11月27日上午，在2021亚洲青年领袖论坛开幕式上，博纳影业集团董事长于冬发表了题为《让优秀的文艺作品架起民心相通的桥梁》的主旨演讲。

原文如下：

我今天讲的主题是：让优秀的文艺作品架起民心相通的桥梁。

文化是一个国家、一个民族的灵魂。文化兴则国运兴，文化强则民族强。回望我国5000多年文明史不难发现，文化兴盛始终是国家强盛的重要条件。文化塑造人心，人心塑造时代。在大唐的开元盛世，有灿烂辉煌的诗篇；在生死存亡的革命战争年代，有鼓舞人心的英雄故事。中华民族要实现伟大复兴，既需要强大的物质力量，也需要强大的精神力量。

党的十九届五中全会提到将于2035年建设成文化强国，这是党中央首次明确建成文化强国的具体时间表，标志着我们党对文化建设重要地位及其规律的深入认知，为我们深刻认识新时代文化建设新使命、创造中华文化新辉煌明确了前进方向。

博纳影业自1999年创立以来，一直秉持着坚持以人民为中心，坚持精品战略，坚持文化理想，不断自省超越的创业初心，不断拓展电影的上下游业务板块。在影片创作思路上不断创新，让电影作品以耳目一新的形象呈现在观众面前。在建设社会主义现代化国家新征程中，博纳影业坚持用优秀的文艺作品启迪心灵、净化心灵，坚持最优秀的精品战略，主动承担起引导大众正面、积极向上的精神面貌和灵魂力量的时代重任。

党的十八大以来，博纳影业推出了讴歌新时代的主旋律影片，《智取威虎山》、《湄公河行动》、《红海行动》、《中国机长》、《烈火英雄》以及2021年广东出品的《中国医生》，以及正在上映的《长津湖》，都实现了影片的社会效益和经济效益的相统一。它们或以中国抗战时期的红色经典故事为题材，或以当代国内外真实事件为改编的题材，还原当时事件发生的真实背景和环境，再现事件惊心动魄的过程，体现中华民族追求独立自主、维护世界和平和正义、打击犯罪的决心和立场。

71年前的今天，1950年的11月27号，中国人民志愿军第九兵团在长津湖地区发起总攻，以顽强的意志克服了极寒天气和两军装备悬殊的困难，力挫美军最精锐的陆战一师，取得抗美援朝战争胜利的战略性胜利。志愿军战士们用不朽的生命筑起今天和平的繁华盛世。我们作为新时代的文艺工作者，谨以《长津湖》这样一部鸿篇巨制，向他们致以最深切的缅怀和最崇高的敬意。11月25号，电影《长津湖》登顶中国电影票房总冠军，票房突破57亿的背后，是1.22亿人走进电影院的合力托举，是当前中国电影总票房和荧幕数量居世界首位的有力支撑。新纪录彰显了中国电影人的精神和力量，中国电影工业的实力和潜力，彰显了中国电影高质量发展的韧劲，折射了中国经济和中国电影的蓬勃生机，也为全球电影产业在当前疫情影响下全面复苏注入了动力和信心。更值得一提的是，《长津湖》广东省票房占比达到12.75，票房贡献居全国之首。在香港上映首周，票房突破千万港币，香港很多年轻观众直呼这是一部最生动的爱国主义的教育课。

粤港澳大湾区自明清以来，就是广府文化的核心地带和兴盛之地，有着深厚的文化积淀。这里思想家、文化名流辈出，有“苟利国家生死以，岂因祸福避趋之”的民族英雄林则徐，有“十年饮冰，难凉热血”的思想家、政治家梁启超。先辈的优良品德和精神激励着后辈们的奋发图强，励精图治，也让粤港澳大湾区成为今天中国开放程度最高、经济活力最强的区域之一，粤港澳大湾区以中国0.6%的国土面积创造全国12%的GDP。

党的十八大以来，大湾区开始了全面开放的新格局，以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，推动经济由高增长阶段向高质量发展阶段转变。建设大湾区为国家发展大局，具有重要的战略地位，既是新时代推动形成全面开放新格局的新尝试，也是推动一国两制事业发展的新实践。

