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The Asia-Pacific Media High-end Forum is an important platform to promote media cooperation and exchanges in the Asia-Pacific region. This forum was held in Shenzhen and aimed at deepening regional media collaboration by establishing partnership plans and reaching consensus.
China News Service, Shenzhen, September 5 (Reporters Guo Jun and Cheng Jingwei) The Asia-Pacific Media High-end Forum was held in Shenzhen, Guangdong on the 5th. The Asia-Pacific Media Partnership Program Preparatory Committee was established at the opening ceremony, and a document exchange ceremony for Chinese and foreign media cooperation results was held. The forum also launched the media cooperation action "Go to Shenzhen to Create a Better Asia-Pacific" and reached the "Shenzhen Consensus of the Asia-Pacific Media High-end Forum".
More than 400 representatives from more than 40 countries and regions as well as United Nations agencies and international organizations participated in this forum to discuss friendship, discuss cooperation, and participate in grand events.
On September 5, the Asia-Pacific Media High-end Forum was held in Shenzhen, Guangdong. The Asia-Pacific Media Partner Program Preparatory Committee was established at the opening ceremony. Photo by China News Service reporter Chen Jimin
The Asia-Pacific Media Partnership Program Preparatory Committee was jointly established by Xinhua News Agency and 15 mainstream media in the Asia-Pacific region. The partnership program is committed to promoting mutual benefit and win-win cooperation among media in the Asia-Pacific region, and will focus on building four major platforms for high-end dialogue, collaborative communication, technological innovation and pragmatic cooperation.
Chinese sponsors include People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, China Central Radio and Television, China Daily, China International Publishing Group, China News Service, etc. Foreign agencies include Russia's TASS News Agency, Indonesia's Antara News Agency, Vietnam News Agency, etc. The secretariat of the partnership program will be located in Xinhua News Agency.
At the opening ceremony, eight Chinese members of the Asia-Pacific Media Partner Plan Preparatory Committee, including People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, China Central Radio and Television, China Daily, China International Publishing Group, China News Service, Southern Press and Media Group, and Shenzhen Press Group, exchanged cooperation outcome documents with relevant foreign media. Among them, China News Agency and Asia Times Malaysia reached a strategic cooperation agreement. China News Agency President Chen Lujun and Asia Times Board Chairman and President Zhang Danhua exchanged cooperation outcome documents at the opening ceremony.
On September 5, Chen Lujun (left), president of China News Service, and Zhang Danhua, chairman of the board of directors and president of Asia Times, exchanged documents on cooperation results at the opening ceremony of the Asia Media High-end Forum. Photo by China News Service reporter Chen Jimin
The forum launched the media cooperation action "Go to Shenzhen to Create a Better Asia-Pacific", aiming to provide a pragmatic path for Asia-Pacific media to deepen cooperation. The main content includes technology sharing, building the Asia-Pacific Media Digital Intelligence Shenzhen Center; content co-creation, implementing the "See Miracles and Finding Answers" co-creation network plan; talent co-cultivation, and establishing an Asia-Pacific Media Youth Training Base.
In addition, the forum reached the "Asia-Pacific Media High-end Forum Shenzhen Consensus" around open cooperation, promoting digital, intelligent and green transformation, deepening media exchanges and cultural mutual learning, etc., which will inject new vitality into countries in the Asia-Pacific region to enhance traditional friendship, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and gather strength to build a closer Asia-Pacific community with a shared future. (over)
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Asia Pacific Media Partners Program will launch technology sharing and content co-creation projects in the coming months
Likely · Within months
The strategic cooperation agreement between China News Service and Asia Times will bring about an increase in content exchange and joint reporting between the two parties
Possible · Within months

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