MIL in Action
全球文明互鉴中的媒介与信息素养及公信力建设行动
“We All Play a Part — Media and Information Literacy for the People.” Global MIL Week 2026 theme
Why this action
In the age of AI, dialogue among civilizations faces a shared information challenge: false cultural narratives, AI-generated content that distorts living heritage, counterfeit origins and self-styled “inheritors,” and a widening public trust deficit in information sources.
MIL in Action turns the Week’s call — that everyone plays a part — into practice: youth, educators, media, platforms and policymakers working together, across civilizations, to build credible information.
Three information pressures on mutual understanding
Information pollution
False cultural narratives, AI-generated pseudo-heritage content, and fabricated origins or transmission lineages circulate faster than reliable sources.
Credibility deficit
Public trust in where information comes from continues to decline, weakening the ground on which cross-cultural understanding is built.
Civilizational gaps
Information asymmetry deepens misunderstanding between cultures, when verifiable, accessible storytelling could instead connect them.
The MIL four-capability framework, applied across civilizations
Media and Information Literacy is practiced as four connected capabilities — the method running through every session of the two days.
Access
How do people find trustworthy information about living cultures, and what role does credible provenance infrastructure play?
Evaluate
How do we distinguish authentic origins and real transmission from false claims and AI-shaped narratives?
Engage
How can practitioners, communities and media tell verifiable stories and take part responsibly in public conversation?
Create
How does the public become a creator and guardian of credible information — not only its reader?
Two days in Beijing, open online
Plenary dialogue, three parallel panels and a results morning — followed by the launch of the continuing youth action.
Day 1
Wednesday · 28 October- 09:00Opening remarks
- 09:45Keynote: Information integrity and dialogue among civilizations in the age of AIWith an invited video message from an international organization representative
- 13:30Parallel Panel A — Youth MIL action: the responsibility and skills of digital content creators
- 13:30Parallel Panel B — Information verification and credibility in cross-cultural communication
- 13:30Parallel Panel C — The educator’s role: bringing MIL materials into the classroom
Day 2
Thursday · 29 October- 09:00Reading of the Joint Initiative on Information Credibility
- 10:00Release of the bilingual MIL Educational Toolkit
- 11:00Credible provenance cases: public demonstration of de-identified examples
- 14:00Launch of the Youth MIL Action TeamFlag presentation, youth statements and action commitments
- 15:30Closing remarks
Draft programme, subject to confirmation. Simultaneous interpretation and online access will be provided for the plenary sessions.
What the action produces
All outcomes are public goods focused on MIL practice; examples are de-identified and carry no commercial branding.
Joint Initiative on Information Credibility
A shared framework for action across media, platforms, educators and the public.
Bilingual MIL Educational Toolkit
For educators, using dialogue among civilizations as the teaching scenario.
Credible-information provenance cases
A public collection of de-identified cases showing how to verify an information source.
Youth MIL Action Team
Launched at the event and continuing afterward, producing public MIL content.
Open to every sector of society
Take part
The venue in Beijing and detailed participation arrangements will be announced on this page. To express interest, propose a speaker or request the online access details, write to the organizing team.