Introduction

In order to strengthen and improve international communication, give full play to the important role of network audio-visual programs in promoting the building of China's international communication capacity and enhancing people-to-people and cultural exchanges, explore new areas of international communication based on network audio-visual resources, and boost the high-quality and innovative development of network audio-visual industry with new concepts of international communication, we will hold the ‎2022 International Short Video Competition‎ in the theme of "The Decade of Harvest and Inspiration" (hereinafter referred to as the "Contest") and now collect excellent short video works worldwide.

Adhering to the principles of fairness, justice and openness, the Contest will invite well-known academic and industrial experts and scholars to review the collected works, and call on the netizens to participate in online voting, striving to find high-quality short video works suitable for international communication, support a group of internationally influential short video creators and global communication agencies, and tell the world the stories about friendship between China and foreign countries.

TO ENROL: https://isvc2022.e.cn.vc/en

Target Groups

(i) Social Collection

We will collect short video works from global short video creators.

(ii) Targeted Invitation

Communication agencies, production agencies, social organizations, short video platforms, MCN institutions, institutions of higher learning, short video creators, etc.

Entry Requirements

(i) Content

1. Healthy contents. Entries shall reflect common human values, be positive and healthy in content, conform to the relevant laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China, and present a progressive, inclusive and open China in the eyes of the creators.

2. Distinct theme. Based on the theme of the Contest, entries shall record China's stories including the Chinese people and their feelings, centering on five creation units and a special unit, i.e. "Charming China, Beautiful Life, Sino-Foreign Friendship, Mutual Learning among Civilizations, Global Development, Charm of Shandong", which go through the growth and development of our past decade.

Creation Unit 1: Charming China. We mainly collect stories about economic development, scientific and technological progress, rural revitalization, low carbon and environmental protection, culture and arts, Chinese festivals, etc.

Creation Unit 2: Beautiful Life. We mainly collect stories about food, ecology, natural scenery, fashion trend, local customs and practices, mutual assistance, etc.

Creation Unit 3: Sino-Foreign Friendship. We mainly collect stories about economic and trade cooperation, scientific and technological innovation, good-neighborly relations, sports events, win-win cooperation, etc.

Creation Unit 4: Mutual Learning among Civilizations. We mainly collect stories about cultural integration, historical inheritance, literature and arts, music and dance, painting and sculpture, Chinese and western aesthetics, etc.

Creation Unit 5: Global Development. We mainly collect stories about global economic integration, Belt and Road Initiative, culture cities of East Asia, harmonious coexistence between human and nature, green and low-carbon development, community with a shared future for mankind, etc.

Special Unit 1: Charm of Shandong. We mainly collect short videos about Shandong from all over the world that record Shandong's stories including the Shandong people and their feelings.

3. Original works. All entries must be original works created by individuals or teams. It is necessary to ensure that the contents of the works are free from any defects of right, designed with novel ideas, and reflect innovative thinking about network audio-visual programs. Any plagiarized or reposted works are not included in the scope of review.

(ii) Production

1. Videos must contain complete images, sound and subtitles, last less than 5 minutes, and use PAL format at a frame rate of 25fps, with a resolution of lower than 1280×720 and a bit rate of no less than 2Mbps. MP4, MOV, AVI and other common formats are acceptable.

2. All pictures shall look clean and contain no subscript, station logo, watermark or logo. No commercials are inserted.

3. Works in multiple languages can be submitted, of which dialogues, asides and commentaries shall be subtitled in Simplified Chinese. Standard and accurate Chinese characters shall be used.

Entry Information

(i) When submitting works, entrants shall fill out the form truthfully, and provide true and accurate personal information and contact information. If the information is incomplete or untrue, the entrant will be disqualified.

(ii) Entrants shall confirm that they own the complete copyright of their works; the hosts will not bear the legal liability arising from disputes such as portrait right, reputation right, privacy right, copyright, trademark right, etc., and may ask the entrants to bear any resulting economic loss.

(iii) For team entries, no more than 5 members are allowed. The team shall appoint a chief member to register its work, and may not submit it repeatedly.

(iv) All entries shall be short videos created between January 2022 and November 2022.

Organization

Supervisors：

National Radio and Television Administration, People's Government of Shandong Province

Hosts：

International Exchange and Communication Committee for Network Audio-Visual Programs of China Netcasting Services Association (CNSA), Radio and Television Administration of Shandong Province, and Jinan Municipal People's Government

Undertakers：

Publicity Department of the CPC Jinan Municipal Committee and Jinan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism (The State Administration of Press,Publication,Radio,Film and Television of the People's Republic of China)

Supporters：

China Intercontinental Communication Center, Cultural Communication Center of China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration, People's Video, MCC Beris Translation Center, Shandong Netcasting Services Association, Jinan Radio and Television Station, Qingdao SVA Television Co., Ltd., Shandong City Publishing and Media Group Co., Ltd., Shandong Benpaoba Beike Culture Media Co., Ltd.

Mango TV, Migu Video, Tencent Video, Youku, iQiyi, Bilibili, Douyin, Kuaishou

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