Representatives of international media agencies gathered in Shanghai to join hands on a global initiative launched by China Media Group (CMG) and Shanghai as the second CMG Forum kicked off on Thursday.

The initiative advocates media agencies to take on media responsibilities to promote global cooperation, innovate communication methods, address global challenges and promote cultural exchange and mutual understanding for win-win outcomes.

Participants agreed that Chinese modernization offers new opportunities for global development, and contributes Chinese approaches to the construction of a community with a shared future for humanity.

The forum, with the theme of "Opening up, Inclusiveness, Mutual Benefit: Join Hands on the Path Towards Modernization," is co-hosted by CMG and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government.

Chen Jining, secretary of the Communist Party of China's Shanghai Municipal Committee, said that the media is a participant and promoter of modernization, and looks forward to contributing new strength to modernization.

Shen Haixiong, president of CMG, said that it is the media's mission to promote the development of modernization and the progress of human civilization. "We should take up the responsibility of the media and jointly tell a colorful story of modernization," he said.

Pavel Negoitsa, director of Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, said that the cooperation between Rossiyskaya Gazeta and China Media Group has been excellent over the years. Through innovative cooperation, the two sides can better introduce the successful experience of Chinese modernization to the Russian audience and tell the remarkable achievements of good neighbors and partners, he said.