The World Expo China Pavilion Day (October 1st) and a government sponsored promotion film about China’s image abroad, soon to be broadcast in Western media, hopes to help the world get to know the real China. According to Chinese public opinion, how much does the world really understand about China? On the evening of October 1st, China Youth Daily Social Investigation Centre together with Sina.com, publicly surveyed 1778 people online. As many as 68.5% of the respondents believe that the world lacks understanding of the real China, with 32.9% believing that the world "doesn’t understand very well" and 34.6% of the respondents believing that the world’s understanding was "moderate". Another 1.0% of the respondents believed the rest of the world "knows nothing about the real China."
 

In addition, 6.9% of the respondents believe that the world has an "excellent understanding", and another 24.7% of the public voted that the world "comparatively understood.”

In the public’s view, the appearance of a famous Chinese scientist at the Shanghai World Expo China Pavilion Day would best represent China's national image. The survey shows that 65.1% of respondents wanted "Yuan Longping, Wu Wenjun, and other scientific people" to appear at the China World Pavilion Day, followed by, "Deng Yaping, Yao Ming, Lang Ping or other equal athletes and celebrities" (48.4%), next the Shenzhou V, VI, and VII astronauts (48.1%). It is noteworthy that as many as 49.0% of the respondents said, "ordinary Chinese people" should appear at the Pavilion Day on behalf of the public image.

In addition, the public also expects to see people like "Li Ka-shing, Ma Yun, Wang Jianzhou and other business celebrities (39.0%), the Sichuan earthquake rescue hero Lin Hao, the Olympic torch bearer Jin Jing and other extraordinary general people (32.9%). The list also included the architect Zhang Yonghe, the painter Huang Yongyu and other artists (30.1%), Lang Lang, Donnie Yen, Shui Junyi and celebrities from the literature and art world (29.0%), Li Yining, Larry Lang or other equal academic celebrities (24.7%).

A survey of public network users in China said: "Chinese had better shape their own image, even if the Government and civil society are doing enough or not. China needs a variety of ways to showcase China, to promote China, but it is important to let the world know the true China. “

Soon to be broadcast around the world, China’s government sponsored promotion film uses 50 people as representatives of the image of China. If the general public made this film, other than its people, what Chinese elements are worth showing the world? The survey found? that survey respondents wanted the following things to represent China: kung fu, calligraphy, and Chinese traditional culture (77.7%), Chinese Food, Chinese architecture, dress and other popular elements (68.3%), Pandas, The Great Wall, Terracotta Warriors and other endemic species or historical sites ( 66.0%), The Art of War, the ancient Confucian Thought (59.5%), Made in China around the world (38.3%), as well as diving, table tennis, sports received (20.4%).

From another perspective, in recent years, China has undergone tremendous change in many ways; so what was the most prominent external change in its image? The survey shows that "economic success" at 61.2% was voted as the biggest change, followed by "international impact" (48.5%), "improvement of people’s livelihood" (47.7%) ranked third, "technology level" ( 44.1%) ranked fourth. In addition, the "urbanization" (42.2%) and "openness" (39.4%) also received more nominations.

The survey also found that public opinion also wanted to show the following characteristics about Chinese to the world the most: the first being "hard working" (74.8%) followed by "tough" (66.3%) and "inclusive" (58.1%). Other character traits recognized by the respondents include "smart" (50.6%), "warm" (53.0%), "adaptable" (49.1%), "open" (31.6%) etc.
 

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