Titled “Fan Changjiang Action”, students majoring in media from Hong Kong and Macao started a journey across Inner Mongolia autonomous region on July 28 in Hohhot, through which they will report stories of the autonomous region in their eyes.

Media Students’ Journey in Inner Mongolia, as a part of Fan Changjiang Action is launched in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia on July 28. [Photo by Wang Xing/China Daily]

Fan Changjiang (1909 -1970) was a Chinese journalist and writer. Two years after he started his career as journalist, Fan went to the Northwest China as a correspondent for Da Kung Pao Newspaper in 1935. At that time, he editorialized a series of news and later anthologized them into The North Western Part of China, which immediately became a best seller.

Fan Changjiang Action: the Western China Journey of Hong Kong and Macao’s Media Students was initiated in 2014, and has brought many students to the mainland to report.

Zhou Chunjie (fourth left), deputy head of the Publicity Department of Inner Mongolia hands over the flag of Fan Changjiang Action to a representative of media students on July 28, in Hohhot. [Photo by Wang Xing/China Daily]

2015 marks the 80th anniversary of Fan’s journey in Northwest China. Da Kung Pao arranged media students from Hong Kong and Macao to visit Inner Mongolia, along Fan’s trail 80 years ago.

In the eight-day event, students will experience and report on the economic development, history, culture, and local customs in Inner Mongolia.