Chinese, Arab media vow bigger voice

Chinese and Arab media yesterday vowed to enhance press cooperation to challenge their Western counterparts to present more correct and objective reports about each other.

The pledge was made during a media cooperation forum, co-hosted by the State Council Information Office and the Secretariat of the League of Arab States (LAS).

More than 70 government press officials, chiefs of mainstream media and diplomats from all 22 LAS member nations attended the forum in Beijing yesterday.