, Sept. 6 -- The Global South Media and Think Tank Forum 2025 opened in Kunming, Yunnan Province, uniting hundreds of scholars, officials and journalists to strengthen the voice of developing countries on the global stage.

The theme of the five-day forum is "Empowering Global South, Navigating Global Changes".

This is the second edition of the forum, which is co-hosted by Xinhua News Agency, the Communist Party of China Yunnan Provincial Committee, and the People's Government of Yunnan Province. It was first held last November in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

About 500 representatives from more than 260 institutions across 110 countries, including Bangladesh, as well as international and regional organizations, are participating in the forum, rep...