Sichuan International Communication Center Signs MOU with Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents

The Sichuan International Communication Center (四川國際傳播中心), or SICC, a provincial-level international communication body launched in March 2022, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (馬來西亞旅遊業協會) in Kuala Lumpur. The agreement, announced on May 27, 2026, covers resource co-development, joint promotional activities, tourist referrals, service coordination, and policy innovation, with the stated aim of raising the international profile of both destinations and promoting people-to-people exchange. The Sichuan center cited the bilateral context of Xi Jinping’s April 2025 state visit to Malaysia — which it framed as launching a new “golden 50 years” of relations — and noted that a mutual visa-exemption agreement took effect on July 17, 2025. The center also promoted its inbound tourism platform, PandaGuide (熊貓指南), which it reported had attracted more than 1,801 groups of inbound tourists since visa transit policy changes. That same week, PandaGuide’s X account posted propaganda content tied to a Sichuan tour by Taiwanese internet celebrity Holger Chen (陳之漢), also known as “Guan Zhang” (館長), using the phrase “two shores are one family” (兩岸一家) and thanking him for “speaking up for cross-strait relations.”