The 2025 Belt and Road Media Community Summit Forum was held in Yangjiang City of south China's Guangdong Province Sunday, gathering nearly 300 representatives, experts and scholars from 20 countries and regions to offer insights on media cooperation.
Participants shed light on how to implement the four global initiatives on development, security, civilization and governance proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and build a community with a shared future for humanity under the theme of "renew of the maritime silk road in the intelligent media era."
During the prime forum and the think tank activity, representatives from government departments, media, research institutions, and related industries exchanged views and discussed topics such as international media cooperation and cultural exchanges, the future development of AI-generated content or AIGC, and its industrial applications.
The Yangjiang Initiative on International Media Cooperation, together with several international communication projects and a co-production, was launched at the event.
The Belt and Road Media Community, established in 2016 by the China Media Group, is the world's first international film and television media alliance under the Silk Road concept encompassing all media platforms across five continents. Currently, its members include 149 mainstream media organizations from 64 countries and regions, providing a broad platform for promoting film and television exchanges and cooperation among national media outlets.
China hosts 2025 Belt and Road Media Community Summit Forum
The two-day 2025 Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Conference concluded on Friday in Shanghai, where multiple globally leading "China solutions" took center stage.
Under the theme "Brain connects the world, wisdom gathers in Shanghai," the event gathered research teams from major universities, leading industry developers, and experts across the BCI sector to strengthen the connection between research, application, and policy.
As part of the event, the first BCI competition featured four categories—fatigue detection, emotion recognition, brain-controlled robotic cars, and brain-controlled robotic arms - with 40 out of nearly 100 teams from across China received prizes.
In the BCI Industry Innovation Exhibition Zone, more than a dozen frontier-tech companies presented cutting-edge technologies ranging from key components to comprehensive system-level solutions.
Exhibits spanned the entire technology chain, from underlying hardware to clinical applications, covering fields such as sleep intervention, mental illness treatment, and rehabilitation for degenerative diseases—highlighting the latest trends in BCI development.
"We completed the first domestic clinical trial this March, and next year we will launch large-scale clinical trials," said an exhibitor named Chen Yaoxu.
Shanghai has established China's first future industry cluster dedicated to BCI technologies. During the conference, several new innovation platforms—including a BCI service platform and a joint laboratory for digital neuromedicine - were inaugurated.
"We are guided by clinical needs and clinical scenarios. At the same time, we are opening high-quality EEG datasets for enterprises to support their algorithm research and guide them in developing concrete products that truly address real-world needs," said Wang Zhuoyao, BCI Project manager of Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission.
Shanghai conference highlights China's cutting-edge brain-computer interface innovations
