1月22日，谈起去年底在马六甲鸡场街举行的“2024—2025中国—东盟人文交流年”闭幕式系列活动，马来西亚华裔戴欣怡依然记忆犹新：“来自不同国家、不同文化背景的人以人文会友、以心相交，最终成为好朋友，这是值得珍藏一辈子的回忆。”
闭幕礼现场。自治区科技厅供图
作为中国面向东盟开放合作的前沿和窗口，作为唯一与东盟国家陆海相连的省区，广西在这场历时一年的跨年人文大戏中，角色清晰而坚定：既是地理相邻的“近邻”，更是心意相通的“知己”。一年来，广西以“心”为笔，以“情”为墨，将地缘优势转化为亲缘效能，聚焦青年、媒体、数智创新等重点领域，持续释放地方务实合作潜力，为构建更为紧密的中国—东盟命运共同体注入深厚的广西人文力量。
青春同行：从交流到交心
2025年是中越建交75周年暨“中越人文交流年”，4月14日至15日，习近平总书记应邀对越南进行国事访问，与越方共同擘画中越命运共同体建设新蓝图。
访问前夕，在越南之声广播电台演播大厅，一场主题为“对话新时代”的中越青年媒体人对话会热烈举行。这是习近平总书记此访中，唯一由地方媒体承办的青年交流配套活动。广西，主动站到了这一重要的外交节点上。
对话围绕“中国式现代化与越南发展愿景”“人工智能时代的国际传播”“青年如何讲好共同故事”等议题展开。现场没有照本宣科，只有坦诚的观点碰撞与真挚的情感共鸣。“这不是一场‘坐着听报告’的会议，而是一场真正意义上的‘对话’。”越南之声广播电台总编辑助理阮书纬如此评价。“青年是两国关系最具活力、最具潜力的力量。”一位广西青年记者的话，引发了广泛共鸣。台上台下，语言不同，身份不同，但目光却同样热切。
青年对话的脚步并未止步于河内。几个月后，青年交流的接力棒传到印度尼西亚雅加达。2025年8月29日，“我们与世界对话”中印尼青年媒体人交流会在印尼国家电视台总部举行。“青年是时代的脊梁，我们一起对话，就是在共同塑造未来。”印尼国家电视台总裁伊曼在致辞中表示。一位印尼青年记者动情地说：“我们不仅见证了印尼和中国75年的友谊，也正在书写下一篇章的故事。”
“我们与世界对话”中印尼青年媒体人交流活动现场。
如果说，青年媒体人在河内、雅加达的对话勾勒出青年交流的主线，那么在柳州的对话，则让这一主线更加立体而延展。2025年11月7日，中国—东盟青年媒体人对话会在广西柳州举行，作为2025“东盟伙伴”媒体合作周的重要活动，将青年交流引向深入。泰国《Nation》电视台记者林恋茹表示：“这次广西之行让我对人工智能有了超越概念的理解。”印尼巴拉塔传媒总经理邱烈丰则借其为雅万高铁创作的歌词强调人文交流的价值：“当我们同心携手，世间便无不可能。”掌声共鸣，久久回荡。
古语云：“同心之言，其臭如兰。”从河内到雅加达，再到柳州，一次次跨越山海的青春对话遥相呼应。广西推动青年之交，迈向时代之交，将“交流”深化为“交心”，在真诚对话中不断增信释疑，为中国与东盟国家未来的合作不断夯实民意基础。
以“媒”为桥：在行走中读懂真实中国
如果说青年对话打开了理解之窗，那么“走进真实中国”的实地探访，则让认知深深扎根于现实土壤。
2025年6月24日夜晚，南宁新会书院。暮色渐沉，灯光亮起，古院落在夜色中静静铺展。一场别开生面的非遗文化展示，将“2025东盟华文媒体广西行”的活动氛围推向高潮。
戏台之上，邕剧演员水袖蹁跹，一招一式张弛有度；舞台一侧，侗族大歌多声部合唱浑厚悠扬，仿佛把人带入群山环绕的侗寨深处。侗族琵琶清亮悠远，与油茶木槌敲击的节奏交织回响。印度尼西亚亿乐荣电视台记者努尔·阿芙拉（音译）一边录制画面，一边感叹：“侗族琵琶的旋律和印尼乐器有相通之处，两国文化早有共鸣。”
这样的共鸣，在深入的行走中不断被激发。2025年8月，由越南通讯社、越南国家电视台、越南之声广播电台等9家越南主流媒体组成的采访团在广西进行了为期8天的联合采访。
他们的足迹从承载历史记忆的南宁三街两巷、记录中越深厚友谊的育才学校旧址，到邕江之畔拔节生长的现代都市、体现“中国速度”的平陆运河建设现场，再到探索科技前沿的中国—东盟国家人工智能应用合作中心与生动的乡村振兴一线。
镜头记录下中国式现代化的跃动脉搏，采访本写满了鲜活可感的发展故事。“过去，我们更多是通过材料了解中国。这一次，是走进真实的中国。”越南国家电视台记者阮明俊感慨道。在青秀山之巅，采访团留下了一张特别的合影——青山如黛，阳光明亮，不同国籍青年记者并肩站立，笑容由衷灿烂。那一刻，镜头定格的不只是风景，更是信任生成的瞬间。
这不是简单的“参观之行”，而是一场认知之旅、理解之旅、信任之旅。广西在与海外媒体合作中不断创新形式，不再是“我讲你听”，而是“同行共看”；不是“单向传播”，而是“共叙叙事”；不是“被报道”，而是“同记录”。
在柳州参加2025“东盟伙伴”媒体合作周期间，柬埔寨国家传媒记者桑占塔一路拍摄、一路分享。“广西打造的文化IP令人印象深刻。从一碗粉吸引全球目光的柳州，我们能感受到中国政府为国家发展付出的巨大努力。”他通过现场视频向国际友人分享感受：“隔着屏幕看，不如来中国亲身体验。”
“相知无远近，万里尚为邻。”一次次面对面的交流、一段段沉浸式的体验，让真实、立体、全面的中国更加清晰可见。正如一位马来西亚记者所言：“我们不仅在记录广西，也在理解中国；我们不仅看到发展，更看到温度。”当真实走进心里，万里之遥亦如毗邻。
携手创新：以数智赋能美好未来