岭南文化是中华文明的重要组成部分，是中原以江南移民文化所形成，传承了中原文化的精髓。岭南文化的源远流长，有古典与现代的完美融合，也有中西方碰撞的交流。博纳影业一直都非常重视和大湾区电影人的紧密合作，内地、香港合拍片是博纳影业一大特色和优势。博纳影业先后出品了《桃姐》、《一代宗师》、《明月几时有》、《追龙》、《无双》、《叶问4》，都是保留粤语片经典元素的基础上，加以时代的创新演绎，开拓出了一条独有的粤语片转型、创新之路。

文化也是世界各国交流互鉴的重要纽带和介质。电影艺术是光与影的艺术，具有天然的跨国界、跨民族、跨背景、跨语言的优势。博纳影业积极将优秀的电影作品发行到海外地区，让更多的不同文化和背景的国家和地区的年轻观众，能够欣赏到优秀的中国电影，在欣赏精彩的故事、震撼的电影艺术等元素的同时，进一步了解中国、了解中国人民。以电影作品的形式，向世界各国的观众展开文化互鉴、民心相通。国之交在于民相亲，民相亲在于心相通。唯以心相交，方能成其久远。

文化是亚洲各国青年交流的重要渠道和方式，以青年文化交流促民心相通。正如中国国家主席习近平所说，世界的未来属于年轻一代。全球青年有理想、有担当，人类就有希望，推进人类和平与发展的崇高事业，就有源源不断的强大力量。希望各国青年用欣赏、互鉴、共享的观点看待世界，推动不同文明百花齐放、繁荣发展、和谐共生，积极为推动构建人类命运共同体努力奋斗。


On 27 November, Yu Dong, Chairman of Bona Film Group, delivered a keynote speech titled “Let Masterpieces of Culture and Art Be the Bridge for People-to-People Bond”.

The full speech is as below.

My topic today is “Let Masterpieces of Culture and Art Be the Bridge for People-to-People Bond”. Culture is the soul of a country and a nation. A thriving culture makes a thriving country and a thriving nation. Looking back at the history of the Chinese civilization over 5,000 years, it's easy to see that a flourishing culture is always a prerequisite for the prosperity of a country. Culture shapes people's mindset. This mindset shapes the times. In the golden age of the Tang Dynasty, there were splendid poems. In the revolutionary age of wars and deaths, there were encouraging romances. To realize the great revival of the Chinese nation, we need both physical and spiritual abundance.

At the fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, it was proposed that China become a strong country in culture by 2035. That was the first time that the CPC Central Committee has ever set a clear timetable for achieving that goal. It marks the CPC's further understanding of the importance and rules of cultural progress, as well as setting a clear direction for us to better understand the culture of the new era, strive for new goals, and achieve new glory for Chinese culture.

Ever since the founding of Bona Film in 1999, we’ve always been people-oriented, striving for excellent works, pursuing cultural ideals, and constantly reflecting on ourselves for progress. We’ve been continually expanding to conduct upstream and downstream operations in the film industry. We’ve been consistently innovative in creating films, producing brand new films for our viewers. As China is on a new journey toward a modern socialist country, Bona Film strives to use outstanding cultural works to enlighten people and elevate people's soul. We stick to our strategy of producing the best works, taking the responsibility of our times to nurture positivity in people.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, Bona Film has produced patriotic movies as tributes to the new era, including "The Taking of Tiger Mountain", "Operation Mekong”, “Operation Red Sea", "The Captain", and "The Bravest”, as well as "Chinese Doctors" presented by our Guangdong branch in 2021 and "The Battle at Lake Changjin" on the screen now. All of them are socially and economically successful. Those films are based on classic heroic stories back in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression or true stories happening at home and abroad in contemporary times. They’ve reproduced the backgrounds and environments where those stories took place, as well as the thrilling process of the stories, showing the determination and stance of the Chinese nation to strive for independence and autonomy, maintain peace and justice in the world, and combat crimes.

