Video contest ends, love for Beijing continues

Fraser Sampson, who has the Chinese name A Fu, was one of the first prize winners of the short video contest. Born in the UK, he came to China when he was 3 years old and grew up in Beijing's hutong. Hence he calls himself "A Fu the hutong gentleman". Having witnessed the growth and modernization of these hutong and the growth of Beijing as a whole, he is delighted to record the stories of Beijing and its hutong through short videos and is happy that these videos have been well-received by his audience. He said he was honored to have won the first prize, which he will take as encouragement for him to make more video clips telling stories about Beijing and its hutong.

Victor Gouretski, a distinguished researcher in the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who comes from Germany, said the scientific environment of Beijing is highly developed. As one of the thousands of foreign scientists working in Beijing, Gouretski has benefited greatly from the favorable treatment, complete research facilities, and strong policy support here. He believes that Beijing, as a technological innovation center, will definitely achieve more breakthrough scientific research results.

The award ceremony marked the successful conclusion of the fourth "100 Reasons to Fall in Love with Beijing" short video contest. The outstanding works will be broadcast globally to further introduce Beijing to the world and encourage more people to fall in love with Beijing.