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BEIJING, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The 6th Africa Link Union (ALU) Annual Meeting was held in Beijing on Monday,

gathering 26 media representatives from 19 countries and regions to help

strengthen media cooperation between China and Africa.

Hosted by the CCTV Video News Agency (CCTV+), participants shared their views

on how to deepen collaboration under the theme of "Sincerity, Real Results,

Amity and Good Faith, Strengthening China-Africa Media Cooperation".

In his opening address, Mr. Teng Yunping, president of CCTV+, gave a warm

welcome to attendees from across the African continent and said China-Africa

media cooperation has played an essential role in furthering relations between

the two sides.

"The working mechanism of the ALU has brought us closer and closer, and has

also built a bridge for people-to-people connections in terms of media

communications between China and Africa," said Teng, adding that the ALU has

made positive contributions to the comprehensive development of China-Africa

relations.

The meeting also saw the signing of the Cooperation Agreement on AMSP (All

Media Service Platform) between Teng Yunping, CCTV+ president, and Ousman

Abdelmoumine Bechir, CEO of Tchad 24.

Ms. Song Jianing, Deputy Director of the China Global Television Network

(CGTN), said: "For better aggregating the news content of the world's main

media and creating effective in-depth diversified international cooperative

media in the long-term, CGTN is willing to provide African media partners with

more media public products in the future, and to conduct closer exchanges and

cooperation."

"CCTV plus has become a significant source of news content for our station,"

said Ms. Susan Ng'ong'a, Chief Executive Officer of Kenyan broadcaster Switch

TV.

"Switch media looks to further build alliances within the African Link Union

through creating a world class product of professional news content and

strengthening the partnership for years to come," she said.

"Thanks to the China Media Group, CGTN, CCTV+ for the collaboration. We have

learned from you, we have adapted to new working methods such as the AMSP

platform for example," said Mr. Martin Ngningaye, Chief Executive Officer of

Afrique Média from Cameroon. He said the exchanges of audiovisual content have

allowed audiences to discover the truth about China and learn more about the

splendor, cultural diversity and tourism sites in the respective countries, and

especially to realize the neutrality and rigor in the processing of information.

Media representatives also shared their opinions on covering significant

international events and their future plans for Chinese and African media

cooperation after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

(CPC), as well as further development of the ALU at the meeting.

The event also saw the winners of the ALU News Awards from 2021 to 2022 being

announced, honoring members that have made outstanding contributions to the

development of the cooperation platform over the past year.

The ALU was initiated by CCTV+ and media organizations across Africa in 2016,

aiming to promote media cooperation and exchanges between China and Africa.

SOURCE  CCTV+

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