The theme song titled "Hand in Hand for a Long Song" was debuted on July 22 in central Yunnan’s Kunming city, as part of on-going Chinese social campaign that focuses on cultural-ethical progress in Yunnan province.
With the title of “Invigorate Yunnan, Benefit Border Areas”, the Yunnan campaign features a series of media tours in provincial border areas close to Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar.
Here is a Chinese-English version of the lyrics for the song.
《携手长歌行》
Hand in Hand for a Long Song
作词：徐荣凯
作曲/配器：万里
童声领唱：朱洺辰
合唱：山林童话合唱团
Lyrics: Xu Rongkai
Composition/Orchestration: Wan Li
Leading singer: Zhu Minchen
Other singers: Forest Fairy-Tale Children's Choir
我们守护中华家园的安宁
山山水水拥抱邻边兄弟姐妹
我用五千年的文明画笔
描绘那新时代的和和美美
We guard the peace of our Chinese homeland,
whose hills and rivers embrace our neighboring brothers and sisters.
With the brush of five thousand years of civilization,
I paint the harmony and beauty of this new era.
我们曾经的贫穷和落后
铸就挺直腰杆的身影
耕耘着那壮阔美丽的家园
我们是辛勤的园丁
Our past poverty and backwardness
have forged our upright and resilient stance.
Cultivating the vast and magnificent homeland,
we are the diligent gardeners.
八千里路云和月
而今迈步从头越
民相亲、心相通
携手长歌行
Having covered thousands of miles of cloud-veiled moon,
we now set out afresh from a new start.
Friendship is from close contacts between people.
Hand in hand, we sing a long song together.
