September 8, 2019 witnessed a grand and special ceremony held at W Shanghai The Bund - the 9·9 International True Love Day, where people all over the world gathered to embrace love. Different from previous celebrations of the True Love Day, scientific and technological innovation was highlighted. The Humanistic Intelligence (H.I.) Ambassador, IRENE, struck a chord with the audience by showing them the warmth and power of true love via high-tech. The moment was witnessed by H.E. Mr. Dhirendra Bhatnagar, President of WFUCA, Mr. Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former French Prime Minister, Mr. Benoît Guidée, French Consul General in Shanghai, Mr. Christophe Lauras, President of the CCIFC, professors and scholars from Harvard University, AI specialists and academicians, and journalists from China and other countries.
The chairman of Goldian Group is the founder of the IRENE 9·9 International True Love Day. Filled with emotion and exhilaration, he explained why he initiated this festival in a speech he delivered. The existence of the IRENE 9·9 International True Love Day, he said, is to advocate for "mutual love for family happiness, fraternal love for social harmony and great love for world peace" on the global area. "By a perfect combination of cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) with true love, the International True Love Day is brought to its acme. In this very epoch when AI technologies reign, it is our unshirkable duty to demonstrate to the world Goldian's exploration and innovation in the realm of science and technology in a more intelligent and human way. Truly, let us empower true love with science and technology and look forward to a future full of promise and potential."
With the aid of world-class holographic technologies, IRENE, True Love Ambassador, appeared from a technology-driven futuristic world as if she was traveling across time and space to the stage where she had interesting conversations with the AI specialists. When asked "What on earth is true love", IRENE used her super brain and made a perfect response, "True love is both close and far-off, both tremendous and trivial. As long as we keep it in our hearts, true love is everywhere." IRENE continued to tug at the heartstring of the audience by performing a touching song True Love for Life, composed for the event by a famous music producer.
The 9·9 International True Love Day, as the first global festival that commemorates true love and humanities, had been celebrated at the UN HQ and gained recognition and support from many heads of states, politicians and authorities. H.E. Mr. Dhirendra Bhatnagar, President of WFUCA, once again attended the festival by delivering a keynote speech. He spoke highly of the festival and the spirit of true love it advocated for, saying that "its meaning and expression has never changed and it will remain the same for as long as the human race will exist on the planet earth."
Also, Mr. Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former French Prime Minister, shared with the audience his support for the concept of true love and delivered a passionate speech in the form of a video. "I am very concerned about the growing tension and threat in this world... This meeting is very important, for it best expresses our national temperament that is composed of culture and sensibility... Irene is an image of love and beauty... I would like to say that in our world, basically, we need love more than anything else."
Harvard Professor (Patricia A. Graham Level) Catherine E. Snow and Professor (Roy E. Larsen Level) Robert L. Selman are core members of Goldian & Harvard Professors' Educational Research and Practice Center. They also shared their thoughts about true love and humanities and expressed their support for the festival in the form of a video.
On the occasion of the True Love Day, both convinced that it is "humanity, science and technology" that make true love stronger, Goldian Group and China Everbright Bank joined hands and announced the exciting news that the "CEB & Goldian Co-Branded Credit Card" would soon meet the world. That was the way they interpreted true love and spread it to every corner of the world. Indeed, the "CEB & Goldian Co-Branded Credit Card" is a staggering product of "humanity, science and technology". Goldian and CEB draw upon the merits from each other, exploring innovative ways of collaboration which will bring more benefits to the livelihood of people and economy. They are determined to jointly promote the cause of true love and humanities in China, with a view to creating more thoughtful value-added products and providing more and better services to its card holders.
As the True Love Day event came to a close, all the guests present were basking in the beautiful melody of Forever True Love performed by the choir of angels. The end of the event also heralds a brand-new start. In the future, people tend to appreciate and cherish even more a life increasingly empowered by science and technology. In the company of Goldian Group, the 9·9 International True Love Day will usher in a brighter and better future where the whole world is enveloped by rays of love.