China News Service, March 23 (Reporter Ma Xiuxiu) The 2021 "Tianmen On Tao" online forum for overseas Chinese media was held on the 23rd.

In the guest exchange session, representatives of overseas Chinese media shared online the path of “against the trend” under the epidemic, and discussed how to further play the role of a two-way bridge in the exploration and transformation in the post-epidemic era.

On March 23, the 2021 "Tianmen On Dao" Overseas Chinese Media Online Forum was held in Tianjin.

Overseas Chinese media representatives, overseas research scholars, and Tianjin media representatives gathered in the cloud to exchange views on how overseas Chinese media can further play a two-way bridge role, and discuss the transformation and upgrading of overseas Chinese media in the post-epidemic era.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tong Yu

　　“The new crown pneumonia epidemic has swept the world and brought tremendous pressure on the survival and development of overseas Chinese media.” Said Li Keke, deputy director of Thailand’s “Sing Siam Daily”. Affected by the epidemic, “Sing Siam Daily” also has a newspaper distribution network and a matrix of new media platforms. 》Accelerate the transformation on the new track.

　　Li Keke introduced that through timely transmission of anti-epidemic news between China and Thailand, the reader user base of the new media platform of the "Sing Siam Daily" has continued to grow; the newspaper has used its own team talents to continuously expand and innovate core businesses, and launch services such as language translation and graphic design; The newspaper has also set foot in building a live broadcast e-commerce ecosystem in Thailand.

　　"Break through the waves and break through with'new'.'New' is not only a new position, a new situation, but also a new posture and a new force." Li Keke said that the development pattern of overseas Chinese media is changing rapidly under the epidemic, and what remains unchanged is the overseas Chinese media. Essence and responsibility.

　　According to Shan Guizhi, Director of the China Affairs Department of New Zealand Skyway.com, under the epidemic situation, New Zealand Skyway.com releases information on the epidemic through various platforms such as app and WeChat in a timely manner. At the same time, it maintains communication with the New Zealand government and the Chinese embassy to serve overseas Chinese. .

"As a Chinese-language media, we hope to take on a bridge of information communication; at the same time, we also pass on the voices of overseas Chinese and Chinese to the New Zealand government to communicate on issues including immigration, study abroad, and business. We hope that the government will adjust policies in a timely manner to balance the needs of all parties."

　　Shan Guizhi said that since the outbreak of the epidemic more than a year ago, Tianwei.com has played a role not only as a speaker, but also hopes to pass on the care from the ancestral (home) country to every overseas Chinese and help them gain strength and strength in the difficult stage. Confidence; at the same time, as a member of New Zealand society, assume the responsibilities of the media for the community where you live.

　　Under the epidemic, overseas Chinese are facing difficulties in living, working and studying overseas, and discrimination against overseas Chinese and Asians by some groups of people has also increased.

In this environment, the Greek “China-Greece Times” used its media advantages to report actively and objectively.

　　According to Wang Peng, editor-in-chief of the Greek "China-Greece Times" and the Greek China Net, the newspaper introduced China's successful experience in fighting the epidemic in the Greek version issued to the local mainstream society. The Chinese media has truly played the role of a two-way bridge."

　　Wang Peng said that in recent years, while newspapers have insisted on publishing, they have also actively embraced new media.

"We hope to strengthen in-depth cooperation with colleagues from all parties in the post-epidemic era; we hope to improve our market competitiveness by building an'Internet +'business system in the future."

　　The forum was co-sponsored by the United Front Work Department of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and China News Service, undertaken by Jinyun New Media Group, and co-organized by China Overseas Chinese Network.

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