
Wang Siping, Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia, said in his remarks that cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Indonesia have yielded fruitful results in recent years, while people-to-people exchanges have continued to gain momentum. He expressed the hope that young people from both countries would engage more frequently and that more events such as “Boundless Creativity, Connecting Youth” would be organized and widely attended. China is ready to pursue more cooperation with Indonesia and share more opportunities. China also stands ready to work hand in hand with Indonesia to cultivate the fertile ground of people-to-people exchanges, expand channels for youth engagement, strengthen the “people-to-people pillar” of bilateral relations, and advance the high-quality building of a China–Indonesia community with a shared future.
Al Busyra Basnur, Chairman of the Indonesia–China Friendship Association, noted in his remarks that both China and Indonesia possess abundant pools of young talent. Cooperation among outstanding young people from the two countries, he said, will not only deepen bilateral relations but also inject fresh momentum into regional prosperity, technological progress, and the building of a more peaceful and closely connected world. He expressed his hope of holding in-depth discussions with all parties during the subsequent activities on such issues as advancing China–Indonesia relations, talent development, and educational exchanges, with a view to identifying practical avenues for cooperation.
Arianto Surojo, Consul General of Indonesia in Guangzhou, said that the event was innovative in concept and far-reaching in significance, providing a high-level platform for cultural exchanges between Indonesia and China in the new era. Youth-oriented, digital, and innovative forms of exchange such as this, he noted, enable people—especially young people—in both countries to gain a more direct understanding of one another and forge deeper connections. They also help elevate cultural exchanges between Indonesia and China from the superficial to the substantive, enriching the content of bilateral people-to-people cooperation. “When young people thrive, nations thrive; when young people are strong, nations are strong,” he said. “Let us embrace the spirit of exploration and innovation and jointly write a new chapter in the friendship between our two countries.”
Li Mian, Deputy President of CICC, said that CICC has long worked with media organizations in Southeast Asia to promote cultural exchanges. Over the years, CICC has actively advanced audiovisual cooperation with mainstream media outlets in Indonesia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia through the television program UPanda Cinema. Through this event, CICC has launched such collaborative projects as the China–Indonesia media organization, FAST Media Alliance, the broadcast of the micro-drama Her Bloom, and the China–Indonesia Visual Project. These initiatives aim to tell the story of China–Indonesia friendship, share digital technologies and high-quality resources, and promote deeper, more substantive cooperation between the two countries.
Atika Suri, Editor-in-Chief of Indonesia’s GARUDA TV, said that the event, focusing on youth exchange and cultural empowerment, carried out a rich array of activities, including digital cultural heritage exhibitions, joint visual exhibitions, and touring exhibitions of young artists. It not only carries forward the traditional friendship between Indonesia and China, she said, but also represents an active exploration of new models and pathways for people-to-people cooperation in the new era.
Li Jing, Vice President of Coocaa, a Skyworth Group company, and CEO of Coolita, said that emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, smart television, and FAST are driving the global media industry into a new digital era, creating fresh opportunities for cultural communication and international media cooperation. During the event, Coolita and CICC jointly launched the China–Indonesia media organization, FAST Media Alliance. Going forward, they will work with Indonesian media organizations and partners such as Tencent Cloud to explore innovative models in artificial intelligence, FAST, and digital content distribution; drive the digital transformation of traditional media; and promote innovation in the digital cultural industries of both countries.
The event also featured themed roundtable discussions bringing together esteemed institutions and figures. Participants included China National Archives of Publications and Culture, Tencent Cloud, “Honor of Kings”, the acting head of the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities (ISSH) at Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency, the University of Indonesia, LSPR Institute of Communication and Business, the Jakarta Film Commission, the renowned game studio Anantarupa Studios, and the visual creative studio Mono Studio. They were joined by Indonesian contemporary painting master Sidik Martowidjojo (Ma Yongqiang) and Chinese young artist Ren Zhe.
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