The 8th high-level media dialogue between China and South Korea opens in Seoul on May 23, 2016. [Photo: people.cn]

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The 8th China-South Korea Media High-level Dialogue opened on Monday in Seoul.

Mainstream media organizations from both sides attended the dialogue.

They include China's Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, China Radio Internatinal, and China Central Television, along with South Korea's Chosun Daily, and Yonhap news agency.

Addressing the dialogue, Vice Director-general of China Radio International, Hu Bangsheng, said media cooperation between China and South Korea lagged behind their cooperation in economic, trade and tourism sectors.

He called on the media organisations of the two countries to seize the opportunities brought about by the fourth industrial revolution, which includes the Internet, smart, and virtual technologies:

"China and South Korea both have their unique strength in Information technology. They should play a bigger role in this Industrial 4.0 era, and work together to establish Asian values and report the true and positive image of Asia to the world."

Vice Editor-In-Chief of China's Xinhua News Agency, Zhou Zongmin, called on media outlets from both countries to highlight economic and trade exchanges between the two countries.

Launched in 2009, the China-South Korea Media High-level Dialogue is held once a year in China and South Korea in rotation.

The media from both countries signed six cooperative agreements at the opening ceremony.

China Radio International, China's state media organisation which broadcasts in over 60 languages, signed cooperation deals with South Korea's KBS World Radio and OBS TV station.

The deals include the exchange of personnel as well as the sharing of resources and co-production of programs.

A TV series "Hello China" produced by China Radio Internatinal is also expected to be dubbed into Korean and shown in South Korea, introducing aspects of traditional culture in 100 short episodes.