CUC Co-Hosts Accessible Film Event at UNESCO

On June 17, 2026, UNESCO’s Information for All Programme, the China Foundation for Human Rights Development (中国人权发展基金会), a nominally independent charity whose governing charter names the Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department as its supervising authority, and Communication University of China (中国传媒大学) jointly held a symposium on accessible information and cultural rights at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The event corresponded with China’s release of its most recent “national human rights action plan” (2026-2030), and was part of a related promotional strategy. CUC deputy Party secretary Zheng Peng (郑鹏) told attendees that Guangming Cinema (光明影院), a CUC-run project producing audio-described films for blind and visually impaired viewers, now reaches more than 2,200 special education schools across China. That evening, the three organizers held a screening of the project’s films, attended by Mariya Gabriel, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, who previously served as Bulgaria’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, according to Communication University of China.