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CMG and Visit Finland Sign Cooperation Agreement

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On January 27, 2026, during a visit of Finland’s prime mInister visit to China, the tourism-promotion platform Visit Finland, an office under the country’s government agency for trade and investment promotion, signed a cooperation agreement for content production, project planning, and event organization with the state-run media conglomerate China Media Group. The agreement sought to promote what Chinese state media refer to as “people-to-people exchange” between the two countries, this being a recurring term that Chinese leader Xi Jinping uses to signal what China regards as a cornerstone of diplomacy — the contact between Chinese citizens and foreign publics. The agreement was signed by CMG President Shen Haixiong (慎海雄) and a representative of the Finnish Embassy in Beijing, and it was one of several deals signed during the visit that produced 11 business agreements between Chinese and Finnish companies, as well as multiple government-to-government memoranda of understanding.

Hong Kong Gonggong News Agency Signs Cooperation Agreement with Radio Mandarin d’Europe

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On November 28, 2025, Gonggong News Agency, a privately operating news service with connections to Hong Kong and Guangdong province and apparently close affiliations with the government of Uganda, signed a cooperation agreement in Hong Kong with Radio Mandarin d’Europe (欧洲华语广播电台), a Paris-based Mandarin language broadcaster. Both media agreed to cooperate in areas such as content sharing and joint talent development. During the signing ceremony, Gong Guolin (龚国林), the executive deputy director of Gonggong News Agency, said the media’s mission is to facilitate global communication. Radio Mandarin d’Europe Director Xie Nailong (谢乃龙), who is also the founder of the Rome Chinese Cultural Center Association (罗马中国文化中心), or Associazione Centro Cultura Cinese di Roma, a center promoting Chinese culture in Italy, also emphasized the broadcaster’s commitment to “tell China’s story well” (讲好中国故事), a direct echo of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) policy under Xi Jinping for external propaganda. 

Guizhou Media Group Signs MOU with Tavuli News

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On June 27, 2026, the Guizhou Daily Convergent Media Group (贵州日报当代融媒体集团有限责任公司), an entity full controlled by provincial government in Guizhou, signed a memorandum of cooperation with Tavuli News, a privately-owned news outlet in the Solomon Islands. Attending the event, Li Weihong (李卫红), the editor-in-chief of Guizhou Daily (贵州日报), the flagship newspaper of the Guizhou provincial committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), welcomed the delegation from the Solomon Islands and expressed the hope for “normalized relations” between the two sides. According to a read-out from the Tavuli News, which referred to its partner as the “Guizhou Today Convergent Media Group,” the partnership “establishes a framework for cooperation in news exchanges, joint reporting, journalist exchanges and professional development.” The agreement, which reportedly has a duration of three years, also expresses the intent to form a young journalist exchange program and to pursue multimedia reporting on “topics of mutual interest.” Registration listings in China shows that Guizhou Today Convergent Media Group is fully held by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the People’s Government of Guizhou Province (贵州省人民政府国有资产监督管理委员会), the body that administers state-owned enterprises. 

Guangxi ICC Relaunches Thailand Liaison Office

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On August 4, 2026, the Guangxi International Communication Center (廣西國際傳播中心), a provincial-level center founded in 2024 in the capital of Nanning to oversee global propaganda and public diplomacy efforts, held a ceremony for the relaunch of its Thailand liaison office. Located in the headquarters of Thailand’s MCOT Public Company Limited, the country’s state-owned broadcaster, the liaison office will work together with MCOT for the production of news in Chinese and Thai, will facilitate personnel exchanges, and will develop a group of what the release called “special correspondents” — though it was not clear what this role entailed. An unnamed MCOT representative was quoted in the release saying that cooperation between the two sides would foster a “China-Thailand community of shared future,” this being a direct reference to Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s key foreign policy phrase. 

Slovo Kyrgyzstana Signs Deal with Global Times

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On May 27, 2026, during the 2026 China-Kyrgyzstan Media Cooperation Forum (2026中吉媒體合作論壇) in Bishkek, China’s Global Times (環球時報), the state-owned tabloid published under the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily (人民日報), signed a cooperation agreement with Kyrgyzstan’s Russian-language daily Slovo Kyrgyzstana. The terms of the agreement were not made public. However, Global TimesquotedSlovo Kyrgyzstana editor-in-chief Elena Zholobova as saying the outlets could “jointly produce quality content that serves the interests of both countries’ readers.” The forum, held under the theme “Deepening China-Kyrgyzstan Media Cooperation, Building a Better Shanghai Cooperation Organization Future Together,” was co-hosted by the People’s Daily and Kyrgyz Tuusu Information Publishing Group, publisher of Kyrgyzstan’s Kyrgyz Tuusu newspaper, and drew nearly 100 media representatives, officials, scholars, and business figures from both countries. At the same event, the People’s Daily and Kyrgyz Tuusu Information Publishing Group signed a separate memorandum of understanding.

