China, Mongolia media vow to build mutual trust

The 11th China-Mongolia Media Forum is held online simultaneously in Beijing, Hohhot, capital of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region and Ulaanbaatar, capital of Mongolia, on Oct 22, 2020. [Photo by Zhao Xinying/chinadaily.com.cn]

Media professionals from China and Mongolia should work together to build mutual trust and boost friendship between the two countries, and to form a consensus that the two countries should join in fighting COVID-19, according to a senior information office official.

Xu Lin, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and minister of the State Council Information Office, spoke at the 11th China-Mongolia Media Forum, which was held online simultaneously on Thursday in Beijing, Hohhot, capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia.

He also called on media workers from the two countries to make efforts to report what sensible voices say, produce good news reports and deepen press cooperation.

The forum was organized by the All-China Journalists Association and the Mongolian Journalists Association, and it was hosted by the Inner Mongolian Information Office under the guidance of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee.

More than 100 media representatives from both countries attended the forum and shared reporting experiences and ideas on media cooperation and how to face the challenges created by COVID-19.

The annual forum was first set up in 2010 and has been an important platform of news communication and cooperation for the two countries, according to the All-China Journalists Association. It's also gradually becoming a bond to boost friendship and facilitate mutual understanding between China and Mongolia.

Damdin Tsogtbaatar, a member of Mongolia's parliament, said at the forum that Mongolia and China have reached the consensus that cooperation is the only way to win the battle against COVID-19.

The media outlets have played a key role in developing the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, he said, adding that he hopes they will continue communication and cooperation and deepen mutual understanding and trust.

The two countries' associations also issued an announcement on Thursday vowing to deepen communication, cooperation, mutual trust, mutual learning and cultivation of new fields of cooperation in the following decade.