Held in Beijing from November 5 to 9, the 7th World Media Summit brought together nearly 500 representatives from nearly 330 mainstream media outlets, think tanks, government agencies, the United Nations and other international organizations across 112 countries and regions. On the afternoon of November 6, over 50 summit guests took an on-site tour of Shougang Park, a dynamic zone in western Beijing.
The guests toured the park by coach, passing landmark sites including Gongbei Pavilion on Shijing Mountain, Shangri-La Shougang Park, Beijing (a hotel), the Big Air Shougang, the "four ice rinks", the Grand International Premiere and Opening Center at Blast Furnace No. 3 and the permanent venue of the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS). Through the tour, they learned about the fruitful results achieved in urban renewal, ecological restoration and industrial transition. The delegation then proceeded to Blast Furnace No. 1 - SoReal Sci-Fi Park. Guided by a docent, they visited a series of featured spots such as Starport Terminal (星港航站楼), Starship Commercial Street (星舰商街), Furnace Core Coffee (炉芯咖啡) and the 33 Meta Club esports complex. The guests gained first-hand insight into the innovative achievements in revitalizing industrial heritage and integrating digital technologies with culture.
In recent years, leveraging its advantageous industrial heritage resources, Shougang Park has strived to build itself into a key hub of Beijing's International Center for Science and Technology Innovation and an anchor point for Beijing's development as an international consumption center city. Built on the World Media Summit as an international communication platform, the tour showcased to global media practitioners the tangible examples of urban transformation empowered by scientific and technological innovation, adding vivid content to exchanges and mutual learning among international media organizations.
Known as the "Media Olympics", the World Media Summit was launched in 2009 by a number of leading international media organizations. It serves as a major global platform for high-level media exchanges and cooperation.
(Source: Shougang Park)