Henan International Communication Center Signs Cooperation Agreement With Canadian Chinese News Agency

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In April 2023, the Henan International Communication Center (河南國際傳播中心) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Canadian Chinese News Agency (加拿大中華新聞社), one of 16 overseas Chinese-language media outlets that signed similar agreements with the center that month covering news coverage, joint events, and information sharing, according to Xuchang Net, a website operated by the CCP-run Xuchang Daily (許昌日報社) in the prefectural Henan city of Xuchang. The Canadian Chinese News Agency, which operates the portal site ChinaNews.org, was founded in Hong Kong in 2010 before relocating its headquarters to Toronto in 2013. Its president, Chang Jianguo (常建國), told the overseas edition of People’s Daily that the outlet had built an English-language website and regularly held offline events to “tell China’s story well” in international-facing language, so as to give foreign audiences a better understanding of “China in the new era” and strengthen the appeal of China’s international image, language closely mirroring the communication imperatives of the Chinese party-state.

China and Kyrgyzstan Hold 2026 Media Cooperation Forum in Bishkek

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On May 27, 2026, the People’s Daily (人民日報), the Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper, and Kyrgyzstan’s Kyrgyz Tuusu Publishing House co-hosted the 2026 China-Kyrgyzstan Media Cooperation Forum in Bishkek, with Global Times also involved in organizing the event. According to Global Times, roughly 100 officials, media figures, and business representatives from both countries attended. People’s Daily deputy editor-in-chief Cui Shixin (崔士鑫) linked the forum to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Eurasian security and economic bloc founded in 2001, ahead of its July 2026 session. He outlined four priorities for bilateral media work: building trust in each other’s reporting, advancing cooperation to “pave the way for prosperity,” deepening cultural exchange, and strengthening institutions to “amplify the voice of the SCO.” Cui’s language echoed Xi Jinping’s 2015 instruction that People’s Daily‘s overseas edition should become a “bridge” that builds trust. Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Minister of Culture, Information, Sports, and Youth Policy, Salkyn Sarnogoeva, said journalists have become bridges between the two countries and their populations, echoing China’s narrative of media as a bridge between civilizations. Kyrgyz Tuusu Publishing House head Galina Baitekerek named journalist exchanges, joint media initiatives, digital-platform development, and support for young reporters as cooperation priorities. Slovo Kyrgyzstana editor-in-chief Elena Zholobova called the forum a “high-quality exchange platform” and said Chinese and Kyrgyz outlets could jointly produce content that “caters to the interests of readers in both countries.” At the event, People’s Daily signed a memorandum of understanding with Kyrgyz Tuusu Publishing House, and Global Times signed a cooperation agreement with Slovo Kyrgyzstana.

Henan International Communication Center Signs Cooperation Agreement With Argentina’s Huaren Toutiao

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In April 2023, the Henan International Communication Center (河南國際傳播中心) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Argentina’s Huaren Toutiao (阿根廷華人頭條), one of 16 overseas Chinese-language media outlets that signed similar agreements with the center that month covering news coverage, joint events, and information sharing, according to Xuchang Net, a website operated by the CCP-run Xuchang Daily (許昌日報社) in the prefectural Henan city of Xuchang. Argentina’s Huaren Toutiao is a local edition of the broader Huaren Toutiao (華人頭條) network, launched in Argentina in May 2015 by Fujian Kebi Information Technology Co. Ltd. (福建可比信息科技有限公司), founded by Huang Qiwang (黃琪旺), who also identifies himself as deputy chairman of the Argentina Entrepreneurs Association and deputy chairman of the World Fujian Youth Federation (世界福建青年聯會). The network states it has signed operating agreements with Chinese-language media in more than 50 countries and regions, including Argentina, Canada, France, Spain, Italy, and Thailand, and has established partnerships with state outlets including China News Service and China News Network.

Henan International Communication Center Signs Agreement With Micromedia Communication Italy

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On July 21, 2026, the Henan International Communication Center (河南國際傳播中心) signed a cooperation agreement with Micromedia Communication Italy (意大利微視傳媒) in Milan, with discussions covering the overseas expansion of Chinese enterprises and prospects for Henan-Italy cooperation, according to Dahe Daily. The Henan center, established in June 2023 under the guidance of the propaganda office of the Henan CCP Provincial Committee and operated by the Henan Daily Press Group, had by November 2024 signed strategic cooperation agreements with 16 overseas outlets as part of its network of overseas Chinese-language media partners. Micromedia, established in Milan’s Chinatown district in late 2016, describes itself as a comprehensive international media company handling brand promotion, overseas production, exhibition events, and media placement across Italy and Europe. Its founder and chief executive, Jiang Jiakun (江家昆), told the paper the company’s mission had shifted from serving as a “bridge” for the Chinese community to a “window” onto China, saying the world lacked not information about China but a “true, objective, and vivid narrative” (真實、客觀、生動的中國敘事) of it. The report was headlined “Telling China’s Story Well to Europe” (面向歐洲講好中國故事), invoking CCP discourse introduced by Xi Jinping in 2013. Proposed joint projects included Shaolin kung fu tourism content and a Luoyang peony festival staged in Italy.