On December 1, Fu Hua, president of Xinhua News Agency, Sue Brooks, president of Reuters, Chen Yanquan, vice president of the Associated Press, and Michael Meinville, a member of the AFP executive committee and president of Asia Pacific, held talks in Beijing. On the eve of the opening of the 5th World Summit, the high-level cooperation dialogue of the four major international news agencies was held in Beijing. The relevant officials of Xinhua News Agency, Reuters, Associated Press, and AFP launched exchanges and cooperation in the context of the transformation of the world media industry, and unanimously agreed to work together to play a positive role in promoting friendship between countries and world development. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen On the eve of the opening of the Fifth World Summit, the high-end cooperation dialogue of the four major international news agencies was held in Beijing on the 1st. The relevant officials of Xinhua News Agency, Reuters, Associated Press, and AFP launched exchanges and cooperation in the context of the transformation of the world media industry, and unanimously agreed to work together to play a positive role in promoting friendship between countries and world development.
Fu Hua, president of Xinhua News Agency, said that in recent years, Xinhua News Agency and major international news agencies have taken the initiative to adapt and innovate, actively using 5G, artificial intelligence, big data, Internet of Things and other information technology development achievements, taking the lead in the media reform examination, and significantly improving the competitiveness of core technologies.
Fu Hua said that he expects all parties to cooperate sincerely to promote the establishment of a high-level dialogue and cooperation mechanism between the four major international news agencies under the framework of the World Summit, deepen exchanges and communication in the development trend, cutting-edge technology application, combat fake news and information verification, and conduct business trainingProvide medical treatment, sanitation and other humanitarian mutual assistance in the course of news reporting in wars, natural disasters and dangerous areas;On the basis of further deepening the existing text and cooperation, expand the areas of cooperation such as business.
On December 1, Fu Hua, president of Xinhua News Agency, Sue Brooks, president of Reuters, Chen Yanquan, vice president of the Associated Press, and Michael Meinville, a member of the AFP executive committee and president of Asia Pacific, held talks in Beijing. On the eve of the opening of the 5th World Summit, the high-level cooperation dialogue of the four major international news agencies was held in Beijing. The relevant officials of Xinhua News Agency, Reuters, Associated Press, and AFP launched exchanges and cooperation in the context of the transformation of the world media industry, and unanimously agreed to work together to play a positive role in promoting friendship between countries and world development. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen The heads of Reuters, the Associated Press, and AFP said that the holding of the fifth world summit will build a valuable platform for all parties to have in-depth exchanges and respond to changes in the times. The four major international news agencies should work together to provide objective, fair and accurate information to users, and make due contributions to enhancing people-to-people exchanges and promoting common development.
By working together, we can tell and disseminate the stories that matter most, addressing the most pressing challenges facing the media industry and the opportunities presented by new technologies. Chen Yanquan, vice president of the Associated Press, said.
The four major international news agencies produce news products that reach about 75 percent of the world's population. Therefore, the news information and reports we provide must be trustworthy. Sue Brooks, President of Reuters, expressed the hope that the four major international news agencies will deepen cooperation and release credible and influential information to the world to help build a better world.
Participants agreed that new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) bring both opportunities and risks. The application of new technologies can provide assistance for news gathering and publishing, but it cannot replace the news itself, let alone damage the ethics and authenticity of journalism.
Michael Meinwell, a member of AFP's executive board and president of Asia Pacific, suggested that AI can improve the productivity of institutions, but at the same time, institutions should also apply AI responsibly. "I am very much looking forward to sharing our achievements and experiences in the field of AI applications and new technologies with our fellow journalists. ”
The 5th World Summit will be held in Guangzhou and Kunming from December 2 to 8. More than 450 representatives from 197 mainstream organizations, think tanks, institutions, embassies and consulates in China, as well as United Nations agencies and international organizations from 101 countries and regions around the world will exchange views on the theme of "Boosting Global Confidence and Promoting Development".
