Vision China puts spotlight on Yellow River civilization and Gansu

The latest Vision China event, "Pearl of the Yellow River, Star of the Silk Road", was held in Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu province, on Friday. It was part of the 10th Lanzhou Yellow River Cultural Tourism Festival which opened on the same day.

Organized by China Daily and the local government, the event aims to implement the spirit of President Xi Jinping's speeches and instructions about Gansu and boost the culture and tourism industry of Lanzhou, a city along the Yellow River.

Keynote speakers from home and abroad shared their thoughts about the Yellow River civilization's inheritance and development, as well as its global significance and the development of the Belt and Road Initiative.

"Yellow River is the mother river of the Chinese nation. The Yellow River civilization is an integral part of the Chinese civilization and the root of the Chinese nation," Zhou Shuchun, publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily, said in a speech at the event.