Published: 17:50, October 18, 2023 | Updated: 09:24, October 19, 2023
A shared future
By Wang Zhan

(From left to right) Argus Ang, CEO of RVi Group; Zhou Li, deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily Group and publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily Asia Pacific; Zhou Kan, charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia; Daniel Johan, deputy chairman of Commission IV, House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia; Geng Hailing, Counsellor for Press and Public Diplomacy, Mission of the People's Republic of China to ASEAN; Hugo Diba, CEO of Kumparan; and Tanjung Sentosa, Founder of Kraftig Advertising; join in the ribbon cutting during the opening ceremony for the international photography exhibition coorganized by China Daily and Asia News Network at the Kota Kasablanka mall in Jakarta, Oct 18, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY )

An international photography exhibition coorganized by China Daily and the Asia News Network opened in Jakarta on Wednesday. 

With the theme Changing Asia - Working Together for a Shared Future, the exhibit at Kota Kasablanka Mall drew 1,200 submissions from photographers representing 36 countries and regions. 

China Daily’s Edmond Tang took these photos.

Zhou Li, deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily Group and publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily Asia Pacific delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the international photography exhibition coorganized by China Daily and Asia News Network at Kota Kasablanka Mall in Jakarta on Oct 18, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Zhou Kan, charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the international the photography exhibition coorganized by China Daily and Asia News Network at Kota Kasablanka Mall in Jakarta on Oct 18, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Daniel Johan, deputy chairman of Commission IV, the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the international photography exhibition coorganized by China Daily and Asia News Network at Kota Kasablanka Mall in Jakarta on Oct 18, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Hugo Diba, CEO of Kumparan, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the photography exhibition coorganized by China Daily and Asia News Network at Kota Kasablanka Mall in Jakarta on Oct 18, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)