Program aims to link countries through press collaboration, cultural exchange

Senior editors and reporters from 12 countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative have gathered in Shanghai for a 26-day training program to gain a full understanding of China's development in the new era and exchange work experience beginning on Wednesday.

In the Dongfang Fellowship Program, the foreign journalists will participate in classes and cultural exchanges in Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou to learn about the country's profound changes in economic, political, cultural and ecological areas since its reform and opening-up 40 years ago.

The goal of the program is to contribute to the journalists' professional development and eventually to promote the common development of China and all other countries and regions as well as regional and world peace and development.