Astana Hosts 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum

The 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum took place on Thursday in Astana, Kazakhstan, focusing on the theme of fostering a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sent a congratulatory letter to the forum, The Caspian Post reports citing CGTN.

In the letter, Tokayev said the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping has gained wide recognition from the international community as a strategic concept for promoting global cooperation.

"Kazakhstan attaches great importance to developing friendly relations with China," Tokayev said. "This forum aims to deepen the integration and cooperation between China and Central Asian countries. It is an important event based on consensus and trust in the media field and is dedicated to strengthening partnerships. I wish the forum a complete success and fruitful achievements!"

Participants at the forum expressed the view that media exchanges are an important part of China-Central Asia relations. Media outlets from China and Central Asian countries should keep pace with the times, expand cooperation, jointly tell stories of friendly collaboration, and contribute wisdom and strength to building a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.

The forum was jointly hosted by China's People's Daily and the Kazakh Presidential Radio and Television Administration.

More than 200 media representatives, officials, experts, scholars and business leaders from China and Central Asian countries attended the event.

During the forum, the launching ceremonies for the 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum Photo Exhibition and the China-Central Asia Media Joint Interview on High-Quality Belt and Road Initiative Cooperation were also held.