国内英语资讯:Media leaders of SCO member countries share insights on exchanges, cooperation_时事

国内英语资讯:Media leaders of SCO member countries share insights on exchanges, cooperation

BEIJING, June 1 -- Media leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries shared their insights on exchanges and pragmatic cooperation at the first SCO media summit which opened Friday in Beijing.

Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a keynote speech at the opening of the summit.

With a theme of "carrying on the 'Shanghai Spirit' and ushering a new era for media cooperation," the summit was hosted by the Information Office of the State Council and attracted over 260 attendees, including officials, leaders and representatives of media outlets.

The "Shanghai Spirit" features mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality, consultation, respect for cultural diversity, and pursuit of common development.

While addressing the opening ceremony, SCO Secretary General Rashid Alimov said the summit is conducive to pursuing new cooperation and boosting understanding of changes in SCO member countries.

Noting that the world is faced with very complicated, continuous and untraditional threats, Alimov called for joint efforts to build a type of comprehensive, equal, and constructive cooperation.

Mauberlinova Nurgul, vice minister of information and communications of Kazakhstan, said that Kazakh media outlets are willing to promote extensive cooperation with their counterparts in SCO member countries, so as to better promote achievements made by their respective countries in social, economic and cultural development.