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Roar Out Your Talent - Year of the Tiger Lunar New Year Design Competition Successfully Concluded
2022-04-08
Co-organized by the Maritime Silk Road Society (MSRS) and Silk Road Economic Development Research Center, the Roar Out Your Talent - Year of the Tiger Lunar New Year Design Competition concluded successfully. The Competition attracted numerous entrants from different countries and regions, including countries such as UK, Canada, South Korea, Libya, Singapore, etc. This competition is composed of three categories, namely Emoticon Sticker Design, Creative Chinese Calligraphy Design-Chinese Character Fu (福) and Red Packet Design for both Child and Adult Group.
The organizing committee comprised of Mrs Regina Ip and Mr Bernard Chan, Co-Chairs of Maritime Silk Road Society, and Mr Joseph Chan, Chairman of Silk Road Economic Development Research Center. Supporting organizations included The Education Bureau and Centre of National History Education (Hong Kong).
Prof Lee Chack Fan, Director of the Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole at the University of Hong Kong; Ms Kai-Yin Lo, world-renowned Jewellery and Accessories Designer & Cultural Consultant; Dr Chan Man-hung, Director of One Belt One Road Research Institute of the Chu Hai College of Higher Education; and Prof Alice Chiu, Co-founder of Sheen Hok Charitable Foundation were invited as members of the judging panel.
Winning entries were chosen by the judging panel at the nomination of the working task force. Due to the continuation of the pandemic, winners will be informed by email and will receive electronic gift cards as prizes. The winners list will be announced via the organizers’ websites.
“Maritime Silk Road Society and Silk Road Economic Development Research Center have worked many years together to hold Belt and Road events for promoting cultural exchange among people from different cultural backgrounds. The purpose of this Lunar New Year titled competition is to gather like-minded people from all around the globe to gain deeper appreciation of the Chinese culture, including Chinese traditional festivals, national customs and traditional virtues and values such as “Seeking harmony in diversity”, “Co-existence and co-prosperity”, as well as to promote the friendly neighbor and cultural exchanges advocated in the Belt and Road Initiative”, says Mr Joseph Chan, Chairman of Silk Road Economic Development Research Center.
“It is our great honor to be one of the organizers of the Roar Out Your Talent - Year of the Tiger Lunar New Year Design Competition, to offer a glimpse of Chinese traditional Culture to the world. MSRS will strive to hold more cultural related competitions in Hong Kong and Asia in the future and we believe Chinese traditional festivals are a perfect window for getting to know Chinese culture”, says Mr Alex Wong, CEO of MSRS.
Maritime Silk Road Society and Silk Road Economic Development Research Center have always been focusing on Hong Kong’s development as a key role in Belt and Road Initiative and dedicated to offering their full support by proactively holding and participating in various related events.
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Introduction of Organizers:
Introduction on Maritime Silk Road Society
Maritime Silk Road Society is a non-profit making organization. The objectives of the Society are to support and complement China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” and assist Hong Kong in taking full advantage of this initiative, leveraging the city’s strong business, cultural and people-to-people ties with the Maritime Silk Road provinces and cities and the ASEAN and South Asian countries; to research and explore the developmental opportunities brought about by the “Belt and Road Initiative”; to foster exchanges in trade, financial, economic, cultural, academic and educational exchanges between Hong Kong and the “Belt and Road” regions (especially the core coastal provinces of the Maritime Silk Road and ASEAN countries); to enhance public understanding of the history, cultures and contemporary developments of the “Belt and Road ” regions (especially the provinces and cities along the Maritime Silk Road and ASEAN countries); and to encourage young people to seize the developmental opportunities provided under the “Belt and Road Initiative”.
Mrs Regina Ip and Mr Bernard Chan are the Co-Chairs of the Society.
Introduction on Silk Road Economic Development Research Center
The Belt and Road Initiative has become China’s most prominent universal public product that it has been able to render. The Initiative unveiled vast potential, prosperity, and has become an integral international cooperation platform. The development of infrastructures has been improving interconnection and an international passage by way of connecting Central, Southeast Asia, Europe, and other regions along the Belt and Road. Other than infrastructure, the areas of cooperation range from natural resources, logistics, communications, agriculture, finance, and tourism etc.
Inheriting the historical significance of the ancient Silk Road, a new duty was bestowed in the first half of the 21st century. A group of experts who have spearheaded the investment and exploration in the Silk Road Economic Belt long before the introduction of the Initiative have gathered together to welcome this duty. The group shares genuine faith and conviction in the future development of the Belt and Road Initiative. Since the establishment of the Silk Road Economic Development Research Center in 2014, the Center has provided a wide variety of studies and support for the government, businesses, and associations.
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