On December 28, 2022, the 10th UNESCO Media and Women Chair Forum with the theme of Women's International Communication and the Construction of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind was successfully held online. Professor Zhang Shuting, the President of the Communication University of China, Professor Li Huailiang, the Dean of the Institute for Community with Shared Future, and Professor Zhang Yanqiu, Depute Dean of the Istitute, attended the forum and delivered speeches and speeches.
Professor Zhang Shuting, President of our school, pointed out in his speech at the opening ceremony of the forum that since its establishment in 2005, the Chair of Media and Women has successfully completed projects such as the UNESCO International Communication Development Project and the promotion of gender awareness in China's mass media. Festival, women making news and other special activities have been affirmed and supported by UNESCO Headquarters many times. The chair has signed cooperation agreements with relevant research institutions of Oxford University and Harvard University, and has carried out fruitful academic cooperation, which has greatly expanded the international exchanges and cooperation of Communication University of China in the field of gender communication, and improved the international academic influence. In the future, Communication University of China will continue to support the development of chairs. I hope that the chairs will not forget their original aspirations, continue to integrate the superior resources of Communication University of China and China Women's University, and promote global media women's research, talent training and international exchanges to achieve more impressive results. Expected results.
After the opening ceremony, keynote speeches and three parallel forums were held. Professor Li Huailiang, Dean of the Research Institute for a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind, Communication University of China, delivered a keynote speech on the theme of Consciousness of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind as a New Consensus. In his speech, he interpreted the different connotations of modernization, modernity and globalization, revealed the characteristics of both positive and negative aspects of modernization, the infinite extension of Western modernity on a global scale, and the dilemma of globalization caused by it. The challenge of building a community with a shared future for mankind. He emphasized the need to promote a new consensus and spread the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind. A community with a shared future for mankind is not only a community of interests and values, but also a kind of common action. Form a new human consensus of a community with a shared future for mankind through common actions, which also includes joint actions in women's issues studies and international media. In fact, the power of women among media practitioners even exceeds half the sky, and the power of women in the media and cultural fields may be greater than that in other sectors.
Professor Zhang Yanqiu, deputy dean of the Institute of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind, Communication University of China, made a speech on the theme of Constructive News under the Communication of Global Development in the parallel forum in the afternoon. Professor Zhang Yanqiu mainly explained the value of constructive news from the perspective of exploring the communication path of global development, and analyzed its problem-solving-oriented characteristics, which are different from traditional Western news reports. She emphasized that although some European countries are also advocating constructive journalism However, constructive news in China is more holistic and interconnected. It focuses on realizing the core agenda at the national level and highlights the social responsibility orientation of the media. This has certain references for other developing countries.
The UNESCO Chair is an important project of UNESCO to promote academic exchanges between universities and other higher education institutions and to promote international cooperation. At present, there are 917 teaching chairs in 114 countries, and 23 teaching chairs in China. The Chair in Media and Women is the only UNESCO Chair in the field of information communication and women/gender studies in China. The teaching chair was established in Communication University of China by UNESCO in 2005. In 2018, it was approved to set up a joint teaching chair at China Women's University, integrating the advantageous resources of the two universities to jointly build a teaching platform. The Media and Women Chair Forum is a brand event for chairs to carry out academic exchanges. Nearly 100 experts, scholars and guests from 23 countries participated in the forum activities.