Discover Weifang 风筝之都魅力潍坊

Updated: 2016-01-29 17:14

DISCOVER WEIFANG

风筝之都魅力潍坊

The Discover Weifang media trip was held from July 1 through 5. The trip, organized by China Daily and the Publicity Department of the CPC Committee of Weifang, attracted reporters from nearly 20 overseas media outlets, including The Straits Times, The Star, Nepali Times, Inter Media Japan, United Daily News and Balochistan Point.

The trip allowed the journalists to learn about the city’s kite industry, technology development, folk art development, culture industry and tourism industry.

Journalists visited the Weifang Kite Museum to view the kites and watch the process of making woodblock New Year prints. They also visited Meicun Village Kite Industry Park to gain a better understanding of the development of the kite industry.

The media group visited leading companies in Weifang, including Weichai Power Co, Weifang Software Park and the 3-D Printing Innovation Center in the Weifang High-Tech Industrial Development Zone.

Visits to Shihu Garden, Guo Weiqu Gallery, Chen Jieqi Residence Museum and Qingzhou Museum displayed the traditional culture development of Weifang in modern society.

Trips to Zhucheng Dinosaur National Geopark and China Tyrannosaurus Museum also allowed the global journalists to gain a better understanding of Zhucheng, a county-level city famous for its dinosaur fossils.

“We noticed that the development zone has very good infrastructure and business environment for startups. It has attracted a lot of innovative talents,” said Ou Su-Hua, a consultant from Taiwan United Daily News.

“I was told the development zone was established in 1991 and is ranked 25th among China’s high-tech zones. I think the development zone must have some unique features that make it develop so rapidly, for instance, talent gathering and premium infrastructures,” she said.

“The development zone has an innovation platform known as Blue Wisdom Valley which was developed to strengthen collaborations between universities and research institutions. I think it is an important factor for the development zone to attract more leading businesses,” she added.

Bae In-sun, a journalist from AJU Business, said despite Weifang not being a big city compared to Shanghai and Beijing, it is still home to many competitive companies. “Foreign acquisition is not an easy task for many Chinese companies, but Weichai Power made it,” Bae said.

“Weifang Software Park gives many support policies for local small companies and attracted many promising businesses. It follows the idea of mass entrepreneurship in China.” Bae said it was the first she had eaten biscuits made using 3-D printing technology. “The tastes are the same but it is an innovative move,” she said.

Foreign reporters shared their findings and thoughts with local media after the trip. China Daily, one of the organizers of this event, used all its distribution channels from online to offline to report the event to boost the awareness of Weifang throughout the world.

“境外媒体聚焦魅力潍坊”大型采访活动于2015年7月1日至5日圆满举办。此次活动由中共潍坊市委宣传部与中国日报社共同主办，并邀请到来自新加坡《海峡时报》、马来西亚《星报》、韩国《中央日报》、韩国《亚洲经济》、日本《日本经济杂志》、尼泊尔《尼泊尔时报》、斯里兰卡《今日锡兰》、新加坡《新加坡新传媒集团新闻部》、巴基斯坦《俾路支斯坦在线》、台湾《联合报》以及《中国日报》等媒体的近20位记者从世界风筝都、科技潍坊、艺术潍坊、文化潍坊、旅游潍坊等方面对潍坊进行了多维度的深入采访。

境外主流媒体记者团先后采访了风筝博物馆；观摩了风筝、年画制作技艺；参观了眉村风筝产业基地等，深入了解了潍坊风筝文化的起源与发展历程、风筝艺术及工艺、销售渠道范围与经济效益。记者团走访了位于潍坊国家高新技术产业开发区的3D打印技术创新中心、潍柴集团、潍坊软件园等核心企业，领略了一个极具创新的国际化科技园区风采；参观采访了十笏园文化街区、郭味渠美术馆、陈介祺故居陈列馆、青州宋城民间文化艺术展演、青州博物馆；剪纸、古琴艺术、《扑蝴蝶》等非物质文化遗产项目让记者们深深感受到了中国传统文化的博大精深；游览了东镇庙沂山风景区；诸城恐龙国家地质公园、中国暴龙馆、世界地质奇观——恐龙化石群，让记者们对诸城这座世界罕见的恐龙化石宝库叹为观止。

此次潍坊采访活动时间很短，却给记者们留下了深刻的印象，来自台湾《联合报》顾问Ou Su-Hua表示：“潍坊高新区配套基础设施及政策创业环境都很好，因此吸引了大量创业型人才在此创业。高新区成立于1991年，目前在中国所有高新区中排名25位，不到30年的时间就取得如此发展成就，究其原因还是配套基础设施完善，各项政策落实到位。此外，高新区还拥有像“蓝色硅谷”，通过与国内顶级高校及科研机构的合作，打造更好的创新平台。这些平台可以为高新区创造出“外溢”效应，从而吸引更多的企业来此创业。”来自韩国《亚洲经济》的记者Bae In-sun说：“跟北京、上海比，潍坊虽然不算是大都市，但今天我却在这里看到很多有竞争力的大企业。对于中国企业来说能收购制造业发达国家的知名企业是件很不容易的事情，但这里的潍柴集团做到了。潍坊软件园为当地的很多小企业提供了很多特惠政策和方便，吸引了大批有实力的企业，这跟中国目前提倡的万众创新的概念是一致的。在这里我第一次亲眼看到3D打印机工作和第一次品尝到3D打印机打印出来的饼干，跟正常制作出来的饼干一样美味，却更有创新性。” 媒体记者们回国后纷纷在各自的媒体用他们的笔触写了大量关于潍坊之行的所见、所闻、所想。《中国日报》更是全面整合平面媒体、网络媒体、新媒体以及海外合作媒体资源，通过报纸、网络和微信订阅号等途径对活动进行了立体式传播报道，大幅提升潍坊在世界范围内的知名度和影响力。

新闻链接：

韩国《中央日报》 / Korea《JoongAng Ilbo》

http://joongang.joins.com/article/424/18236424.html?ctg=1300

韩国《亚洲经济新闻》 / Korea《AJU News》

http://www.ajunews.com/view/20150722091228316

马来西亚《星报》/ Malaysia 《The Star》

http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Focus/2015/09/19/Culture-on-Qingzhaos-streets-City-by-Nanyang-River-draws-travellers-with-handicraft-folk-artists-an/

马来西亚《星报》/ Malaysia 《The Star》

http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Views/2015/08/15/Kitemaking-still-flying-high/

尼泊尔《尼泊尔时报》 / Nepal《Nepali Times》

http://nepalitimes.com/article/business/emerging-Weifang-China,2454

斯里兰卡《今日锡兰》/ Sri Lanka 《Ceylon Today》