ASEAN China Media Cooperation Forum: Participants: Belt and Road stories need to be told

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It's been said that everyone has a story. With China and Southeast Asia home to well over two billion people, many say now is the time to bridge cultural gaps through information sharing and media. It's a key focus ahead of this week's Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations. CGTN's Sun Ye has more.

Information one tap away. Information around the clock. Participants say shifts in technology are a major challenge to the region's media industry.

But the new tasks could also mean new ways to deliver the right stories.

The forum comes one day ahead of Beijing's highlighted Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations, which aims to bridge gaps between different cultures.

HUANG XILIAN AMBASSADOR OF CHINA TO ASEAN "It's crucial for everyone to appreciate each other. Especially now that we live in a time when much of the world is unstable. China and ASEAN countries believe in peace and mutual growth. And media have a role to convey that idea."

One key story to tell involves the region's shared future, on the region's major initiative.

China and ASEAN countries have a combined population of over 2 billion people. More than 57 million trips are made in between the two regions each year. Participants say closer ties have made it ever more important for each side to get their stories across to the other. SY, CGTN, BJ.