GUANGZHOU, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Promoting exchanges, meeting challenges, and responding to emergencies -- the world's leading summit is highly anticipated.
Xinhua News Agency reporter.
Focus on development, meet challenges together, and boost confidence. On the occasion of the opening of the 5th World Summit, people from many countries and participants have sent messages, looking forward to the summit continuing to play an important role as an exchange platform, promoting mutual learning, unity and development, seizing opportunities and showing responsibility in the changes of the times.
Sub-heading) Important exchange and mutual learning platform.
Building mutual trust", "promoting exchanges", and "learning from Xi and learning from each other" ......The role of the platform of the World Summit has been valued by all countries, and it is believed that this mechanism is an important bridge for the exchange, review and outlook of the global media industry under the current situation.
Zana Tolstikova, director of Russia's BRICS TV station, said that it is playing an increasingly important role in building international relations and promoting international exchanges, and building a "bridge" for exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations. "This summit is not only a rare opportunity to showcase the work of the best countries, but also an excellent platform to find the best partners and discuss future cooperation projects. ”
Akulovich, director of the Belarusian state news agency, said that the World Summit is an important event in the world this year, which will strengthen mutual trust and constructive cooperation in the field.
This summit will provide an important stage for countries to exchange ideas, communicate opinions, and share the latest developments in the field, and will strengthen cooperation and exchanges between countries. Mohammed Rashk, adviser to the president of the Iraqi News Corporation, said.
Sub-heading) to meet the challenges of the times.
At present, the world journalism industry is facing challenges and pressures such as the proliferation of disinformation and the reshaping of the news industry by technological innovation. How to work together to meet the challenges of the times has become a topic of common concern for all parties attending the meeting.
Regarding the opportunities and risks brought by new technologies such as artificial intelligence, Michael Meinville, president of Asia Pacific at AFP, said that AI can improve the productivity of institutions, but institutions must apply AI responsibly.
Mikhail Morozov, deputy editor-in-chief of Russia's Labor Daily, said frankly that the current tradition is indeed facing severe challenges. Over the past two years, about 300 newspapers, magazines, etc. in Russia have ceased operations. In order to adapt to the development of the new situation, one of the oldest newspapers in Russia, "Labor Daily", is also actively building publishing platforms such as ** and social **.
He said that people are now in a complex environment, surrounded by a lot of unverified information and all kinds of "noise", which makes it crucial for journalists to engage with each other at the first level, and the world summit provides an opportunity for countries to listen to the views of all sides.
González, president of the Cuban Latin American News Agency, who has been deeply involved in international news for many years, said that the world is facing the challenge of the proliferation of fake news and misinformation, and the world should adhere to objectivity and truth, uphold justice and justice, promote people-to-people exchanges, enhance mutual understanding, and build a bridge of mutual learning among civilizations.
Subheading) Amplify the Global South.
At a time when the evolution of the greatest changes unseen in a century is accelerating, the power of the Global South is rising and its influence has increased significantly. A number of representatives from developing countries said that the World Summit is conducive to promoting "South-South cooperation" among countries, amplifying the voice of the Global South, and then promoting global common development.
Bernarda Llorente, president of the Argentine Inter-American News Agency, said that the establishment of mutual trust and cooperation at the international level, especially among developing countries, facilitates the exchange of information between countries. South-South cooperation is conducive to enhancing understanding and cooperation among developing countries at all levels.
Gonzalez said LATAM looks forward to working with others to provide objective and responsible reporting, convey the voices of developing countries, and work together to address the challenges facing the Global South.
Iqbal Seuver, chairman of the South African Independent Media Group, stressed that the voices of developing countries should be heard, and this is also the role that should be played. Those attending this summit should strive to promote common global development.
Subheading) Looking forward to the prospects of cooperation with China.
The participants believed that China plays an important role in promoting global media cooperation and looked forward to further deepening cooperation with China.
Morozov said that there is still room for further development of Russian-Chinese cooperation, especially in the context of information chaos and unbalanced global discourse, and should jointly promote the dissemination of fair and unbiased information.
By working together, we can address the most pressing challenges facing the media industry together, the opportunities presented by new technologies. Chen Yanquan, vice president of the Associated Press, said.
Lebanese Minister of Information Ziad Makari highly affirmed the cooperation between Lebanon and China, believing that this is a link of friendship between Lebanon and China and a bridge connecting the hearts of the two peoples, and looks forward to strengthening cooperation with China in this field to bring more comprehensive opportunities to both sides.
Llorente believes that China's development and modernization process in recent years is impressive. "The story of how Chinese modernization translates into the well-being of all mankind deserves to be better disseminated. (Note-takers: Zhang Dailei, Xu Chao, Yang Tianmu) (end).