Media outlets on Sunday were encouraged to tell the country and world stories of development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Huang Kunming, member of the Communist Party of China Central Committee political bureau, said the Bay Area, an 11-city cluster, has an abundance of stories worth reporting.
Huang made the remarks in Guangzhou at the Media Summit of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area opening ceremony.
Huang Kunming, member of the Communist Party of China Central Committee
political bureau and also head of the publicity department of the CPC Central
Committee, gives a speech during the Media Summit of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Greater Bay Area in Guangzhou on May 19, 2019. [Photo by Zheng
Erqi/chinadaily.com.cn]
Huang, also head of the CPC Central Committee's publicity department, encouraged media organizations to tell stories about the Bay Area's economic development, as well as its diverse and rich culture.
Other leading officials also called on media outlets to deepen collaboration with one another and "think outside the box" in their coverage.
Li Xi, secretary of the Guangdong provincial committee of the CPC, said the media is an important force in boosting people-to-people bonds within the Bay Area.
Macao special administrative region (SAR) secretary for security Wong Sio-chak, who attended the summit on behalf of Macao chief executive Chui Sai-on, called on media in the region to embrace the latest technologies and expand reporting channels to tell stories in a comprehensive and compelling manner to inform the world about the rapidly developing Bay Area.
Huang Kunming (L), member of the Communist Party of China Central
Committee political bureau and head of the publicity department of the CPC
Central Committee, shakes hands with Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (R), chief
executive of Hong Kong, during the Media Summit of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Greater Bay Area in Guangzhou on May 19, 2019. [Photo by Zheng
Erqi/chinadaily.com.cn]
Echoing Li's observations on the media, Wang Zhimin, director of the liaison
office of the Central People's Government in HKSAR, said the media should also
report the hurdles that hinder the Bay Area development.
He pledged that the province will provide strong support to the media.
The summit also drew heads from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions.
Hong Kong special administrative region (HKSAR) chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that media outlets in the Bay Area should establish special projects and serve as a communication platform for government authorities, scholars, experts, businesses and the public to exchange ideas and help spur the steady development of the Bay Area.
Li
Xi, secretary of the CPC Guangdong provincial committee, gives a speech during
the Media Summit of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in Guangzhou on
May 19, 2019. [Photo by Zheng
Erqi/chinadaily.com.cn]
Fu Ziying, Wang's Macao SAR counterpart, said collaboration among media organizations will maximize the media's impact on the Bay Area's progress.
Around 100 media organizations attended Sunday's summit. Three parallel panel discussions will be held in the afternoon, with themes including media convergence in reporting on the Bay Area and the links between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Bay Area.
After the summit, media organizations from the mainland and the two SARs will embark on different routes Monday to Wednesday to identify Bay Area stories and will visit some leading enterprises in Guangdong.
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, chief executive of Hong Kong, gives a speech
during the Media Summit of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in
Guangzhou on May 19, 2019. [Photo by Zheng
Erqi/chinadaily.com.cn]
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