Beijing – November 07, 2026 -- The 7th World Media Summit opened in Beijing on Saturday with nearly 500 representatives from nearly 330 mainstream media outlets, think tanks and government bodies across 112 countries and regions.
Xinhua and Beijing government co-organize five-day summit under an intelligent-age theme
Xinhua News Agency and the Beijing municipal government jointly organized the event, which runs from Thursday to Monday. The theme is "Media in the Intelligent Age: From Consensus to Action."
The United Nations and other international organizations also sent representatives.
Senior CPC official Li Shulei delivers opening keynote
Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, gave the keynote speech at the opening ceremony.
Summit returns to Beijing two years after Urumqi edition
The World Media Summit was initiated in 2009. The previous summit took place in 2024 in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.