The second section of the Ministerial Seminar on New Media Capability Constructing for Ladies Officers from Belt and Highway International locations formally commenced on Sunday in Changsha, Hunan Province, with individuals set to realize first-hand expertise of how China is revolutionising the media trade by way of synthetic intelligence (AI) and digital applied sciences.
The seminar follows a week-long programme in Beijing, the place delegates from 11 international locations attended lectures and discussions on media improvement, digital transformation and girls’s management. In Changsha, individuals will go to newspapers, radio and tv stations, in addition to main media convergence centres, to watch how AI and digital innovation are reshaping information manufacturing and communication.
A key function of the Changsha programme is exposing individuals to China’s quickly evolving AI-driven media panorama. Delegates will learn the way Chinese language media organisations use synthetic intelligence to help with information gathering, multilingual translation, video manufacturing, content material distribution, viewers engagement and information evaluation, enabling journalists to ship quicker, extra correct and interactive information to thousands and thousands of individuals.
Talking on the opening ceremony, Professor Yang Lanying, President of the Hunan Ladies’s Federation, warmly welcomed the worldwide delegates and highlighted the significance of digital transformation in empowering ladies and strengthening public communication.
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“We’re delighted to welcome you to lovely Changsha, the place we are going to share how ladies’s organisations can construct digital platforms, harness know-how and create communication channels that higher serve ladies, households and society,” she stated.
Professor Yang, a revered historian and recipient of China’s State Council Particular Authorities Allowance for her educational contributions, stated technological innovation is reworking each facet of society and creating unprecedented alternatives for girls to take part in governance, entrepreneurship and public life.
She famous that Hunan Province, with a inhabitants of greater than 65 million individuals, together with over 31 million ladies, has grow to be one in every of China’s main centres for media, publishing, broadcasting and e-commerce.
“Hunan has what many individuals name a strong ‘media military’ and ‘e-commerce military’,” she defined. “Numerous ladies are actively taking part within the digital financial system, rural revitalisation, technological innovation and grassroots governance.”
Professor Yang added that AI is essentially altering how individuals talk, work and dwell, whereas creating new alternatives for girls’s improvement.
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“A social media account, a brief video or a live-streaming broadcast can join markets, promote tradition, broaden companies and even change an individual’s life,” she stated. “The digital period has opened new doorways for girls, and thru this seminar we hope to share experiences, strengthen cooperation and amplify ladies’s voices throughout Belt and Highway international locations.”
She additional pressured that girls leaders play an indispensable function in public governance, social providers, cultural alternate and sustainable improvement, including that nearer cooperation amongst taking part international locations would contribute to stronger people-to-people ties and mutual studying between civilisations.
Throughout their keep in Changsha, delegates will discover how China’s built-in media system combines conventional journalism with digital platforms, synthetic intelligence and massive information to enhance information manufacturing and viewers engagement. They may also work together with media professionals and know-how consultants who’re pioneering AI-powered journalism.
For a lot of individuals, the seminar presents a chance to look at how rising applied sciences can strengthen journalism of their respective international locations whereas selling accountable and moral use of synthetic intelligence.
As AI continues to dominate China’s media panorama, the expertise gives precious classes for growing international locations similar to The Gambia, the place embracing digital innovation may enhance newsroom effectivity, improve fact-checking, broaden on-line audiences and modernise information supply with out changing the important function of journalists. As an alternative, AI is more and more getting used as a instrument to assist human creativity, enhance productiveness and assist media organisations adapt to the calls for of the digital age.