2018年CRI China, Africa media eye closer ties

 

Over 400 government officials and heads of media organizations from China and 45 African countries are vowing¹ to strengthen bilateral² ties at the fourth Forum³ on China-Africa Media Cooperation in Beijing.

CRI's Yu Yang has more.

First set up in 2012, the China-Africa media cooperation forum is welcoming its 4th edition this year, running from Monday to Wednesday.

Dora Siliya, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services of Zambia, says Zambia's media industry has benefited a lot from its past cooperation with China, including in professional training and infrastructure⁵.

The minister says there has been much talk on the opportunities and challenges that come with new technologies.

"This(The forum) provides an opportunity for China and Africa to really look at a policy formulation in media, to look at how we can have a lot of local content and exchange content and culture between Africa and China. And also look at the technologies, the opportunities new technology brings, but also the challenges new tech knowledge brings, such as cyber security, data protection, hacking⁶, and so on."

Chinese media companies have also benefitted from the cooperation with their African peers. The Startimes Group is a good example.

Guo Ziqi is Vice⁴ President of the media group.

"I think the China-Africa media cooperation forum is of great significance to StarTimes. It not only helps us improve our influence in Africa's media circle, but also help us constantly expand our business areas."

Guo adds that most of the guests of this year's event are the company's clients, or potential ones.

Yakubu Ibn Mohammed, Director General of Nigeria's National Broadcasting Commission, holds a positive view about promoting future media partnerships⁷ with China.

"The Chinese offer very high levels of technical import that meets our own standards, so we would continue to work with them. We also hope that china will continue to offer opportunities for a Nigerian television and broadcasting to get opportunities for study, for exchange of content ideas, for co-productions, so that we can be able to tell the Nigerian as well as the Chinese stories, their endeavors to break the back of underdevelopment and walk the parcels of development."

So far, several outcomes have been achieved during the forum.

12 cooperation agreements have been reached between Chinese and African media.

A joint⁸ statement was also issued on Tuesday. It says Chinese and African media will intensify⁹ policy dialogue, enhance cooperation in key sectors¹⁰ such as news coverage¹¹, content production and channel development, and continue to support media digitalization and capacity building in Africa.

1 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

2 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

3 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

6 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

7 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句

8 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

9 intensify   

vt.加强；变强；加剧

参考例句：

• We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
• They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

10 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。