新时代的人文交流，被赋予更丰富的内涵与维度。2025年，广西积极探索“北上广研发+广西集成+东盟应用”发展路径，将人工智能等新技术打造为促进沟通理解的新纽带。
2025年7月至11月，广西主办的“AI赋能千行百业超级联赛”吸引了超过1万支队伍参赛，其中东盟队伍达604支。这不仅是技术的切磋，更是文明的对话与创新的共舞。
2025年9月，在第22届中国—东盟博览会和中国—东盟商务与投资峰会开幕式上，自治区党委书记陈刚佩戴国产AI眼镜“脱稿”发言，一句“你们看不见，我看得见”的轻松话语，引发现场会心一笑，也将广西在人工智能应用领域的探索推向国际聚光灯下。
不久，广西日报社收到越南主流媒体的邮件，请求合作举办“AI与新媒体应用”专题培训。广西迅速响应，组织国内人工智能企业和高校专家授课。2025年10月底，越南之声广播电台代表团来访学习。一位越南编辑在课堂上用新学到的技术生成了自己的第一条中文短视频，惊讶地说：“这将改变我们的传播方式。”
“人工智能与新媒体应用”越南之声广播电台采编管理人员培训班开班仪式。记者 唐典胜 摄
与此同时，丰富多彩的文化交流活动贯穿全年。2025年3月，“广西三月三·乡音播全球”活动首次走进柬埔寨金边；5月，“2025留学广西国际教育展”在柬埔寨、泰国举办，“留学广西”品牌愈发响亮；12月，一批涵盖人文、经济、文学等类别的新版图书从南宁启程捐赠给柬埔寨端华大学……
从城市论坛到学术研讨，从文创合作到体育赛事，一项项具体而微的务实项目，如涓涓细流，持续汇聚成增进理解、巩固信任的江河。
“我们不仅是合作伙伴，更像邻居、朋友、亲人。”一位老挝青年的评价道出了许多人的心声。正如东盟秘书长高金洪所言：“密切的人员往来将促进东盟国家和中国民众的相知相亲、相互了解和信任。”
一年耕耘，印记清晰。一幅以大国外交为背景、以人文交流为笔墨的绚丽画卷，在中国广西与东盟各国之间徐徐铺展——广西以行动生动诠释着“以心相交者，成其久远”的深刻内涵。
面向未来，这条由人文交流铺就的友好之路、共赢之路，必将越走越宽广、越走越坚实，也将为构建更为紧密的中国—东盟命运共同体，持续注入澎湃而温暖的广西力量。
Sincere Bonds, Enduring Friendship
——Observation on Guangxi’s Efforts to Boost China-ASEAN People-to-People Exchanges
On January 22, recalling the series of closing events for the 2024-2025 China-ASEAN Year of People-to-People Exchanges held at Jonker Street in Malacca at the end of last year, Malaysian Chinese Dai Xinyi still has vivid memories: “People from different countries and cultural backgrounds made friends through people-to-people exchanges and connected with each other sincerely, and we eventually became good friends. This is a memory worth cherishing for a lifetime.”
As a frontier and window for China’s opening-up and cooperation with ASEAN, and the only provincial-level administrative region in China connected with ASEAN countries by both land and sea, Guangxi had a clear and firm role in this year-long cross-year people-to-people exchange event: it is not only a geographically close “neighbor”, but also a like-minded “bosom friend”. Over the past year, with sincerity as the brush and affection as the ink, Guangxi has transformed its geographical advantages into kinship effects, focused on key areas such as youth, media and digital-intelligent innovation, continuously unleashed the potential of local practical cooperation, and injected profound Guangxi cultural and people-to-people strength into building a closer China-ASEAN Community with a Shared Future.
