World Media Summit brings 500 participants to Beijing
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lesotho Times
The World Media Summit opened its seventh edition in Beijing, with nearly 500 representatives of media, think tanks and institutions from 112 countries and regions. Organised by Xinhua News Agency and the Beijing municipal government, the meeting runs until Monday, according to Xinhua.
The 7th World Media Summit brought together nearly 500 representatives from nearly 330 media outlets, think tanks and public bodies from 112 countries and regions, as well as representatives of the UN and other international organisations. The opening ceremony was held on Saturday in Beijing under the theme “Media in the Intelligent Age: From Consensus to Action”, according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua.
The summit is jointly organised by Xinhua News Agency and the Beijing municipal government and runs from Thursday to Monday. Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and head of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee, delivered the opening speech. Launched in 2009, the World Media Summit held its previous edition in Urumqi in 2024.
