A Sino-Pakistani media forum was recently held in Beijing. The event, co-organized by China International Publishing Group (CIPG) and the Pakistani Embassy in Beijing, drew more than 50 journalists from 20 media organization from both countries.

The media plays an important role in promoting people-to-people contact and intercultural dialogue between the two countries, CIPG president Zhou Mingwei told the forum.

Pakistan's ambassador to China Masood Khan expressed hopes that "media networks from the two countries intensify their contacts (and) have closer cooperation".