Zhu Yilong received Jackie Chan’s autobiography album, joining hands to pay tribute to action filmmakers

On the evening of July 21, the 5th Jackie Chan International Action Film Week opened in Datong, Shanxi. Youth Promotion Ambassador Zhu Yilong called Jackie Chan an idol on the spot. Jackie Chan also presented his autobiography and new album to Zhu Yilong and told him intimately: "It will be more touching to listen to it in the dead of night."

Zhu Yilong calls Jackie Chan an idol, pays tribute to action filmmaker

The honorary selection section of the 5th Jackie Chan International Action Film Week "Iron Man" attracted a total of 152 films from 36 countries and regions around the world. After a close selection, ten films such as "Big", "Unparalleled" and "Tifa is in trouble" stood out and made a concentrated appearance on the day. At the opening ceremony, the promotional film "Original Heart" of the film week was released. Directed by the well-known director Ding Sheng, "Original Heart" is a 70-second moving video that condenses Jackie Chan’s 65-year legendary life into a subtle insight. Jackie Chan sighed in the film: "I am 65 years old this year, and I don’t want to stop, but I just want to look back occasionally."

The jury of the 5th Jackie Chan International Action Film Week has a strong lineup. The famous director Tsui Hark served as the chairperson of the jury. Russian director Sergei Podlov, New Zealand director Martin Campbell, Canadian director Paul Haggis, Japanese actor Katsuaki Kurata, Thai director Prakia Pinkayo and Chinese actor Xu Fan jointly served as the judges. Xu Hark said that he was honored to be invited to participate in the jury work of this Jackie Chan International Action Film Week, and it was also a great honor to work with the other six experienced judges with deep artistic accomplishment and different cultural backgrounds. "This is one of the most unique experiences in my career. I believe that through the rare professional aesthetic exchange between the judges, the selection results will be the most exciting and fair."

Young actor Zhu Yilong has been appointed as the Youth Promotion Ambassador of this year’s Jackie Chan International Action Film Week. Zhu Yilong, who is self-deprecating as a "newcomer" of the film, is very honored by this title. He said that he was deeply moved and inspired by Jackie Chan’s big brother’s speech when he won the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2016. He has always regarded Jackie Chan as an idol, and his personal experience of working with Chengjiaban to shoot action scenes made him well aware of the difficulty of action actors. Zhu Yilong, who regards action actors as unsung heroes, also thanked them at the scene. He hopes to be able to use all his love and focus on interpreting the meaning of the word "actor" like Jackie Chan. Jackie Chan presented his autobiography and new album to Zhu Yilong and told him intimately: "It will be more touching to listen to it in the dead of night."

Starlight Action theme song "Starlight" MV premiered, Jackie Chan Wu Lei launched the ancient Great Wall protection plan

During the 4th Jackie Chan International Action Film Week held in Datong last year, Chinese filmmakers launched a large-scale public welfare poverty alleviation project "Poverty Reduction Tough Battle – Starlight Action" under the advocacy of Jackie Chan, allowing Da Ai to enter poverty-stricken areas and bring help to the people in poverty-stricken areas. At the opening ceremony, Jackie Chan, the founder of "Poverty Reduction Tough Battle – Starlight Action", sang the theme song "Starlight" with the teenagers, and his moving MV was also released for the first time.

Talking about the second year’s "poverty reduction battle – Starlight Action", Jackie Chan said that this year’s "Starlight Action" will be "Ancient Great Wall Protection Plan" as the theme. Returning to Datong, Jackie Chan went to Desheng Fort in Xinrong District of Datong City non-stop one day before the opening ceremony, joined the special activity of Starlight Action, visited the ancient castle under the Great Wall, and participated in the symposium on the protection of the Great Wall with many experts and scholars. For this trip to "Starlight" of Desheng Fort, Jackie Chan bluntly said that the ancient Great Wall made of loess was very shocking. In his opinion, the cultural heritage left by these ancestors deserves to be better restored, protected and passed on. Jackie Chan proposed on the spot to link the protection of the ancient Great Wall with green tourism, making it a pillar industry as part of the poverty reduction battle.

Young actor Wu Lei joined the group again as the "Youth Ambassador of the Ancient Great Wall Protection Program". He said that as a young person in the new era, he was very honored to continue to contribute to poverty reduction by protecting the ancient Great Wall. The 100-person volunteer team of the "Ancient Great Wall Protection Program" also appeared on the stage. Jackie Chan led all the volunteers to solemnly swear to the protection of the ancient Great Wall, and the oath of "The Great Wall will never fall" resounded on the scene. Witnessed by the countdown, the 2020 "poverty reduction battle – Operation Starlight" was officially launched.