Foreign journalists tour Beijing's media outlets

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On Thursday, journalists from 12 countries including Japan, Brazil, and Russia paid visits to Beijing Media Network, Beijing Daily, and Ximu School to learn about innovations from Beijing's mainstream media outlets and to get a sense of Beijing's fine urban management.

China SCIOUpdated: December 16, 2019

On Thursday, journalists from 12 countries including Japan, Brazil, and Russia paid visits to Beijing Media Network, Beijing Daily, and Ximu School to learn about innovations from Beijing's mainstream media outlets and to get a sense of Beijing's fine urban management.

The tour was a part of the 2019 Beijing International Media Forum & Tour organized by the Information Office of Beijing Municipal People's Government, the All-China Journalists Association, the China Public Diplomacy Association, and Beijing Media Network.

Foreign journalists visit Beijing's mainstream media outlets on Dec. 12. [Photo courtesy of Information Office of Beijing Municipal People's Government]

The group first visited the radio division of Beijing Media Network (BMN), making stops at the broadcast room and the master control room of Beijing Communication Radio and Beijing Foreign-Language Radio. The visitors conversed with the staff members about their experience in integrating different forms of media. At present, Beijing Media Network's radio division is home to China's first visually integrated media live-streaming studio. There, its radio stations built an ecosystem consisting of multiple media channels such as live-streaming apps, audio apps, short-video apps, and social media apps WeChat and Weibo.

The group's next stop was Beijing Media Network's television division. Director of the news channels gave an introduction to the visitors about the news center, including the plan for all channels to go high definition next year. 

A journalist from Ethiopian News Agency said he was awed by the BMN building and that he was impressed by the advanced technology that was applied in producing TV programs.

The journalists then moved on to Beijing Daily to learn about its "Central Kitchen," a centralized news hub launched in February.

Later in the afternoon, the group visited Ximu School in Haidian district to find out about how China manages small communities by integrating culture and technology. Ximu School is a new form of the local community center practicing this philosophy, and it offers residents 15 kinds of community activities including paintings, dancing, reading, music performance, and calligraphy.

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