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Activity Category: Media Engagement Activity

Media Liaison Office for Wenzhou Opens in Prato

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On February 12, 2025, Prato’s “Green Dragon Club” (青龍俱樂部), a local Chinese community center, received a pair of plaques designating it as both an “overseas communication base” and “liaison office” of the Wenzhou International Communication Center (溫州國際傳播中心). This ICC is one of over 70 centers established since 2018 in provinces and cities across China meant to harness local media groups — in coordination with local propaganda offices — to amplify the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to “tell China’s story well” and strengthen its “discourse power” globally. The ceremony was attended by Liu Shenyang (柳深揚), identified as editor-in-chief of the Wenzhou News Media Center (溫州市新聞傳媒中心), a local government-run media office established on June 28, 2023, and described as “a new milestone in the development of [the city’s] news and propaganda work.”

Nordic Chinese Times Signs Deal with People’s Daily

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In October 2016, the People’s Daily Overseas Edition (人民日報海外版) signed a cooperation agreement with the Nordic Chinese Times (北歐時報) in Beijing. People’s Daily Editorial Board Member and Overseas Edition Editor-in-Chief Wang Shucheng (王樹成) met with Nordic Chinese Times President He Ru (何儒) to reach what they called a “consensus on in-depth cooperation” (深入合作達成共識). Under the agreement, the Nordic Chinese Times would publish four pages of authorized People’s Daily content in each issue, with distribution centered in Stockholm and reaching across five Nordic countries. The Nordic Chinese Times, founded eight years earlier by the Nordic Chinese Chamber of Commerce (北歐中國商會), claimed it would “tell China’s story well” and “spread China’s voice” (講好中國故事，傳播好中國聲音). Despite positioning itself as a “neutral media” (中立媒體), analysis by the China Media Project found that by 2024 the paper’s “China News” section was sourcing 100 percent of its content from Haiwainet (海外網), the People’s Daily‘s overseas platform.

Xinhua Signs Agreement with ANSA to Launch “Xinhua Italian Service”

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Italian news agency ANSA (Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata) and China’s Xinhua News Agency (新華社) signed a collaboration agreement in Rome on March 22, 2019, during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Italy. The agreement established an Italian-language Xinhua news service that ANSA would distribute exclusively through its platforms. Xinhua President Cai Mingzhao (蔡名照), who had served in senior Chinese Communist Party media roles for over two decades, signed the accord with ANSA CEO Stefano De Alessandri. Officials said the service would be “clearly identified and separate from ANSA’s production.” De Alessandri claimed the deal would provide “a broad and systematic information panorama on China” and what he called a “window open on the Chinese system.” The agreement expanded on a 2017 deal between the agencies for news exchange and content collaboration. ANSA terminated the agreement in June 2022.

Formation of Thai-Chinese Journalist Association

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Thai and Chinese journalists established the Thai-Chinese Journalists Association in Bangkok on January 28, 2015, during the 40th anniversary year of Thailand-China diplomatic relations. The organization, comprising Thai journalists and Chinese reporters working in Thailand, stated its mission was “to promote news cooperation and media exchange between Thailand and China, and to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the peoples of both countries.” At the inauguration ceremony, China’s Ambassador to Thailand, Ning Fukui (寧賦魁), praised Thai media’s “fair” coverage of China’s development and called the association’s founding “timely” given the anniversary. The association’s board included representatives from major Chinese state media outlets operating in Thailand, including Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, China Radio International, and China Central Television, alongside Thai outlets including Thansettakij , Thai Rath, Channel 7, and Spring News television network.

Third China-Australia Media Forum Held in Sydney

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The Third China-Australia Media Forum (第三屆中澳媒體論壇) was held in Sydney on August 25, 2014, jointly organized by China’s State Council Information Office (中國國務院新聞辦公室) and Australian News Channel Pty Ltd (澳大利亞新聞頻道股份有限公司). Over 50 government and media representatives from both countries discussed topics including economic cooperation reporting and media exchange mechanisms under the theme “Media’s Role in Building Stable China-Australia Relations.” Cai Mingzhao (蔡名照), then-director of China’s State Council Information Office, delivered a keynote speech emphasizing media’s role in fostering bilateral understanding and proposing three recommendations for strengthening cooperation. Paul Fletcher, representing Australia’s Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, noted the forum provided “a valuable platform” for media exchange. Chinese state media reported that “both sides agreed media exchanges are increasingly close and should continue playing a constructive role in deepening bilateral relations.” The forum, established in April 2006, alternates annually between the two countries.

