Hong Kong News Executives’ Association Hosts 40th Anniversary Dinner with Taiwan’s China Journalism Society

On April 18, 2026, the Hong Kong News Executives’ Association (新聞行政人員協會) held its 40th anniversary dinner in Hong Kong, attended by more than 400 guests including representatives from Taiwan’s China Journalism Society (台灣中國新聞學會), whom the NEA singled out by name in its account of the event in an effort to foreground PRC-framed cross-strait ties. Far from being a recognized press-related organization in Taiwan, the China Journalism Society is profiled on the website of the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), or ACJA — the party-led body that serves as the leading instrument of CCP press and journalism control in China, managing the issuance of press cards to all journalists and administering mandatory training in Marxist journalism doctrine — alongside those of the ACJA’s own member organizations. The China Journalism Society was originally founded in Chongqing in March 1941 and revived in Taiwan in 1965. Also in attendance were Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po, the secretary-general of the Central Government’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong, and a deputy commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ office in Hong Kong. At the dinner, Lee discussed Hong Kong’s first five-year plan and the Northern Metropolis development, and shared his personal experiences using artificial intelligence products.