China, UN to bridge cultures via films

Movie screenings are to generate mutual respect, understanding

The vision of building a community with shared future for mankind, first proposed by President Xi Jinping in January 2017, took a step forward on Monday as a Beijing-based media group signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations to co-stage an annual global film festival to promote the idea worldwide.

The festival, to be jointly held by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and Shinework Media Group, will have as its theme "Building a Community with Shared Future for Mankind with Films" and will begin in the latter half of 2019 in the Macao Special Administrative Region.