Youth Walking Together: From Exchange to Heart-to-Heart Connection
2025 marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Vietnam and the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges. From April 14 to 15, General Secretary Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Vietnam at the invitation, and together with the Vietnamese side, mapped out a new blueprint for building the China-Vietnam Community with a Shared Future.
On the eve of the visit, a vibrant dialogue session for young Chinese and Vietnamese media professionals themed “Dialogue in the New Era” was held in the studio hall of the Voice of Vietnam. It was the only supporting youth exchange event organized by a local media outlet during General Secretary Xi Jinping’s visit, where Guangxi took the initiative to stand at this important diplomatic node.
The dialogue revolved around topics such as “Chinese Path to Modernization and Vietnam’s Development Vision”, “International Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” and “How Youth Can Tell Shared Stories Well”. There was no scripted speech at the event, but only sincere collision of views and heartfelt emotional resonance. “This is not a meeting where you ‘sit and listen to reports’, but a real ‘dialogue’,” commented Nguyen Thu Vy, Assistant Editor-in-Chief of the Voice of Vietnam. “Youth are the most dynamic and potential force in the relations between the two countries,” a young Guangxi journalist said, striking a chord with the audience. On and off the stage, despite different languages and identities, everyone had the same eager gaze.
The steps of youth dialogue did not stop in Hanoi. A few months later, the baton of youth exchange was passed to Jakarta, Indonesia. On August 29, 2025, the “Dialogue with the World” Exchange Meeting for Young Chinese and Indonesian Media Professionals was held at the headquarters of Indonesia’s national television station. “Youth are the backbone of the times, and our dialogue together is shaping the future hand in hand,” said Imam, President of Indonesia’s national television station, in his speech. A young Indonesian journalist said emotionally: “We have not only witnessed the 75-year friendship between Indonesia and China, but are also writing the next chapter of our story.”
