What Makes Chaoyang So Amazing?

    The Ambassador

    of Uruguay to China Tells All！

    我是費爾南多·盧格里斯，烏拉圭駐華大使。

    我從2015年12月開始就任駐華大使，也就是說我已經在朝陽區生活了7年多的時間。

    I'm Fernando Lugris, Ambassador of Uruguay to China. I have been posted to China since December 2015, which means that I have been living in Chaoyang district for more than seven years.

    在朝陽區，享有美妙生活的機會實在是多不勝數。我住在亮馬橋附近，這裏環境優美，商業氛圍濃厚，還有很多不錯的餐廳和咖啡館。我住的地方離朝陽公園也很近，我周末常去那裏，可以享受湖景，享受大自然。

    There are so many opportunities to enjoy a fantastic lifestyle here in Chaoyang. I live in Liangmaqiao. It's a very pleasant area with a very vibrant business scene and a lot of restaurants and nice cafes. It is also quite close to Chaoyang Park, which is a place where I normally go during weekends to enjoy nature and the lake.

    我超級愛喝咖啡，如今，朝陽在這方面發生了巨大的變化。

    I'm a super coffee lover. Today, there has been a huge change.

    烏拉圭雖然不生產咖啡，但我們有着濃厚的咖啡文化。在北京這裏也有一些咖啡館展現了烏拉圭的文化特色。有的咖啡館供應馬黛茶，馬黛茶是我們的國飲，像茶一樣泡製而成，但泡製方法和茶具有講究，風味也獨特。自從我來到朝陽區後，這裏的咖啡館數量爆發式增長，而且咖啡館和咖啡的品質都很高。

    We don't produce coffee in Uruguay, but we have a coffee culture in the country. And actually, there are some coffee places here in Beijing that reflect Uruguay aspects of our culture. And they also serve Mate. Mate is our national drink, is kind of an infusion like tea, but a very special one. There has been an explosion of cafes in Chaoyang district since I arrived here. We get to see amazing cafes with extraordinary coffee.

    我對北京的文化和現代氣息十分感興趣，正因為如此，我很喜歡去798，去探索各式各樣的藝術畫廊和博物館，並與這裏的藝術家們交流。這座城市有着多姿多彩的藝術生活，尤其是在朝陽區，我認為這是在北京生活的亮點之一。在這裏我們可以看到年輕一代的中國人，年輕一代的北京人，他們衣裝時尚前衛，展示着他們的藝術作品和對生活的態度，這讓我眼前一亮，心潮澎湃。

    I'm very much into culture and modern scenes here in Beijing. So I really like to go to 798 to explore the galleries of art and the museums, and talk to artists here in Beijing. Because there's such a vibrant life of art in the city and especially here in Chaoyang district, that I think is one of the highlights of living in Beijing. We get to see that young Chinese people and the young Beijingers, you know, dressing up in a very cool manner, and showing their art and their expressions of life. That is very very inspiring.

    朝陽區進行了很多城市更新的工程，今天我們親眼見證了許多變化，一切都在向現代化和智能化的方向發展，比如798園區內的無人駕駛送餐車，所有這些東西在我2015年來華的時候都是沒有的。

    You have done a lot of renovations. Today we are checking some of the changes: things getting more modern; artificial intelligence applied to things; you have robotic buses. I mean, all those things were not here when I landed in 2015.

    我認為朝陽區正在發生的變化是北京市發展的縮影，乃至是整個中國發展的縮影。我們在朝陽這裏看到了整個地區的現代化進程，總之這是個充滿活力且樂觀向上的城市和地區，年輕人很喜歡生活在這裏，大家感到一切都在不斷進步，蒸蒸日上。

    I think Chaoyang district is a clear expression of what's going on in Beijing, and in China in general. What we see here in Chaoyang is a lot of modernisation of the whole district. So, I think, this is a city and a district with a lot of optimism where young people are happy to live here, and they feel that things are getting better and better.

    （記者 楊凌雲 特別支持：烏拉圭駐華使館  北京市朝陽區人民政府外事辦公室）