China-ASEAN Smart Ocean Innovation Online Courses Successfully Held

　　On August 30th, China-ASEAN Smart Ocean Center (briefly as CASOC) hosted and held two online courses. These courses focused on the prevention of ocean-related disasters and the video production, taught respectively by Mr. Tan Jun, the Director of National Marine Hazard Mitigation Service of Ministry of National Resources and Ms. Xera Liu, the journalist and director of TJTV. Mr. Su Rongxin, Deputy Dean of School of Marine Science and Technology in Tianjin University delivered a welcome speech.

　　Mr. Su Rongxin welcomed the participators and gave a detailed introduction of this program. “The Center has encouraged and supported many students from China and ASEAN universities to join different programs. In the past two years, we have hosted a series of China-ASEAN Smart Ocean Innovation Courses Program successfully, and the students actually learned a lot from here.”, he said, “I wish all of you will gain a lot from these extraordinary programs.”

　　The Director of National Marine Hazard Mitigation Service of Ministry of National Resources, Mr. Tan Jun, gave the participators a lecture of “Knowing and Prevention of Ocean-related Disasters”. As a specialist in the field the Marine Hazard Mitigation, He has engaged in marine disaster prevention and mitigation work, and has participated in the compilation in the part of National Marine Disaster Prevention and Mitigation of “12th Five-Year Plan” and “13th Five-Year Plan”. He shared many top-edged researches on ocean-related disasters, such as rip current, tsunami, oil pollution, disastrous wave, red tide or green tide, etc. In the Q&A part, the participators also received suggestions and guidance from the speaker on the spot.

　　Ms. Xera Liu, the journalist and director of TJTV with 4-years professional experience, talked about how to make and edit videos. In this course, the participators learned about special techniques in pre-production, including composition, scene, shooting angle, lighting, and the techniques in post-production, such as editing, grouping, color mixing, music, some other knowledge in production process were also mentioned during the lecture.

　　These two Courses attracted more than 150 participators from China and ASEAN countries. The Program provided excellent opportunities for students to learn from experienced specialists in different fields.

　　It’s reported that Online Courses @CASOC is a part of China-ASEAN Smart Ocean Innovation Courses, which started from 2017. In terms of epidemic control and prevention, this year’s courses have to be taken online. Same as the on-going 2020 China-ASEAN ‘Learning about Ocean’ Student Film Competition, different programs are set to enhance students’ awareness of the ocean, to strengthen the cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and ASEAN.