The “100 reasons to love Beijing”

Short video competition

Call for Submissions

To All Staff and Students:

由北京市人民政府新闻办公室主办、中国日报社承办的第四届“爱上北京的100个理由”短视频征集大赛正在火热进行中。该活动面向喜爱北京的外籍人士广泛征集主题短视频作品，通过外国友人的独特视角和不同文化背景的表达方式，以“爱上北京的理由”为主题，展示北京的真实样貌。在延续往届短视频大赛的同时，本届活动开设漫画插画分赛。为进一步做好“外”字文章、展现贸大风采、繁荣校园文化，学校开展校内征集评选活动，欢迎全校师生踊跃参加。具体要求如下：

Hosted by the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government and organized by China Daily, the fourth“100 reasons to love Beijing” short video competition is inviting foreigners living in the city to submit their works that can showcase the authentic Beijing through individual perspectives and expressive styles with different cultural backgrounds.

In addition to the short video competition, this year’s event also introduces a sub-contest for cartoons and illustrations. In order to promote a vibrant campus culture, the school is organizing such an event for all teachers and students.

The specific requirements are as follows:

The short videos and cartoons and illustrations should be themed with “100 reasons to love Beijing”.

Short video: Open to the global community, including foreign teachers and students. The works featuring foreign friends as the main characters are also welcome.

Short video:

Form and genre are not limited but should be original;

Duration should not exceed three minutes; format should be MOV or MP4;

Resolution should be 1080p (1920×1080);

Size should not exceed 1 GB; watermark or label is not suggested;

The submitted work should have a title or video description.

2. 漫画插画：作品须为原创，不得抄袭或复制他人作品；作品风格不限，漫画、插画或其它画种均可参加；作品为 JPG 格式，分辨率为 300dpi， 不低于 2M（最长边不小于 3000 像素），不超过 10M；作品单幅、组幅不限，每位作者上传不超过 20 幅；作品须配标题和简短文字说明。

Cartoons and illustrations:

The work should be original and the authors cannot plagiarize or copy others’works;

Style is not limited; comics, illustrations, or other types of paintings are welcome;

Format should be JPG with a resolution of 300 dpi, not less than 2M (the longest side not less than 3,000 pixels), and not more than 10M;

Single or group pieces are both allowed; each author can upload no more than 20 pieces;

The work should have a title and brief text description.

All submitted works will receive an internal evaluation. Within the university, there will be a first prize for short videos and cartoons and illustrations with five winners; a second prize with 15 winners; a third prize with 20 winners; and several honorable mentions. The winners will be presented with certificates and prizes.

所有申报作品将由学校统一报送给活动主办方参与北京市评选。

All submitted works will be sent to the event organizer for next round evaluation in Beijing.

Participants are required to upload their works and information (see attachment) to Baidu Cloud with a status of permanently valid. The naming format for the Baidu Cloud folder should be: Name + Category of work (short video or cartoons and illustrations) + Title of work.

国际学院师生作品由国际学院统一组织报送，请将百度云链接发送至邮箱uibeyuke@163.com；其他师生请将百度云链接发送至宣传部邮箱xcbuibe@163.com。

Works by teachers and students from the International College will be submitted by the School of International Education after sending the Baidu Cloud link to the email: uibeyuke@163.com; other teachers and students can send the Baidu Cloud link to the email: xcbuibe@163.com.

Excellent works will be exhibited on media platforms such as Bilibili, WeChat video, TikTok, Kuaishou and Xiaohongshu.