Guangming Daily, Kunming, September 16 (Reporter Xu Xinyu) On the 16th, the 2025 "Belt and Road" Media Cooperation Forum opened in Kunming City, Yunnan Province. More than 200 foreign representatives from 87 countries and international and regional organizations, 165 media and institutions attended the meeting.

The forum is themed "Share media responsibilities and promote mutual learning in civilizations", and has set up multiple sub-forums such as the opening ceremony, the main forum, the "Belt and Road" Media Cooperation Dialogue, the second International Communication "Silk Road Award" award ceremony, and the ASEAN and China-Japan-Korea (10 3) media cooperation seminar. After the meeting, Chinese and foreign media guests participating in the forum will also conduct joint interview activities in Yunnan and other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.

The guests at the meeting said that media from all countries should further deepen cooperation, be good practitioners and promoters of the Silk Road spirit, and actively spread the civilization concept of equality, mutual learning, dialogue and inclusiveness; be good recorders and narrators of development achievements, continue to report in-depth on the vivid practice of jointly building the "Belt and Road" and widely gather positive energy for win-win cooperation; be good participants and promoters of mutual learning in civilization, and use high-quality news works to enhance understanding, break barriers, and gather the strength of the masses, so as to make the foundation for building a community with a shared future for mankind stronger.

The forum is co-organized by People's Daily, the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the Yunnan Provincial People's Government. It is understood that the "Belt and Road" Media Cooperation Forum has been successfully held for 9 sessions since its establishment in 2014. More than 1,000 representatives of foreign media and international and regional organizations from more than 100 countries and regions were invited to attend the meeting to unite our hearts and minds to promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road".

"Guangming Daily" (Page 02, September 17, 2025)