AKIPRESS.COM - Chinese Film Week opened at the Chinese Cultural Center in Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday, Xinhua reported.

The event aims to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Mongolia and boost learning of the Chinese language, according to the Chinese Cultural Center.

"Film is the art of light and shadow, a mirror of reality, and a messenger of culture, and plays an important role in promoting exchanges and mutual learning between different civilizations," Li Zhi, counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia and director of the Chinese Cultural Center, said at the opening ceremony.

Li said films and TV series have become a bridge between the people of China and Mongolia.