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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 29 (Xinhua) — The 6th Cross-Strait Media Summit was held in the Chinese capital on Thursday, bringing together nearly 150 media executives, scholars and representatives from the mainland and Taiwan.
As Fu Hua, director general of Xinhua News Agency, noted at the summit, the media serves as an important bridge for disseminating information, strengthening mutual understanding and enhancing emotional interaction between the two banks.
Fu Hua called on media workers on both banks to jointly strengthen people-to-people ties, maintain confidence in their own culture to preserve the common heritage, and shoulder the honorable responsibility of national rejuvenation.
He expressed hope that media workers on both sides of the strait will continue to contribute to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations.
Wu Xi, vice director of the CPC Central Committee Office for Taiwan Affairs and the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said that media on both sides of the strait should play a more active role in returning cross-strait relations to the right track, promote spiritual rapprochement between compatriots, and jointly respond to technological changes and the transformation of the media landscape.
Taiwanese representatives, including Want Want China Vice Chairman Zhou Siwei and Eastern Multimedia Group CEO Wang Linglin, called for strengthening exchanges and cooperation, staying on course amid changes and challenges to move toward a brighter future.
The summit, co-hosted by Xinhua and Beijing Daily, launched a mentoring program for young media workers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and unveiled a joint initiative for cross-strait media cooperation for the next decade. –0–