ST. PETERSBURG -- The China-Russia Media Forum, which focuses on how to improve international communication in the era of all media, kicked off here Thursday.

Representatives from both countries will also discuss the media's role in promoting the integration of China's Silk Road Economic Belt initiative with the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union framework, and in boosting new-media exchange and cooperation between the two countries.

Remarkable achievements have been made in China-Russia media cooperation in recent years, which has played a positive role in promoting China-Russia relations and safeguarding world peace and stability.

The forum is expected to enhance media cooperation between the two countries, and highlight the significance of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination under the new circumstances.