Delegation from People’s Daily Visits Algeria’s El Moudjahid

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A delegation from People’s Daily (人民日報), the Chinese state newspaper, visited the Algerian daily El Moudjahid in June 2024, where staff from both papers discussed historical China-Algeria ties, noting China’s early recognition of Algeria’s provisional government in December 1958. El Moudjahid CEO Brahim Takheroubte discussed potential collaboration with the Chinese delegation, which included eight senior journalists. Founded in 1948, the People’s Daily is the official flagship newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), operating directly under the CCP Central Committee. The paper maintains an Algiers bureau that opened approximately nine months before the June 2024 visit. People’s Daily‘s editorials are widely viewed as reflecting official Chinese government positions.

Cambodian Outlets Partner with Guangxi International Communication Center

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In December 2024, eight mainstream Cambodian media outlets signed cooperation agreements with the Guangxi International Communication Center (廣西國際傳播中心), ostensibly aiming to promote resource sharing, experience exchange, and technological innovation in journalism between the two countries. The participating Cambodian entities included the General Department of Information and Broadcasting under the Ministry of Information, along with media outlets such as Fresh News (新鮮新聞網), Apsara Media Services (仙女電視台), Thmey Thmey (新新新聞網), Jianhua Daily (柬華日報), Huashang Daily (華商日報), People’s News Network (人民新聞網), Angkor News Daily (吳哥新聞日報), and Angkor News Network (吳哥新聞網), as well as the Cambodia-China Journalists Association (柬中記者協會) and Cambodia-China New Media Association (柬中新媒體人協會). Phos Sovann, Cambodia’s director, stated that “news cooperation is an important bridge for friendly relations between countries” and would “inject new momentum” into resource sharing and technological innovation. Yang Tian (陽天), Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Guangxi Daily, emphasized strengthening joint planning to create more popular media products and expanding cooperation in talent training. About 120 representatives attended, including Chen Yijun (陳奕君), Standing Committee Member and Publicity Department Director of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Party Committee. The Guangxi International Communication Center is part of China’s expanding network of provincial-level state media institutions established to coordinate external propaganda efforts, particularly targeting ASEAN countries.

China and Portugal Sign Media Cooperation Initiative Under the Belt and Road

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On February 25, 2019, Wang Dongmei (王冬梅), Secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), and João Palmeiro, President of the Portuguese Press Association, signed a Belt and Road news exchange cooperation agreement in Lisbon. The All-China Journalists Association is a Communist Party-controlled organization with over one million journalist members that serves as an “important layer of exercising CCP control over news organizations.” According to the agreement, both sides would organize mutual visits by news delegations, conduct joint interviews on Belt and Road themes, participate in journalist forums, and encourage training activities. Wang claimed the Belt and Road Initiative “provides a new platform for exchanges and cooperation between countries” and would help “enhance communication and information sharing among news media and journalists.” Both parties reportedly viewed the 40th anniversary of China-Portugal diplomatic relations as an opportunity to open a “new chapter” in media cooperation.

China and Maldives State Media Sign Cooperation Agreement

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China Media Group (中央廣播電視總臺) and Maldives Public Service Media signed a cooperation memorandum in Beijing on January 10, 2024, during Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu’s state visit to China. The signing by Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), president of China Media Group and deputy minister of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, and Ibrahim Khaleel, Maldivian Minister at the President’s Office for Strategic Communications, was witnessed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Muizzu. The agreement aims to establish “regular cooperation mechanisms” for content exchange, industry collaboration, personnel exchanges, and technological innovation. State media claimed this would “contribute media strength to promoting comprehensive strategic partnership relations” between the countries. Maldives Public Service Media, established in 2015, is the country’s official media organization with four TV channels, three radio frequencies, and multiple digital platforms. This agreement followed the upgrading of China-Maldives relations to a “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership” during the same visit, with 20 cooperation documents signed across various sectors.