DAKAR, July 16 (Xinhua) -- The French version of the Chinese TV drama "Ebola fighters", a production of the China International Television Corporation (CITVC), premiered on Friday at the Grand National Theatre in Dakar.
Designed in 24 episodes of 45 minutes each, this TV drama tells the experience of Chinese virologist Zheng Shupeng and his medical team in the fight against the Ebola epidemic in several West African countries in 2014.
The Chinese drama will soon be broadcast on the first and second channel of the Senegalese Radiodiffusion Television (RTS 1 and RTS 2), as well as on various regional channels of Senegalese public television, announced Boubou Sall, head of the IT department of RTS.
He praised "the exemplary relations" between RTS and CITVC, noting that the new Chinese production will further strengthen the relations between the two organisations.
The president of the Senegalese Association of Film Critics, Fatou Kine Sene, said this drama was "well done" and hoped China and Senegal will strengthen the audiovisual partnership. ■