Professor Cheng Manli from Peking University's School of Journalism and Communication noted that a common task for Global South countries is to break the existing international public opinion pattern and discourse monopoly, and to establish their own subject status and discourse advantage.
"The fate of the Global South should not be determined by others but shaped by us. We need strategic unity, long-term vision and political courage.
"The Global South is not only a geographical concept but also a voice, a force and a history full of struggle and hope. It is our common responsibility to make this voice heard, respected and cherished by our people and the entire international community," Aires Ali, former prime minister of Mozambique, told Xinhua.
His view is echoed by Khalid Mubarak Al-Shafi, editor-in-chief of Qatar's Peninsula newspaper.
"We are in need of strengthening unity and building consensus among nations to achieve peace. We must work together to foster mutual understanding and respect, rejecting all forms of violence and discrimination," said Al-Shafi.
Forum participants believe that cooperation among Global South media and think tanks holds great potential in the future.
In terms of maintaining peace and stability, the security deficit facing the world today requires not only political mediation and diplomatic dialogue, but also the building of bridges of understanding and communication by media and think tanks.
Participants also stress the importance of building partnerships between media outlets and think tanks.
"Knowledge must inform narratives, and narratives must reach people," Narine Nazaryan, director of the Armenian state news agency Armenpress, told Xinhua.
Nazaryan called on media and think tanks from the Global South to create platforms that "bring academic insight and journalistic reach together, so that civilisational dialogue moves beyond declarations and becomes daily practice."
"The Global South is home to many cultures and traditions, each with its own way of understanding the world," Ambreen Jan, Pakistan's federal secretary and vice-minister of information and broadcasting, told Xinhua.
"The bridges we build today, with our friends in China and with all countries in the Global South, can carry practical solutions to the challenges we share," she said.