China News Service, Beijing, July 5th (Ma Shuisha) The "Global Development Initiative - Media Responsibility and Action Orientation" think tank media high-end forum was held in Beijing on the evening of the 4th.
A number of Chinese and foreign experts said that China's global development initiative is at the right time. As an action-oriented initiative, it encourages all countries to strengthen cooperation to promote common development and find a development path that suits them. It also makes people pay more attention to South-South cooperation.
At the meeting, Chinese and foreign experts discussed online and offline on two topics: "The Connotation and Influence of the Global Development Initiative" and "The Role of the Media in the Global Development Initiative".
Xue Lan, Dean of Schwarzman College of Tsinghua University, pointed out that since 2015, many countries have launched various action initiatives, but the challenge is how to prioritize each goal. At the same time, development initiatives are often distracted by many things, such as Geopolitical conflicts and the new crown epidemic, etc.
The most important thing now is to accelerate the pace of action and work together to promote the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Yao Yang, dean of the National School of Development at Peking University, said that in the past few years, the world has experienced the new crown epidemic and geopolitical conflicts, and global development goals seem to be lost in the process.
It is arguably the right time for China to propose a global development initiative that draws more attention to South-South cooperation.
The vast number of developing countries can exchange experience, exchange technology, and aim at a common goal.
Marcela Musabe, executive director of the Albanian Institute for Globalization, said the Global Development Initiative is an action-oriented initiative.
As a blueprint for development, the Global Development Initiative will encourage different countries to strengthen cooperation, including promoting South-South cooperation for common development, leaving no individual country behind.
Talking about how to promote common development, Xue Lan believes that science and technology can be transformed into practical economic benefits in developing countries, and the government should play a greater role, pay attention to education, encourage innovation, and better promote the technology emerging in the market into applications. , bridging the digital divide.
Yao Yang said that he often said to foreign students that China is a "mirror", and he must find a suitable route for his country from China's development process and experience.
Zhao Hai, director of the International Politics Research Department of the National Global Strategy Think Tank of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that advocating and promoting mutual learning is the wisdom of the global development initiative. Each country has its own unique cultural characteristics and history, which can be learned from each other's experiences. Experience and find a development path that suits you.
Regarding the role of the media in global development initiatives, Leonardo Atosh, editor-in-chief of Brazil's 247 website, said that an important challenge facing the world today is how to improve communication between countries and thus enhance understanding.
News organizations in Western countries sometimes hold bias against the BRICS countries, and should strengthen the media cooperation of the BRICS countries to report on the "other side" of the news that is not often paid attention to by the Western media.
Zhao Hai also pointed out that the management of self-media is very important. It is necessary to avoid the situation of biased listening and biased belief caused by traffic and algorithms, and make news reports more balanced, knowledgeable and educational.
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