Media forum on One Belt One Road begins in China
DUNHUANG: The 2017 Media Cooperation Forum on One Belt One Road initiative kicked off in Dunhuang, northwestern China’s Gansu province, on Tuesday.
A total of 126 countries and international organisations and representatives from 265 media outlets are participating in the forum.
The Sultanate was represented at the forum by the editors-in-chief of Oman newspaper and the Observer.
The forum, themed, ‘New Cooperation Prospect: Towards a Community of Common Destiny’, is being co-hosted by the People’s Daily and the Gansu Government.
Zhang Ping, National People’s Congress Standing Committee ViceChairperson, in his speech, said the Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping conforms to the trend of development.
The media cooperation forum serves as a platform for communication and mutual learning among journalists, politicians, business people and scholars from around the world.
Yang Zhenwu, President of the People’s Daily, said the People’s Daily started the annual media forum in 2014 to build an information highway, expand “circle of friends” and enlarge “concentric circles” of cultures through media cooperation.
Media plays an important role in enhancing people-to-people communication, Yang said, adding that news sharing, policy studies, information integration and business exchanges should be strengthened to build bridges between cultures and embrace a brighter future.
Participated by 600 business representatives, scholars and journalists, the 2017 Media Cooperation Forum on One Belt One Road is the largest media forum held by Chinese mainstream media in recent years.