STORY: Xinhua president holds talks with AP, Reuters presidents
SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage
DATELINE: June 15, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:47
LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S.
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of meetings

STORYLINE:

President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua on Wednesday held talks with Daisy Veerasingham, president and CEO of the Associated Press (AP), and Paul Bascobert, president of Reuters respectively in New York. 

At the AP headquarters, the two sides exchanged signed copies of their cooperation agreement on the distribution of photos, videos and press releases. They also discussed challenges and opportunities like the utilization of artificial intelligence, as well as the coverage of Olympic Games.

Fu said the AP is an important partner of Xinhua, and expressed hope that the two sides further extend cooperation in news and information services, strengthen exchanges on the application of new technologies in the media industry.

When meeting with Bascobert, Fu said that building upon bilateral cooperation in nearly 70 years, the two sides have seen frequent high-level exchanges and new developments in cooperation in recent years.

Fu expressed his hope that the two organizations reinforce mutually beneficial cooperation on the utilization of emerging technologies, international news services, and others.

For her part, Veerasingham said the AP and Xinhua have a relationship going back over 50 years, and it has stood the test of time. She believes that the relationship that the two organizations have forged together for so long is "a really important indicator for how we can strengthen our relationship in the years ahead."

Bascobert said the two sides jointly built the World Media Summit, which became a very important conference for the media industry, and he looks forward to sharing the latest developments of artificial intelligence in the industry at the next World Media Summit.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New York, U.S.
(XHTV)