Founded in 2003, The Roots International has a special commitment to human developement,the values of free speech and civil liberties. The Roots International places particular emphasis on strengthening the independence of press against increasing corporate-controlled flow of information, and promotes progressive values on a variety of media platforms. The Roots International mainly holds conferences, seminars, televised live meetings, e-campaign and web communications, book publishing, syndicated public affairs radio programming, film production etc.