If the dialogues of young media professionals in Hanoi and Jakarta outlined the main line of youth exchanges, the dialogue in Liuzhou made this main line more three-dimensional and extended. On November 7, 2025, the China-ASEAN Youth Media Professionals Dialogue Session was held in Liuzhou, Guangxi. As an important event of the 2025 ASEAN Media Partners Cooperation Week, it further deepened youth exchanges. Lin Lianru, a reporter from Thailand’s Nation TV, said: “This trip to Guangxi has given me a deeper understanding of artificial intelligence beyond conceptual knowledge.” Qiu Liefeng, General Manager of Indonesia’s Balata Media, emphasized the value of people-to-people exchanges with the lyrics he wrote for the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway: “When we stand united and hand in hand, nothing is impossible in the world.” The applause echoed long and loud.
As an ancient saying goes: “Sincere words are as fragrant as orchids.” From Hanoi to Jakarta, and then to Liuzhou, youth dialogues across mountains and seas echoed each other. Guangxi has promoted youth-to-youth exchanges to evolve into era-to-era connections, deepened “exchanges” into “heart-to-heart communication”, continuously enhanced mutual trust and resolved doubts through sincere dialogues, and solidified the public opinion foundation for the future cooperation between China and ASEAN countries.
Taking Media as a Bridge: Understanding the Real China Through On-Site Visits
If youth dialogue has opened a window of understanding, then the on-site visits of “Approaching the Real China” have rooted cognition deeply in the reality.
On the night of June 24, 2025, at the Xinhui Academy in Nanning. As dusk fell and lights turned on, the ancient courtyard unfolded quietly in the night. A unique intangible cultural heritage display pushed the atmosphere of the 2025 ASEAN Chinese-Language Media Tour in Guangxi to a climax.
On the stage, Nanning Opera performers danced gracefully with their water sleeves, every move poised and controlled; on one side of the stage, the polyphonic chorus of the Dong Grand Song was vigorous and melodious, as if leading people deep into the Dong villages surrounded by mountains. The clear and distant sound of the Dong pipa intertwined with the rhythmic tapping of oil tea wooden mallets. Nurl Afra, a reporter from Indonesia’s Elora TV, recorded the scenes while exclaiming: “The melody of the Dong pipa has something in common with Indonesian musical instruments, and the cultures of the two countries have long resonated with each other.”
Such resonance has been constantly inspired through in-depth visits. In August 2025, a press delegation composed of 9 major Vietnamese media outlets including the Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam National Television and the Voice of Vietnam conducted an 8-day joint interview in Guangxi.
Their footprints covered places ranging from Nanning’s Three Streets and Two Alleys bearing historical memories, the former site of Yucai School recording the profound China-Vietnam friendship, the modern city thriving on the bank of the Yongjiang River, the construction site of the Pinglu Canal embodying the “China Speed”, to the China-ASEAN Artificial Intelligence Application Cooperation Center exploring the frontiers of science and technology, and the vivid frontlines of rural vitalization.
Cameras captured the pulsing vitality of Chinese modernization, and interview notebooks were filled with vivid and tangible development stories. “In the past, we learned about China mostly through materials. This time, we walked into the real China,” sighed Nguyen Minh Tuan, a reporter from Vietnam National Television. At the top of Qingxiu Mountain, the press delegation took a special group photo – the green mountains were as green as daisy, the sun was bright, and young journalists of different nationalities stood side by side, smiling from the bottom of their hearts. At that moment, the camera froze not only the scenery, but also the moment when trust was born.
