HONG KONG: Co-organised by China Daily and Asia News Network, a photography exhibition themed “Changing Asia – New Normal” will open in Hong Kong on December 9.

It was held in Bangkok on November 16, coinciding with Bangkok’s hosting of a key meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation economies, which made a great success.

The exhibition has attracted 179 photographers from 18 countries, with 1,175 images submitted.

Zhou Li, deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily Group, and publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily Asia will deliver the welcoming remarks at the opening ceremony.

The exhibition, which will last from December 8 to 11, aims to review the changes in life under the COVID-19 pandemic, and encourages people to move toward a new beginning, actively responding to the construction of a community of a shared future for mankind proposed by President Xi Jinping in 2013.

The project themes “Changing Asia – New Normal” and professional photographers in Asia are invited to submit photos taken in the past three years.

Photos document changes taking place among Asians in their daily lives, including work and living, recreation, creative pursuits, health and beauty, animals, festivals, health, the arts, eateries, and education.

Expected to attend are consul generals from six countries, government officers, leaders and experts from art and cultural industries.

78 photos from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Palestine, the Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam were selected for the exhibition series.

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Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region. An alliance of 22 national media in 20 Asian countries.

ANN members comprise The Korea Herald, China Daily, Gogo Mongolia, Yomiuri Shimbun and The Japan News, Dawn (Pakistan), The Statesman (India), The Island (Sri Lanka), Kuensel (Bhutan), Kathmandu Post (Nepal), Daily Star (Bangladesh), Eleven Media (Myanmar), The Nation (Thailand), Jakarta Post, The Star and Sin Chew Daily (Malaysia), the Phnom Penh Post and Rasmei Kampuchea (Cambodia), The Borneo Bulletin (Brunei), The Straits Times (Singapore), Vietnam News, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and Vientiane Times (Laos).