Summit opens in Beijing
The seventh World Media Summit held its opening ceremony in Beijing on Saturday, under the theme "Media in the Intelligent Age: From Consensus to Action," according to the release. The event runs from Thursday to Monday and was jointly organized by Xinhua News Agency and the Beijing municipal government.
Nearly 500 representatives, 112 countries
The summit drew almost 500 representatives from close to 330 mainstream media outlets, think tanks and government bodies across 112 countries and regions, the organizers said. The United Nations and other international organizations also sent representatives.
Keynote speech and past editions
Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of its Publicity Department, gave a keynote speech at the ceremony. The summit was initiated in 2009, and the previous edition was held in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in 2024.