This was not a simple “visit trip”, but a journey of cognition, understanding and trust. In cooperation with overseas media, Guangxi has continuously innovated forms: replacing the one-way mode of “I speak and you listen” with “walking and seeing together”; replacing “one-way communication” with “co-narrating stories”; replacing “being reported” with “recording together”.
During the 2025 ASEAN Media Partners Cooperation Week in Liuzhou, San Zhanta, a reporter from the Cambodian National Media, filmed and shared his experiences all the way. “The cultural IPs created by Guangxi are impressive. From Liuzhou, where a bowl of rice noodles has attracted global attention, we can feel the tremendous efforts made by the Chinese government for national development.” He shared his feelings with international friends through on-site videos: “Watching online is not as good as experiencing it in China in person.”
As a poem goes: “Distance cannot separate bosom friends, even a thousand miles apart is like a neighbor.” Face-to-face exchanges and immersive experiences have made the real, multi-dimensional and comprehensive China more clearly visible. As a Malaysian journalist put it: “We are not only recording Guangxi, but also understanding China; we are not only seeing development, but also feeling the warmth.” When the truth enters the heart, even a thousand miles apart is like being next to each other.
Joining Hands for Innovation: Empowering a Better Future with Digital and Intelligence
People-to-people exchanges in the new era have been endowed with richer connotations and dimensions. In 2025, Guangxi actively explored the development path of “R&D in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou + Integration in Guangxi + Application in ASEAN”, making new technologies such as artificial intelligence a new bond to promote communication and understanding.
From July to November 2025, the AI Empowers Thousands of Industries Super League hosted by Guangxi attracted more than 10,000 teams to participate, including 604 ASEAN teams. This was not only a contest of technologies, but also a dialogue of civilizations and a co-dance of innovations.
In September 2025, at the opening ceremony of the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (CABIS), Chen Gang, Secretary of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee, delivered an off-script speech wearing a domestically produced AI glasses. His light remark “You can’t see it, but I can” drew a knowing laugh from the audience and also brought Guangxi’s exploration in the field of artificial intelligence application into the international spotlight.
Shortly after, the Guangxi Daily Newspaper Group received an email from major Vietnamese media outlets requesting to co-host a special training on “AI and New Media Application”. Guangxi responded quickly and organized experts from domestic artificial intelligence enterprises and universities to give lectures. At the end of October 2025, a delegation from the Voice of Vietnam visited Guangxi for study. A Vietnamese editor used the newly learned technology to create his first Chinese short video in class and exclaimed: “This will change our way of communication.”
At the same time, a rich variety of cultural exchange activities took place throughout the year. In March 2025, the event “Guangxi March 3rd · Folk Sounds Spreading Across the Globe” entered Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the first time; in May, the 2025 Study in Guangxi International Education Exhibition was held in Cambodia and Thailand, making the brand of “Study in Guangxi” increasingly renowned; in December, a batch of newly published books covering humanities, economy, literature and other categories departed from Nanning and were donated to Duon Hoa University…
From urban forums and academic seminars to cultural and creative cooperation and sports events, each concrete and down-to-earth practical project is like a trickling stream, continuously converging into a river that enhances understanding and consolidates trust.
“We are not only partners, but also like neighbors, friends and family,” a young Laotian commented, voicing the heartfelt feelings of many. As Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN, said: “Close people-to-people exchanges will promote mutual understanding, affinity, and trust between the people of ASEAN countries and China.”
One year of hard work has left clear footprints. A gorgeous picture scroll with major-country diplomacy as the background and people-to-people exchanges as the brush and ink is slowly unfolding between China’s Guangxi and ASEAN countries – Guangxi has vividly interpreted the profound connotation of “Those who connect with each other sincerely will last forever” through concrete actions.
Facing the future, this road of friendship and win-win results paved by people-to-people exchanges will surely become wider and more solid, and will continue to inject surging and warm Guangxi strength into building a closer China-ASEAN Community with a Shared Future.