On the same day 71 years ago, which was 27 November 1950, The Ninth Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) army launched a general offensive at Lake Changjin. With strong determination, they overcame the extremely cold weather and the huge difference between the two armies' armaments and defeated the 1st Marine Division, the most elite military unit of the US army, winning a strategic battle for the overall victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. The CPV soldiers sacrificed their lives for the prosperity and peace of today. As cultural workers today, we’ve produced a masterpiece called "The Battle at Lake Changjin” to pay our sincerest tribute to them. On 25 November, "The Battle at Lake Changjin" became the all-time best-selling movie in China. It made a profit of 5.7 billion yuan because of the 122 million people going to the cinemas and the fact that China's total box office and number of screens rank first in the world. The new record reflects the spirit and strength of Chinese film makers, the power and potential of the Chinese film industry, the amazing development of Chinese films, and the vitality of China's economy and film industry. It has also provided motivation and confidence for the global film industry to completely recover from the pandemic. More importantly, the box office for "The Battle at Lake Changjin" in Guangdong Province accounted for 12.75% of the total, ranking first in the whole country. The film grossed over 10 million Hong Kong dollars in box office in the first week when it was screened in Hong Kong. Many young Hong Kong viewers claimed that it was a most vivid patriotic lecture.

Ever since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has been the core and thriving area of Cantonese Culture. It boasts abundant cultural legacies, as well as numerous thinkers and cultural icons, including Lin Zexu, a national hero who once wrote, "I shall dedicate myself to the interests of the country irrespective of life and death or weal and woe”, and Liang Qichao, a great thinker and politician who said that whatever difficulties he experienced, he wouldn't lose his passion. Those pioneers' virtues and spirit have inspired later generations to strive for better and made the Greater Bay Area one of the most open and economically thriving areas in China. Accounting for only 0.6% of China's total land area, the Greater Bay Area has contributed 12% of the country's GDP.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Greater Bay Area has embarked on a new journey of overall opening-up. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the area's economy has changed from a fast-growing stage to a stage focused on high-quality development. The development of the Greater Bay Area is strategically important in the overall development of China. It’s a new effort to promote both overall opening-up in the new era and the "one nation, two systems" model. 

Lingnan culture is an important part of the Chinese civilization. It is a fusion of the culture of jiangnan region and the immigrant culture of zhongyuan region, which inherits the essence of zhongyuan culture. Lingnan culture has a long history. It's a perfect combination of classical and modern notions, as well as a result of the cultural exchange between China and the West. Bona Film has always valued our close cooperation with film makers from the Greater Bay Area. Films co-produced by the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong is one of our features and advantages. We've presented "A Simple Life", "The Grandmaster", "Our Time Will Come", "Chasing the Dragon", "Project Gutenberg", and "Ip Man 4: The Finale". These films are all innovations based on classic elements of Cantonese films. With them, we've explored a unique way of transforming and innovating Cantonese films.

Culture is also an important bond and medium between countries in terms of exchange and learning from each other. Film is the art of light and shadow. It boasts a natural advantage of bridging different countries, nations, backgrounds, and languages. We've actively released outstanding films in overseas areas, hoping to help more young viewers in countries and regions of different cultures and backgrounds enjoy excellent Chinese movies, including the amazing stories, special effects, and other artistic elements, while better understanding China and the Chinese people. We hope to achieve cultural exchange and build bridges between different peoples through movies. The relations between different countries lie in the intimacy between their peoples, and such intimacy lies in mutual understanding. Only with mutual understanding can we achieve long-term amity.

Culture is a key channel and way for young people of Asian countries to communicate with each other. We should build bridges between the peoples based on the cultural exchange between young people. As said by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the world's future belongs to the young people. As long as the young people in the world are ambitious and responsible, there'll be hope for humanity and constant strength for promoting the great cause of world peace and development. We hope that young people in all countries will see the world with an attitude of appreciation, learning, and sharing; promote the prosperity and coexistence of different cultures; and actively strive to build a community with a shared future for mankind.