Editor's Note:
Journalists from major news agencies of eight nations including Egypt, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Union of Comoros, Lebanon, Mauritania, Sudan, and Tunisia, visited the “city of panda” – Chengdu, in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, from October 29 to November 1.
During their four-day visit, the group of 15 journalists went to Chengdu Planning Exhibition Hall, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, the Jinsha Site Museum, Chengdu’s famous ancient street Jinli, among other landmarks, to experience the development of the “Country of Heaven” and to learn more about its achievements since the adoption of the Belt and Road Initiative.
The visit was organized under the aegis of the Belt and Road News Network (BRNN) Media Workshop and hosted by the BRNN secretariat and the Communication University of China. Launched in April, the BRNN is led by People’s Daily and it currently has 204 media members from 97 countries.Photos: Huang Yiran/GT
A journalist from the United Arab Emirates browses through some panda-themed products sold at a souvenir shop in Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Photo: Huang Yiran/GT 
Journalists at the Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu Photo: Huang Yiran/GT 
A journalist from Sudan drapes a Sichuan-embroidered scarf and admires herself in the mirror. Photo: Huang Yiran/GT 
A Tunisian journalist pestles chilies at a store in Chengdu’s famous ancient street – Jinli. Photo: Huang Yiran/GT 
Journalists visit the Business and Innovation Center for China-Europe Cooperation in Chengdu. Photo: Huang Yiran/GT 
Foreign journalists watch the traditional craft of papermaking at a souvenir shop in Chengdu’s Dujiangyan Irrigation System. Photo: Huang Yiran/GT 
Arab journalists take selfies on the riverbank of the Dujiangyan Irrigation System. Photo: Huang Yiran/GT 
A journalist plays with a toddler in Chengdu’s Dujiangyan irrigation system. Photo: Huang Yiran/GT 
Chinese and Arab journalists share photography skills. Photo: Huang Yiran/GT
