2015-06-23

On June 23, 2015, the press conference of the film Waiting for the Homing of Love was held at Zhaolong Hotel in Beijing. The film is jointly produced by the Commission, Jiangsu Overseas Chinese Public Welfare Foundation, Hongtong County and Linfen City of Shanxi Province. Mr. ZHANG Yi attended the press conference and delivered the speech.

Mr. ZHANG Yi is delivering the speech

The Film Waiting for the Homing of Love has chosen Hongtong County of Shanxi Province as the background of the story. Hongtong County is one of the ancient birthplaces of Chinese civilization and acclaimed as the home for overseas Chinese. The film is characterized with the modern emotions among three generations and is the excellent work integrating many commercial elements into one entity.

In his speech, Mr. ZHANG Yi firstly expressed his wish for the big success for the film that was scheduled to be on the public show on July 28. In the meanwhile, he pointed out that among various modern cultural transmission channels, the film was the very media that went directly to the hearts of the audience and a lingua franca as well. Therefore, in the principle of facing the love and communication, the film closely connected the stories of ordinary men in life and the emotions of maintaining the continuity of Chinese civilization, which was beyond the national boundary and the limitation of time and space. At last, Mr. ZHANG remarked, the Commissionwas ready to consistently participate in the activities that would strengthen the emotional bond between overseas Chinese and the motherland and make its own contribution.

The press conference of the film Waiting for the Homing of Love was also the initiating ceremony of “Tracing Back to the Root” Activity held by Hongtong County. More than 100 distinguished guests from the circles of film, culture, tourism, arts and press have attended the press conference.

At the press conference