Kanat Sakhariyanov, CEO of Kazakhstan’s "Atameken Business" Media Holding, has stressed that the media serves not only as a channel for exchanging information, but also as a platform for sharing ideas and shaping a collective vision for the future.

Sakhariyanov was speaking in a video message to greet the opening of the 12th Global Video Media Forum (VMF) held on Dec 3-4 in Quanzhou City of east China's Fujian Province, under the theme "Intelligence Without Frontiers, Vision Beyond The Horizon -- Media's Role in Communication and Cultural Exchange."

The VMF is an annual professional journalism forum launched by the CCTV Video News Agency (CCTV+) in 2011, focusing on the latest video content communication and innovation trends, and providing a highly specialized, unique and interactive platform for domestic and foreign media peers.