2024 RT Amination Banner.gif

China Daily

News> Nation> Content
Published: 14:14, October 24, 2022 | Updated: 14:22, October 24, 2022
Asia-Pacific forum calls for peace in communication
By Wang Zhan
Published:14:14, October 24, 2022 Updated:14:22, October 24, 2022 By Wang Zhan

This photo shows the opening ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Communication Forum 2022. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

The Asia-Pacific Communication Forum 2022 was successfully concluded on Sunday with calls for peace and multicultural coexistence.

Amid the success of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the forum had as its theme "Communication and Peace" and gathered nearly 200 experts and scholars in the field of communication from China and overseas.

Students taking up masters and doctorate degrees from universities across the country, and particularly in the Greater Bay Area cities of Macao, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Zhuhai, also attended the forum.

This photo shows participants in the Institute for International and Regional Studies, Beijing International Studies University. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

The security crises faced by all countries are aggravating and turning more complicated, such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict, regional clashes, terrorist attacks, and the continuous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, said organizers of the Asia-Pacific Communication Forum 2022

APCF2022, the fourth annual event, was co-sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Communication Exchange Association and the Asia-Pacific Communication Forum Alliance (Macao).

World peace and development have always been the noble mission of international communication and cross-cultural exchanges, forum organizers said.

The security crises faced by all countries are aggravating and turning more complicated, such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict, regional clashes, terrorist attacks, and the continuous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, they said.

All of these prove once again that the destinies of individuals, communities, nations and the world are closely linked, and that it is of global value to pursue the common interests of mankind beyond personal well-being, they added.

ALSO READ: Asia-Pacific Communication Forum calls for unity

Organizers said that, as the most dynamic region and potentially a powerful epicenter, the Asia-Pacific region is an essential place in safeguarding world peace and security. The conference focused on how to achieve multicultural coexistence, multi-subjectivity, equal dialogue and communication beyond the existing communication patterns.

In collaboration with the UNESCO Beijing Cluster Office, APCF2022 set up a sub-forum on “Media Reporting for Disability Equality”.

This photo shows participants in the School of Journalism and Communication, East China Normal University, Shanghai. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

This photo shows participants in the office of Asia-Pacific Communication Exchange Association. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

Organizers said that, as the most dynamic region and potentially a powerful epicenter, the Asia-Pacific region is an essential place in safeguarding world peace and security. The conference focused on how to achieve multicultural coexistence, multi-subjectivity, equal dialogue and communication beyond the existing communication patterns

The sub-forum introduced UNESCO’s latest resources on disability reporting; academic and practical projects by experts and researchers, media professionals and practitioners; and representatives of organizations of persons with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific Region and beyond.

The forum had a total of 20 sub-forums, including a doctoral forum on the theme of "Communication, Culture and Society under International Change".

Scholars and graduate students expressed their views on how to tell a good story of Asia-Pacific communication and overcome the regional communication barriers caused by political and cultural issues, economic development, institutional policies, geopolitical conflicts and epidemic crises.

The forum featured keynote speakers who are internationally recognized and up-and-coming scholars, including Jonathan Zhu, chair professor of Computational Social Science at City University of Hong Kong; Oliver Boyd-Barrett, professor emeritus of Bowling Green State University in the US; Sidin Ahmad Ishak, deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Selangor, Malaysia; Duskaeva Liliya Rashidovna, professor of St. Petersburg State University, Institute Higher School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Russia; Lu Xinyu, Zijiang chair professor of East China Normal University, and executive director of Asia-Pacific Communication Forum Alliance (Macau); Zhong Zhijin, professor and deputy dean of School of Communication and Design at Sun Yat-sen University; Angus Cheong, founder and CEO of ERS e-Research & Solutions, Macao, and also a cofounding member and chair of the Asia-Pacific Internet Research Alliance; and Yao Qi, of Chongqing Technology and Business University, and chair of Supervisory Board of APCEA.

READ MORE: Forum held on new media in post-pandemic era

Collaborative partners included the Centre for Macau Studies, University of Macau, Macau Internet Research Society and Tamai (Guangzhou) Information Technology Co Ltd.


Share this story

CHINA DAILY
HONG KONG NEWS
OPEN
Please click in the upper right corner to open it in your browser !