Media representatives from 20 Asian countries shared their perspectives on the 
media's role in global governance and Asian media's cooperation in the 
"omnimedia" era during one of the roundtable discussions at the Boao Forum for 
Asia Annual Conference 2019, which was initiated by the China Media Group and 
is now underway in Boao, south China's Hainan Province.

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The Asia Media Cooperation Conference, which has been held annually over the 
past six year, shares the belief that in the omnimedia era, new technology 
promotes the transformation of the media industry, changes the traditional 
media ecology and influences the pattern of international communication.

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Guo Weimin, vice minister of China's State Council Information Office, made a 
keynote speech at the conference on Friday. Guo said the emergence of new 
technologies such as AI and 5G has brought revolutionary changes to the media 
landscape.

He emphasized that the rise of digital media should not be seen as a threat to 
traditional media, but rather a boost for common prosperity.

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Yan Xiaoming, vice president of China Media Group, said that in just one year's 
time, cutting-edge technologies like AI and 5G have turned from tools that that 
media reports about into tools that media use.

In this new era, there's an urgent need for Asian countries to improve their 
say on the world stage, to match their economic competence.

Other representatives echoed that Asian media should seize opportunities and 
work together to decide Asian media's say and development in the international 
community.

caption: 
1.Media representatives from 20 Asian countries gathered at the Asia Media 
Cooperation Conference which was held during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual 
Conference 2019. [Photo By: Li Jin] 
2.Guo Weimin, vice minister of China's State Council Information Office, makes 
a keynote speech at the Asia Media Cooperation Conference during the the Boao 
Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2019 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, 
March 29, 2019. [Photo By: Li Jin]
3.Yan Xiaoming, vice president of China Media Group, delivers a keynote speech 
at the the Asia Media Cooperation Conference during the the Boao Forum for Asia 
Annual Conference 2019 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 29, 2019. 
[Photo By: Li Jin]

Source: China Media Group