Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, hosted a ceremony on June 29 to call for submissions for the second Silk Road Global News Awards (SRGNA), an event aimed at promoting cooperation among media outlets from countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The ceremony was part of a sharing session on the results of joint coverage of high-quality cooperation under the BRI framework by People's Daily and Kazakh media outlets.
People's Daily and Kazakh media outlets held a sharing session to present the results of their collaborative coverage of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation between China and Kazakhstan on June 29 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The sharing session was attended by Sarybaev Galiaskar Tulendinovich and Alisher Satvaldiyev, deputies of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, Xu Lijing, deputy editor-in-chief of People's Daily, Dikhan Kamzabekuly, Director General of LLP Qazaq Gazetteri, Askar Zhaldinov, Managing Director of "Kazinform" International News Agency, and Liu Hua, counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan.
People's Daily Online launched a documentary titled "Win-win: The Cultural Silk Road in Kazakhstan" in Astana, Kazakhstan's capital, on June 29 during a sharing session where the outlet and Kazakh media presented the results of their joint coverage of cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Tang Weihong, chairperson of the Supervisory Board of People's Daily Online, highlighted the crucial role media professionals play in documenting, observing, and promoting mutually beneficial cooperation and friendly exchanges between China and Kazakhstan.
President Xi Jinping's attendance at the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, is part of a major diplomatic move by Beijing toward its neighbors and will give a strong boost to the building of the SCO community with a shared future, analysts said. From Tuesday to Saturday, Xi will attend the 24th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO and make state visits to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying announced on Sunday.
