Media leaders say coverage must bridge cultures

The vast diversity of cultures along the routes of the Belt and Road Initiative poses challenges to media as they report on the huge project, making appreciation of and respect for differences vital to the coverage, media leaders from China and overseas said on Monday.

"The media coverage has been abundant since the proposal of the initiative and largely supportive. Yet people still have some misunderstandings," said Kang Bing, deputy-editor-in-chief of China Daily, at the media session of the International Seminar on the Belt and Road Initiative. The two-day seminar is co-organized by China Daily.

People in the countries along the routes of the initiative are of different ethnic groups, have different religious beliefs and speak more than 50 languages among them, said Hu Bangsheng, vice-president of China Radio International.