SSAMN annual meeting opens, rolling out cooperation projects
The South and Southeast Asian Media Network (SSAMN) Annual Meeting 2025 opened on September 5 in central Yunnan’s Kunming city, with media leaders launching the 2025-2026 cooperation projects for regional media outlets.
As part of the ongoing Global South Media and Think Tank Forum 2025, the annual meeting is attended by Zeng Yan, Member of the Standing Committee and Head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Yunnan Provincial Committee; Qu Yingpu, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of China Daily; and Wu Xu, Member of the Secretariat of the All-China Journalists Association.
A speech is given at the opening.
It is also attended by Khamphanh Pheuyavong, Member of the Secretariat of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and Head of the Propaganda and Training Board of the Party Central Committee; U Maung Maung Ohn, Minister of Ministry of Information of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; Chhean Leang, State Secretary of the Ministry of Information of the Kingdom of Cambodia; and Abeysekera Indrananda, President of the Sri Lanka-China Social and Cultural Cooperation Association.
The 2024-2025 SSAMN cooperation highlights were released at the opening that featured keynote speeches moderated by Zhu Baoxia, Deputy Publisher of China Daily and a roundtable discussion under the theme of “Spanning Mountains and Seas, Forging Ahead Hand in Hand”. The Cambodian harvest dance and Myanmar golden-palace lotus dance were performed at the opening.
Regional media leaders launch the 2025-2026 SSAMN cooperation projects for media outlets.
A roundtable discussion is held under the theme of “Spanning Mountains and Seas, Forging Ahead Hand in Hand”.
Beside the opening, the second SSAMN annual meeting will also include a special book exhibition on important works of President Xi Jinping, the 2025 China-Myanmar Media Twin Cities Forum -- a “Mingalar Talks on Paukphaw Friendship” storytelling session, the Lancang-Mekong Regional Communication Seminar, the “Glorious Silk Road · Better Neighborly Connections” cultural fair, and others.
The SSAMN was jointly launched by Yunnan International Communication Center for South and Southeast Asia (YICC) and China Daily’s Asia-Pacific Branch in January 2024, under the guidance of the Publicity Department of the CPC Yunnan Provincial Committee and China Daily.
The Cambodian harvest dance is performed at the opening.
Actors perform at the opening.
Actors perform at the opening.
Source: Mekong News Network, YICC