Actors perform Korean folk
dance at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday,
August 22. It is part of the opening ceremony for a grand cultural
showcase of 2007, Year of Sino-Korean Exchange, which features
"Dynamic Korea", Chinese President Hu Jintao and South Korean
President Roh Moo-hyun sent congratulatory messages to the
ceremony, expressing their support to the activity.
Representatives from major media organizations in China and the
Republic of Korea (ROK) gathered here on Thursday to discuss
promoting peace and prosperity in northeast Asia and media
cooperation between Beijing and Seoul.
Qian Xiaoqian, China's Deputy director of the Information Office
of the State Council, said the expansion of exchanges between news
agencies and media of China and the ROK had promoted information
exchanges and economic and trade growth as well as deepened mutual
trust and friendship.
The China-ROK media forum would expand consensus between Chinese
and ROK media circles, push forward communication and
collaboration, and help promote the China-ROK partnership, and
peace and stability in Asia, Qian said.
Kim Chang-ho, ROK Minister of the Government Information Agency,
said the media of the two countries should strengthen exchanges and
communication to jointly build a peaceful, stable and prosperous
Asia.
More than 90 journalists, media managers and government
officials participated in the one-day forum at Grand Hall of the
People in Beijing and discussed the media's role in promoting peace
and prosperity in northeast Asia, cooperation in covering the 2008
Olympic Games in Beijing as well as new media and the media
industry's future.
As 2007 is "China-ROK exchange year," the forum is part of a
three-day cultural exchange between China and the ROK called
"Dynamic Korea" from August 22 to 24 in Beijing.
(Xinhua News Agency August 23, 2007)
