Shi Lin, a We-media editor based in Tianjin, uses five of his mobile phones to broadcast the ongoing China Internet Media Forum 2019 which opened in Tianjin on July 29. (Photo source: chinadaily.com.cn)
The event is aimed at boosting media convergence and building more exchange and cooperation platforms.
During the opening ceremony and the main forum, delegates including government officials and heads of leading media outlets delivered keynote speeches on the acceleration of media convergence and prospects for the integrated media sector in China.
They focused on new trends and methods in the emerging and influential short video and online broadcasting services.
The event also hosted four sub forums on technology, industrial growth, content building and international communications.
A ceremony was held to mark the beginning of an online media trip to cover the achievements of the strategy of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integrated development implemented since five years ago.