News analysis: The heads of the four major international news agencies gathered in Beijing to send a positive signal to the world
On the occasion of the opening of the 5th World Summit of the United Nations, the heads of Xinhua News Agency, Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse who attended the summit gathered in Beijing on December 1 to discuss cooperation and seek common development, sending a positive signal to the world that the four major international news agencies should strengthen cooperation, shoulder social responsibilities and jointly promote people-to-people bonds.
a) Cooperation. In today's chaotic world and the acceleration of changes in a century, how to solve the development deficit, solve the security dilemma, and strengthen mutual learning among civilizations is a common issue of the times faced by the people of all countries.
News** has a unique public resource and is an indispensable force for social progress. How to correctly answer the issues of the times and build a broad consensus in the world, ** institutions shoulder important social responsibilities.
With great power comes great responsibility. The four major international news agencies are all influential organizations, reaching about 75% of the world's population. The heads of the four major international news agencies came together across the mountains and seas to hold a high-end cooperation dialogue meeting in Beijing for the first time, and the establishment of a dialogue mechanism between the four major international news agencies under the framework of the World Summit is undoubtedly of important leading significance for strengthening international cooperation, and has also injected positive energy into promoting cooperation among countries and promoting world development.
disseminate truthful and credible information", "strengthen exchanges and cooperation", "undertake global missions"...
At the dialogue, the heads of the four major international news agencies made a series of clear and positive statements, showing an increasingly bright vision of international communication.
2) Contingency. With the changes in the world in a century, the global media industry is also undergoing a profound change: cross-border communication has changed the pattern, mobile terminals have become the mainstream of communication, technological innovation has reshaped the news industry, and disinformation has challenged news ethics.
In the face of common challenges and problems, the four major international news agencies should play a leading role while promoting their own innovation and development, strengthen exchanges and cooperation, and jointly study strategies to meet the challenges of the new era.
In order to cope with the complex risks and challenges and the ever-changing technological changes, Xinhua News Agency actively uses 5G, artificial intelligence, big data, Internet of Things and other information technology development achievementsReuters is actively deploying artificial intelligence and is committed to applying AI technology to all aspects of news productionThe Associated Press has developed rapidly in areas such as news production systems, artificial intelligence, news-sharing platforms, and blockchainIn recent years, AFP has made great efforts to explore the digital ** field, and has achieved fruitful results. At the dialogue, all parties expressed their strong willingness to strengthen exchanges and cooperation and actively respond to changes.
This is an era full of difficulties and challenges, but it is also an era full of opportunities and hopes. Strengthening cooperation and working hand in hand can help all parties better turn pressure into motivation and crisis into opportunity.
Deepen exchanges and communication in the areas of international development trends, cutting-edge technology applications, combating fake news and information verification", "providing humanitarian mutual assistance such as medical treatment and sanitation in the process of news reporting in wars, natural disasters and dangerous areas", "expanding cooperation areas such as commerce on the basis of further deepening existing written and cooperative cooperation"...In the face of the best peers, the suggestions put forward by the person in charge of Xinhua News Agency are pragmatic and concrete, and have been widely recognized by all parties.
3) Responsibility. We will strive to be a disseminator of people-to-people ties and a promoter of people-to-people exchanges, and make due contributions to promoting the common values of all mankind and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. "In 2021, when the president sent a congratulatory letter to the 4th World Summit, he put forward the ardent expectations for the participants, pointing out the direction for international cooperation.
Although the four major international news agencies were born in different soils of Eastern and Western civilizations, and their development history and business sectors are also different, they all share common expectations for peace, stability, fairness and justice, development and prosperity.
In our global village, all mankind is a big family with a common destiny, and the interests of countries converge, the fate is intertwined, and the weal and woe are shared, and it has increasingly become a community with a shared future. The responsible persons of the four major international news agencies all have deep feelings about this.
It is the expectation of the international community for the global mainstream to promote solidarity and cooperation between countries, build a bridge of people-to-people ties between different countries, gather a broader world consensus with the advantages of international communication, and continue to inject positive energy into the cause of peace and progress of mankind.
Today, the high-level cooperation dialogue of the four major international news agencies has made a good start, and I hope to go further in the future.
Editor-in-charge: Chen Yuyao |Review: Li Zhen |Supervisor: Wan Junwei.
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