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Chinese actress Gong Li was appointed FAO Ambassador on World Food
Day 2000. "To launch an appeal against hunger is not a waste of
time. At the start there is never a path, but where many people
pass, a path is formed," said Gong Li, when she first supported
FAO’s campaign against hunger in 1998.
Gong Li graduated from the Central Drama Academy
in Beijing in 1989. Over the last decade, she has earned international
acclaim for her fine performances in some of China’s most memorable
films, including Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern
and Farewell My Concubine. Today she is one of China's and
international cinema's leading actresses.
Ever since she became an FAO Ambassador, Gong Li has spoken out
against hunger. In July 2002 she visited the Special Programme for
Food Security project in the Sichuan Province and a TeleFood (duck-raising)
project in Youxian, thus increasing the visibility and impact of
FAO’s activities in China. During this very successful mission,
Gong Li met with farmers beneficiaries, poor families and children,
and expressed strong and continuous support to FAO’s fight against
hunger.
In September 2002, in her capacity as President of the Film Jury
of the Venice International Film Festival, Gong Li held a press
conference focused exclusively on FAO, her role as FAO Goodwill
Ambassador and her commitment to the fight against hunger. FAO was
also officially included in the press conference organized by the
producers of Gong Li's forthcoming film "M" (French television
TF1 and Mr. Charles Gassaut) thanks to the active involvement of
Gong Li.
Since October 2002, Gong Li has lent her image to an FAO public
service advertisement published by the major Italian magazines and
newspapers such as Newsweek, Time Magazine etc.
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