Chongqing, a dynamic municipality in southwest China, became the nexus of global media discourse on Wednesday as it hosted the 2024 Belt and Road Media Community Summit Forum. The event drew 160 esteemed representatives from media organizations, experts, and scholars from 30 countries and regions.
The forum, themed ‘Land Meets Sea: Towards Innovation, Intelligence, and the Future’, was hosted by China Media Group (CMG) and co-organized by China International Television Corporation (CITVC) and the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Chongqing Municipal Committee.
Yuan Jiajun, Party Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, officiated the opening ceremony. He was joined by Shen Haixiong, Vice Minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and President of CMG; Hu Jinjun, Vice President of CMG; Ahmed Nadeem, Secretary-General of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union; and Abdulrahim Suleiman, Secretary-General of the Arab States Broadcasting Union.
Together, they launched the forum and inaugurated a grand exhibition of Chinese classic animations in honor of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, celebrating the nation’s rich cultural heritage and achievements in media.
