Focusing on “boosting global confidence and jointly promoting media development”, the 5th World Media Summit opened in Nansha, Guangzhou Guangdong Provincial People’s Government Portal – Guangdong Provincial People’s Government

The fifth World Media Summit with the theme of “Boosting Global Confidence and Jointly Promoting Media Development” held an opening ceremony and plenary meeting in Nansha, Guangzhou on the morning of the 3rd. More than 450 representatives from 197 mainstream media, think tanks, government agencies, embassies and consulates in China, as well as United Nations agencies and international organizations from 101 countries and regions around the world attended the summit.

Hu Heping, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee in charge of daily work, said in his speech that President Xi Jinping pointed out that responding to common challenges and moving towards a better future requires both economic, technological and cultural strength. News media bear great and glorious responsibilities and play an irreplaceable role in correctly answering the issues of the times, building consensus on a broad scale, and promoting global development and prosperity, international peace and security, and the progress of human civilization. The 5th World Media Summit is a grand gathering of global media people and a grand event in the world media industry. It is hoped that media from all countries will adhere to fairness and justice, uphold their responsibilities, strengthen cultural exchanges, promote mutual learning among civilizations, deepen practical cooperation, strive for mutual benefit and win-win results, and contribute wisdom and strength to promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and building a better world.

Fu Hua, executive chairman of the World Media Summit and president of Xinhua News Agency, said in his keynote speech that President Xi Jinping expressed ardent hopes in his congratulatory letter to the fourth World Media Summit. Facing the world, history, and era questions of “where is humanity going?”, media from all countries should join hands to seize opportunities, respond to challenges, and play an active role in promoting world peace and development. We should build consensus broadly, boost confidence in development, adhere to objectivity and truth, enhance media credibility, follow the trend of the times, improve reporting and dissemination capabilities, deepen exchanges and collaboration, strengthen mutual learning, promote unity and win-win cooperation among all countries, and promote the building of lasting peace. , universal security, common prosperity, openness and inclusiveness, a clean and beautiful world.

Wang Weizhong, Governor of Guangdong Province, said in his speech that in April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Guangdong for an inspection and instructed Guangdong to take the forefront in promoting Chinese-style modernization and make the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area a strategic fulcrum and high-quality development center for the new development pattern. A demonstration place for development and a leading place for Chinese-style modernization. Currently, Guangdong is solidly advancing the Guangdong practice of Chinese-style modernization. The World Media Summit is an important platform for understanding China. We sincerely welcome friends from the media to visit Guangdong and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, be witnesses and disseminators of China’s development, send out a good voice of working together, gather positive energy for win-win cooperation, and jointly paint a better future. tomorrow.

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Fleming delivered a video speech. Mizutani Hiroshi, President of Kyodo News Agency, Brooks, President of Reuters, Guzman, First Vice President of TASS, represented Tass President Kondrashov, Chen Yanquan, Vice President of Associated Press, represented Dai Qianwei, President of AP, AFP Mainville, a member of the Executive Committee and President of the Asia Pacific Region, spoke respectively on behalf of AFP President Freeh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Hindu Group Ram, and Chairman of South Africa Independent Media Group Serfer. The guests said that in today’s world, mankind is facing many global challenges. Only by deepening communication and strengthening cooperation can we boost confidence and create a better future. Media in various countries should shoulder their own responsibilities, promote mutual understanding and understanding among different civilizations, and make positive contributions to maintaining world peace and promoting common development.

At the opening ceremony and plenary session, the “Fifth World Media Summit Guangzhou Nansha Consensus” was released. During the summit, the guests will have in-depth discussions on issues of common interest such as human development and security, new technology opportunities and challenges, new era media and markets, and will visit and exchange in Guangdong, Yunnan and other places.

The World Media Summit is an important global high-end media exchange and cooperation platform. The 5th World Media Summit was held in Guangzhou and Kunming from December 2 to 8, and was jointly hosted by Xinhua News Agency, the Guangdong Provincial Government, and the Yunnan Provincial Government.