The full name of Film and Television Center of China-Africa Water Association is: "The Picture Centre of Beauty Land of the ChinAfrica Water Association". Professor Li Xiaochi is the director of the Center, who is responsible for the overall planning and arrangement of the work of the center. The purpose of the Center is to publicize and popularize knowledge in various fields of earth science by means of films and videos, stimulate and increase people's interest in earth science, especially to young students, educate the broad audience to love science and nature, and strengthen people's enthusiasm and consciousness to protect the earth environment.
The center will collect and produce all kinds of wonderful film and television works related to earth science; We strive to introduce all kinds of beautiful and magical geological relics and geomorphological phenomena, as well as the scientific principles contained in them by a simple, popular and interesting way, so that people can vividly understand the planet we live on.
The center has a quite professional popular science film production team,which is capable of undertaking the association's internal and external related film and television production tasks, according to the purpose and requirements of customers, to produce exquisite popular science film and television works.
Brief introduction of main personnel of the " Picture Centre of Beauty Land of the ChinAfrica Water Association"
【English editor in charge】Xiong Liangren: He graduated from Wuhan University in 1968, majoring in English.
He has been engaged in teaching English in school for a long time. Proficient in both Chinese and English languages, specializing in British and American literature, and have a special liking for British and American poetry. For more than half a century, he has devoted himself to translating British and American classic poetry and world literature masterpieces. He has published more than 20 poetry collections, academic monographs and translations of British and American literature classics, and more than 20 teaching and research papers, with a total of about 6.5 million words.
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【Chinese and English film and television commentator】Tian Fengchang:
He graduated from the Beijing Institute of International Relations in 1983 and received his LLM degree from Harvard Law School in 1989.
Since graduating from university, he has been practicing law as a full-time lawyer. Served as the Asian football confederation legal committee, the Chinese football association legal adviser to lawyers, the all China lawyers association law position, such as the champions league group (China) co., LTD., general counsel, the Microsoft (China) co., LTD. General counsel, the French rhone Planck IP affairs (China) co., LTD., general counsel and other duties, In addition, he has been appointed as an expert of Legal Expert Committee of All-China Environmental Protection Federation, Deputy director of Foreign-Related Legal Service Research Association of Beijing Lawyers Association, Deputy director of Network High-tech Professional Committee of National Bar Association, Vice chairman of Intellectual Property Committee of Pacific Rim International Lawyers Association, etc.
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【Chinese and English film and television commentator】Zhang Weiwei: She graduated from the Foreign Language Department of Ocean University of China in 2006. From 2017 to 2018, she studied in the English Department of California State University, Los Angeles as a visiting scholar.
She has been employed as the translator and assistant to the American financial director of Ford (China) Motor Co., LTD., the assistant foreign trade manager of Weihai Guangtai Airport Equipment Co., LTD. In UAE, the representative of Saudi Arabia ECE Airport Ground Support Equipment Co., LTD. In East China, and the chief interpreter of Qingdao Association of Science and Technology.
She has been an associate professor of English at the School of Foreign Languages, Hubei Huanggang Normal University since 2009. Courses include English-Chinese Translation, Translation skills and practice, Business English translation and interpretation, Translation workshops, Introduction to Interpreting, continuous Interpreting, English-Chinese English Interpretation, Interpretation notes, visual translation, Basic English, Advanced English and Selected Reading of American and American newspapers.
She is currently the deputy secretary general of the Interpretation Committee of Hubei Translators Association. Representative of the fourth People's Congress of Huangzhou District, Huanggang City; Vice President of Youth Federation of Huanggang Normal University; He won the "May Day Labor Medal" of Hubei Province, "Young Teaching Expert of Hubei Province", "Top Ten Hundred Outstanding Young Skilled Personnel" of Huanggang City, "Top Ten Outstanding Youth" of Huanggang City, the second "Top Ten Model of Teachers' Ethics" of Huanggang Normal University, and the "Tongxin" Advanced Individual of the United Front of Huanggang Normal University, etc.
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【Art director】Xiang Liming (Shine): Love painting and calligraphy, learning from nature, engaged in painting, calligraphy creation, teaching for decades.
Her painting and calligraphy not only inherit historical traditional techniques, but also is good at originality and innovation. She is good at Chinese ink painting, toner painting, oil painting and calligraphy, and the original toner painting techniques are gorgeous, gorgeous and colorful, which is unforgettable.
Her ink and wash paintings are particularly novel and outstanding, skillfully integrating the brushwork, techniques, light and shadow of Western painting, and better showing the artistic conception, charm and expression of the painting theme. Her works are dignified and smart, meaningful atmosphere, and the traditional humanistic spirit of Chinese painting shines on the paper.
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【Science popularization project planning, film and television director and producer】Li Xiaochi: He graduated from Beijing university of Geology in 1969. He received his master's degree from Beijing Postgraduate School of Wuhan University of Geology in 1982, and received his PhD from the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 1991. As well as did his postdoctoral research at the South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa.
After graduating from university, he worked as a geological technician in the First Geological Brigade of Hubei Geological Bureau. He was also employed as a lecturer at the Department of Geology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), a senior researcher at the Institute of Marine Geology, Department of Geology, University of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, a geological engineer at the French Foundation Construction Company, Hong Kong, and Maunsell Geotechnical Services Ltd., Hong Kong. Before the handover of Hong Kong, he was recruited by the British Government as a geotechnical Engineer and a geological Engineer in the Planning Division of the Civil Engineering and Development Department.
After retiring from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, he returned to the mainland and was employed as a professor in the Department of Management, Institute of Translation, Guangdong Vocational and Technical Normal University and the Foreign Language Department, Software Engineering Institute of Guangzhou of the University of Guangzhou. During this period, he has been promoting the application of Hong Kong Geoparks amateur for more than three years.
Since 2013, he has participated in the reception activities for Shennongjia Geopark, Huanggang Dabieshan Geopark and Xiangxi Geopark to apply for UNESCO Global Geopark: In order to meet the field investigation of the world geoparks experts, select field investigation sites, train English docents, prepare report materials, make related PPT and give oral report to the experts, accompany them on field investigation, etc. Since he got involved in the geopark affairs, he has started to popularize earth science, including writing popular science stories and making popular science videos.
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【Project Planning and Scientific Director】Xu Yongxin:
He graduated from the University of the Free State in South Africa in 1998 with a PhD in geohydrology. He is a senior professor at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, UNESCO Chair in Hydrogeology, Groundwater Director of the African Conference of Ministers of Water Resources, Chairman who founded the organization of China-Africa Water Association, member of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of China Expert Advisory Group. He also serves as a consultant for many Chinese and foreign companies.