A delegation of Vietnamese social media creators recently wrapped up a cultural and technological exploration tour across multiple Chinese cities. As a key segment of the “China-Vietnam Cultural Bridge” initiative, the journey wove together diverse scenarios spanning traditional heritage and cutting-edge technology, grassroots livelihoods and industrial innovation.
Beyond offering the delegation a multi-dimensional immersive experience, the tour provided tangible evidence that amid the new wave of globalization, the international community is in urgent need of deeper integration and collaboration across cultural, economic and livelihood sectors. Driven by market demands, borderless exchanges and connectivity have emerged as the core engine for supply chain upgrading and the construction of modern lifestyles.
Cultural Empathy: The People-to-People Foundation of Transnational Exchanges
Throughout the tour, cultural commonalities across various scenarios served as a natural bond for China-Vietnam people-to-people exchanges, laying an emotional foundation for deeper cooperation between the two sides.
The dazzling nightscape along the Pearl River bore striking similarities to the riverside vistas of Ho Chi Minh City, vividly reflecting the shared livelihood traits of the two regions.
In neighborhoods where traditional arcade-style architecture coexists with trendy commercial formats, the fusion of classic Wing Chun martial arts culture and international pop toy brands not only showcased the cultural inclusiveness of Chinese cities, but also mirrored the widespread livelihood feature of “traditional-modern coexistence” across Southeast Asia.
A standout highlight was the bamboo garden, designed by a renowned Vietnamese architect and nestled among the relics of a thousand-year-old ancient city—an exemplary case of cross-border cultural and creative integration that proves borderless collaboration in the cultural sphere can break down geographical barriers and act as a vital vehicle for enhancing people-to-people bonds.
These scenarios collectively demonstrate that empathy in folk life and culture forms the cornerstone of international exchanges, and this empathy is providing strong emotional support for regional economic cooperation and livelihood connectivity.
Industrial Synergy: Supply Chain Linkages Driven by New-Quality Productive Forces
Focusing on innovation achievements integrated into people’s daily lives, the tech-focused sessions of the tour underscored the pressing demand for supply chain and industrial synergy in the new globalization landscape.
The display of prototype smart mobility solutions such as domestically-developed flying cars not only highlighted technological breakthroughs in intelligent transportation, but also demonstrated the adaptability of such technologies to markets in Southeast Asia and beyond.
The full spectrum of consumer electronics and smart home ecosystems, from end products to complete industrial systems, allowed the delegation to directly experience the maturity of China’s tech supply chain. Meanwhile, space-based live broadcast technology in the commercial aerospace sector, with its space-ground integrated cultural communication logic, aligns with the cross-regional communication needs of the new globalization era.
The emergence of these innovations stems from the global market’s shared demand for efficient, intelligent solutions for modern living—a demand that is calling for in-depth transnational supply chain collaboration. Relevant industrial practices offer a reference model for China-Vietnam and even ASEAN cooperation across multiple sectors, and also confirm that industrial connectivity is the key path to regional economic prosperity against the backdrop of new-quality productive forces.
Livelihood Connectivity: A Borderless Benchmark for Modern Living
Livelihood scenarios during the tour provided vivid references for mutual learning of modern lifestyles between China and Vietnam. In China’s international metropolises, business districts blending historical heritage with fashion, bustling snack streets full of grassroots charm, and riverfront nightscapes where ancient and modern architecture coexist have outlined a diverse and inclusive urban living fabric.
Smart aviation operation systems and household-wide smart home ecosystems have showcased a convenient life empowered by technology. These scenes made it clear to the delegation that building a modern lifestyle requires not only preserving local livelihood characteristics, but also drawing on cross-regional technologies and models.
In addition, academic exchanges with international students from multiple countries and close observations of innovative education in universities enabled the group to appreciate the value of borderless collaboration in education, offering new ideas for talent connectivity and conceptual mutual learning in the livelihood sector.
Integration Insights: A Collaboration Blueprint for New Globalization
Organized jointly by the CICG Cultural Communication Center and Real Image Media, the tour’s value extends far beyond a typical cultural visit. The diverse integration scenarios it presented are a microcosm of the new globalization era. Currently, the global supply chain is undergoing restructuring, and the demand for cross-regional resource integration for modern lifestyles is becoming increasingly prominent.
The development model of “coexisting tradition and innovation, integrating local and international elements” adopted in multiple Chinese cities serves as a model for China-Vietnam cooperation in economic collaboration, livelihood improvement and cultural exchanges. From people-to-people connectivity at the cultural level, to supply chain synergy in the tech and industrial sectors, and to lifestyle mutual learning in livelihood areas, China-Vietnam integration practices are a vivid interpretation of “borderless exchanges”.
The tour also sent a clear signal: in the new global development landscape, international integration should not be confined to a single sector or region, but should achieve full-scale linkage across culture, economy and livelihoods. Only by breaking down geographical barriers, promoting supply chain upgrading driven by market demand, and laying a solid foundation for exchanges through cultural empathy can a new globalization collaboration system adapted to modern life be built, realizing common development for regions and even the world at large.
