国内英语新闻:Xinhua president hails progress of WMS presidium, calls for further cooperation

DOHA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Cai Mingzhao, executive president of the World Media Summit (WMS) and president of Xinhua News Agency, hailed on Sunday the plentiful achievements the WMS presidium members have made to promote their cooperation over the years.

The Xinhua president made the remarks at a presidium meeting ahead of the third WMS that commenced later in the day in the Qatari capital of Doha.

The meeting was attended by leaders of 10 world-famed news organizations, including Xinhua News Agency, cnn, Reuters, The Associated Press (AP), International Information Agency "Rossiya Segodnya," Al Jazeera Media Network, TASS Russian News Agency (ITAR-TASS), Kyodo News, MIH Grouo, and The Hindu Group.

At the meeting, Cai said since the first summit in Beijing in 2009, the WMS presidium members have achieved remarkable progress in promoting their bilateral and multilateral cooperation.

He also put forward four suggestions on enhancing cooperation among presidium members, embracing the trend of integral development of new and traditional media, stepping up exchanges and training efforts for reporters and journalists, as well as expanding their areas of cooperation.

At the summit, the media giants, together with around 350 delegates of media agencies from 100 countries, are expected to have thorough discussions on various topics under the theme of "the future of news and news organizations."

The presidium is the supreme decision-making body of the WMS mechanism, and is responsible for its day-to-day running. In the presidium, each organization appoints a senior director as co-chairperson.

The first WMS, held in 2009, was co-launched by Xinhua and eight other media organizations including News Corporation, AP, Reuters, ITAR-TASS, Kyodo News, BBC, Turner Broadcasting System Inc and Google Inc. The second summit was held in Moscow in 2012.