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Activity Type: Media Cooperation Agreement

UNICEF Partners with Shanghai State Media Outlet

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On December 4, The Paper (澎湃新闻), a CCP-run media outlet in the municipality of Shanghai, signed an MoU with UNICEF China, pledging to jointly promote children’s issues, including climate change, mental health, and early childhood development. The partnership grants the Party-controlled outlet — which describes itself as a “responsible internet-based mainstream media platform” — a formal relationship with the UN agency to advance coverage of children’s rights. The MOU was signed by The Paper’s editor-in-chief Liu Yonggang (刘永钢) and UNICEF representative Cynthia McCaffrey (桑爱玲), establishing what both sides characterized as a “strategic partnership.” According to the UNICEF website, McCaffrey was the China representative for the office through October 2022, when she was promoted as head of the India office.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

AGI and Xinhua Sign News Sharing Agreement

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On April 8, 2014, Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (AGI) and Xinhua News Agency (新華社) signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration on economic news sharing and content exchange between Italy and China. The agreement was signed by both agencies’s CEO’s. According to AGI’s announcement, the partnership would cover “sharing of news, expertise and experiences on commercial and cultural processes between Italy and China,” as well as the joint organization of training activities.

Il Sole 24 Ore and Economic Daily Signed a Cooperation Agreement

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On March 20, 2019, the state-run Economic Daily (經濟日報) and Italian business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore signed a cooperation agreement in Rome to collaborate on a segment called”Focus on China: China Economic Special” (聚焦中國·中國經濟特刊) to be published in Il Sole 24 Ore. The collaboration subsequently drew sharp criticism when Il Sole 24 Ore journalists denounced the publication of four-page advertorials as “pure propaganda” that promoted Chinese investment opportunities without transparent disclosure. Staff characterized the content as placing their newspaper “at the disposal of an economic system and a State” lacking democratic freedoms, calling the styling “highly ambiguous” and the recurrence “aggravating recidivism.” The Economic Daily is a central-level CCP newspaper directly under the Central Propaganda Department.

China-Indonesia Media Forum

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On September 1, 2024, media representatives from Indonesia gathered with their Chinese counterparts at the second annual China-Indonesia Media Forum (中國-印度尼西亞媒體論壇) in Beijing to discuss further cooperation. The event was part of China’s deepening media diplomacy push across Southeast Asia in the hope of shaping perceptions in this strategically key region. The event, organized by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, emphasized “the media’s positive role in building a community with a shared future,” referencing a central foreign policy concept closely associated with CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping (習近平). Indonesian participants included Antara National News Agency, the news site Kumparan, the national daily Republika, the English-language Jakarta Post, the Indonesian free-to-air television network RCTI, and the media portal Merdeka. Mirroring China’s diplomatic positioning of media cooperation, Indonesia’s ambassador to China called on both sides to “step up cooperation in news production” and invited journalists to “report on positive aspects of each respective country.”

Guangxi Hosts Lancang-Mekong Media Cooperation Event

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On November 20, 2025, Guangxi Radio and Television (廣西廣播電視台), a provincial-level broadcast media group, hosted the Lancang-Mekong Media Event (瀾湄國家媒體活動) in Nanning, where participating media from China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam announced more than 10 collaborative projects, including jointly produced documentaries, broadcast programs, and translated content featuring stories from the Mekong region. The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) framework was established in 2016 as a China-led sub-regional mechanism. According to a report by the state-run China News Service (CNS), a representative from Guangxi Radio and Television said that the event aimed to explore innovative media trends and strengthen cooperation among media organizations from the  Lancang-Mekong countries. Joint media productions, all apparently led by China, Included the documentary “Home Among Green Mountains and Waters—Lancang-Mekong in Bloom” (家在青山绿水间—澜湄花开); the multimedia program “Agricultural AI+” (农业AI+); the documentary “Li River” (漓江); the radio drama “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” (三国演义); and a series of China-Thailand micro-dramas and micro-documentaries.

NewsVoice Launches Partnership with China Daily

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On April 10, 2025, the Swedish website NewsVoice announced the signing of a news-sharing agreement with China Daily (中國日報) that allowed NewsVoice to translate and publish articles from the Chinese government-run outlet on its website. According to a letter on the deal published by China Daily and bearing the byline of NewsVoice founder and editor-in-chief Torbjörn Sassersson, the partnership provides “insight into China’s thinking, philosophy, and political perspective.” Sassersson added that the partnership would enable his website to “become a player in media diplomacy using journalism to build bridges between countries and peoples”—language that closely mirrors Chinese state media rhetoric surrounding media cooperation agreements. Torbjörn Sassersson is a Swedish freelance journalist and communications consultant who has worked in environmental consulting, bioenergy, and corporate communications since the 1990s. He founded NewsVoice.se in 2011, a bilingual news and — says Sassersson — debate platform. As Sassersson explains in a bio on the NewsVoice website, he shifted focus in 2023 to covering the multipolar world, BRICS, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative after receiving an invitation from the Chinese embassy to visit Shanghai. In June 2025, Sassersson interviewed Cui Anmin, China’s ambassador to Sweden, on Sweden-China relations for NewsVoice.

Montsame and Xinhua Sign Cooperation Agreement

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On April 10, 2018, during a visit to China by Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, the Montsame News Agency (蒙古國通訊社) and the Xinhua News Agency (新華通訊社) renewed cooperation in a deal signed by Montsame’s deputy director and Xinhua’s vice president in Beijing. The original partnership between the two began in 1958, when the agencies signed their first news exchange agreement in China’s capital. Since then, both agencies have maintained correspondents in Ulaanbaatar and Beijing and have continued developing their cooperation, state media reported without details. The agencies plan to collaborate in several areas: exchanging news in Chinese, Russian, and English; organizing journalist tours and training sessions; co-hosting photo exhibitions; and providing internships for young reporters.

Xinhua Signs MOU with Azerbaijan’s Media Development Agency

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On August 31, 2025, Azerbaijan’s Media Development Agency signed a cooperation agreement with China’s Xinhua News Agency. According to the Azerbaijani agency, the partnership aims to “strengthen, promote and develop cooperation between the two countries in the field of mass media based on the principle of reciprocity and mutual benefit.” The agreement encompasses information sharing, joint project collaboration, and the organization of training programs and conferences. The formal exchange ceremony took place on September 6, 2025, during China’s Global South Media and Think Tanks Forum in Yunnan Province, where Ahmad Ismayilov, head of Azerbaijan’s Media Development Agency, met with Xinhua President Fu Hua (傅華) to formalize the partnership.

CMG and Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Sign Cooperation MOU

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Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), Pakistan’s state broadcaster, signed a cooperation memorandum with China Media Group on September 2, 2025, during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin. The agreement was among 14 bilateral media cooperation deals CMG struck with broadcasters from 13 countries during the summit, covering news reporting, joint programming, cultural activities, technological innovation, industry development, personnel exchanges, and media resource sharing. The CMG partnership with PBC is part of China’s broader efforts to strengthen SCO media cooperation.