Beijing News Express (reporter Wang Jinmiao) On the evening of December 12, the 27th China Documentary Academic Ceremony Awards Ceremony was held in Shenzhen, and the Qinghai-Tibet scientific expedition documentary "Walking 200 Million Years" jointly produced by the Beijing News, the Nangu Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanjing University won the top ten micro-record works.
Beijing News reporter Wang Jinmiao received trophies and certificates on behalf of the team (photo provided by the organizer)
In the 1970s, China carried out the first large-scale comprehensive scientific expedition to the Tibetan Plateau, and completed a comprehensive expedition of 2.6 million square kilometers. After more than 40 years, the second Qinghai-Tibet scientific expedition began. In September 2020, the geological paleontological research team of Nanjing University and the Institute of Southern Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences crossed the uninhabited area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to conduct a 36-day large-scale stratigraphic paleontological scientific expedition. The Beijing News video as an exclusive media reporting group, recorded this arduous and touching scientific expedition.
The organizer wrote in the award speech, "The film crew is not afraid of hardships and dangers, through real-time communication, it has completely recorded the unique appearance of the northern Tibetan plateau, keenly captured the details of the paleontological scientific expedition full of scene sense, completed the journey of exploring nature with scientific value and communication significance, and provided a reference experience for the innovation of integrated media science.".
The scientific expedition sites of "Walking 200 Million Years" are concentrated in Tibet's Shuanghu Doma Township, Selincuo, Nyima Wenbu Township and other places, including the most arduous 5,000 meters above sea level in the no-man's land of hot tea. The content of the scientific expedition is to further explore the paleobial diversity and paleontological geographical attributes of different blocks of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, geological events such as the Permian mass extinction, and collect and bring back a large number of fossils such as brachiopods, plants, and foraminifera of about 3 tons. The reporting team launched a total of 12 live broadcasts and released 123 videos; Weibo topics #Walk 200 million years# and #Qinghai-Tibet Scientific Expedition Stratigraphic Paleontology Project # read a total of 30.945 million. In the series of reports, it has played an important mission role in disseminating science, and has also explored and accumulated valuable experience in integrating media science popularization reports.
Group photo of representative members of the 27th China Documentary Academic Festival Micro Documentary Top Ten Works (Courtesy of the organizer)
Organized by the Documentary Academic Committee of the China Television Artists Association, the China Documentary Academic Ceremony is the selection activity with the highest standard professional award in China's documentary industry, as well as the selection activity with the largest number, largest scale and highest specification for domestic documentary participation. Among the award-winning works that night were many outstanding documentary works, such as"Hundred Refining into Steel: 100 Years of the Communist Party of China" jointly produced by the Institute of Party History and Documentation of the CPC Central Committee, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee of the CPC, "China's War and Epidemic Discipline" produced by the Central Radio and Television Corporation, "The Undercurrent Surges in China's Xinjiang Counter-Terrorism Challenge" produced by China International Television CGTN, and "80 Days of Real Shooting in Jinyintan" jointly produced by Hubei Radio and Television Station and other units.
Edited by Chen Yuanyuan