On August 18, 2018, Beijing Language Services Center for Cultural Trade (BLSCCT) officially reached an agreement with the National Base for International Cultural Trade (Beijing) (the Base). Held at 10 a.m. at the news release hall on the second floor of B7 building of the Base, the signing ceremony was attended by more than 70 guests including Wu Peihong, Director of the Ministry of Education, Li Luxia, Deputy Director of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Beijing Sub-council and President of Beijing Association for Trade in Services, Zhang Huayu, Director of the Services and Trade Office of Beijing Municipal Commission of Commerce, Huang Junxiong, Director of the Science and Technology Innovation Unit of Beijing State-Owned Cultural Assets Management and Supervision Office, Yang Yu, Director of the Beijng International Economic and Trade Legal Services Center, Chen Gang, Assistant to the General Manager of Beijing Cultural Investment International Holdings Co., Ltd., Prof. Li Changshuan, Dean of the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation of Beijing Foreign Studies University, Prof. Liu Heping, Honorary Dean of School of Translation and Interpreting of Beijing Language and Culture University, Prof. Wang Jihui, Director of the MTI Program of the School of Foreign Language of Peking University, Prof. Tang Ke of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Southern University of Science and Technology, among other leaders, experts, scholars, and partners.
With the rapid development of the economy, China's influence in the world is increasing day by day. More and more people become interested in China and the Chinese culture. The country has seized the opportunity and proposed the development strategy of “going out” for the Chinese culture. As wisdom and creativity of human beings are at the core of the cultural industry, the task of training language services professionals is of great significance and it should take long-term efforts to cultivate their capabilities of interpreting the Chinese culture to the outside world. In the context of internationalization, the sophisticated switching between different languages is the first and most important step of cultural trade. Therefore, the concepts of “language services” and “cultural trade” are closely linked to each other.
BLSCCT will develop a strategic partnership with the Base, provide accurate matchmaking services between cultural enterprises and cultural programs in the zone, help them expand overseas trade channels, improve the cultural trade industrial chain, support various international exchange activities and cultural product exhibition activities of the Base, strengthen the building of public services chain, contribute efforts in expanding the channels of cultural trade globalization, dedicate itself to becoming an indispensible part of the Base, and provide better services for the “bringing in and going out” of cultural enterprises.
Beijing Language Services Center for Cultural Trade (BLSCCT) was established with the support from the Beijing Association for Trade in Services, the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation of Beijing Foreign Studies University, and Beijing Oatmeal Technology Co., Ltd. With abundant experience and resources in the industry, BLSCCT provides a broad range of top quality language services to a number of international organizations and events, including various duty stations of the United Nations and World Internet Conference; government departments such as China’s State Council Information Office; events such as the World Internet Conference; and other multinational corporations and organizations. BLSCCT is dedicated to helping clients to achieve efficient and effective cross-cultural communication and build a strong brand image on the international market, and facilitating cultural trade between different countries.
The two sides are expected to build a sustainable international cultural trade and services platform with vision, confidence, and inclusiveness, so as to drive the progress of the language services sector, scale up China’s cultural trade, and open a new chapter for cultural services cooperation.