Hong Kong's "Cultural Promotion Ambassador", composer and conductor Tan Dun, stated on the 2nd that there are many outstanding young artists in Hong Kong who will be introduced to different regions to collaborate with different artists, allowing the mainland and the world to better understand Hong Kong's cultural characteristics through the window of art. Tan Dun met with the media at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on the same day, sharing his performance achievements in Hong Kong, mainland China, and overseas over the past year, and introducing this year's key projects. Since January 1, 2023, Tan Dun has been appointed as Hong Kong's first "Cultural Promotion Ambassador" by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. He has introduced 15 local young artists to participate in 27 performances in mainland China, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Canada, France, Italy and other places, helping to consolidate Hong Kong's position as a center for cultural and artistic exchanges between China and foreign countries. This year's "Tan Dun WE Music Festival" will be held in June and as one of the programs of the Hong Kong "Chinese Culture Festival", it will bring three exciting performances to music fans, including operas full of Eastern Zen, dialogues between traditional and modern percussion music, as well as Dunhuang ancient scores and music dances. At that time, Tan Dun's newly established Hong Kong Women's Strike Band and several local young musicians will also participate, with tea culture as the theme, to enjoy tea music with fans. Tan Dun said that he hopes to cultivate more promising young artists for Hong Kong with an international perspective, not only providing them with a stage, but also creating infinite vitality and possibilities for the future of Hong Kong art through the collision and exchange of ideas. A spokesperson for the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government expressed the hope that the "Cultural Promotion Ambassador" will provide more valuable opportunities for local young artists to perform in mainland China and overseas, accumulate experience and broaden their horizons, showcase Hong Kong's cultural soft power to the world through excellent performances, and tell the story of Hong Kong with art. (New Society)