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Activity Type: Media Cooperation Agreement

All China Journalists Association Signs Agreement with the Association of Overseas Chinese media in Europe

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The All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會) signed a cooperation memorandum with the Association of Overseas Chinese Media in Europe (歐洲華文傳媒協會) on December 2, 2024, during a delegation visit to Austria. The agreement establishes frameworks for joint exchange visits, news interviews, external communication, news seminars, and cultural activities between the organizations. The memorandum also creates an overseas Chinese media “journalists’ home” to support Chinese media professionals in Europe. The All-China Journalists Association, a state-affiliated organization that operates under Chinese Communist Party leadership, has been criticized by press freedom advocates for its role in China’s media control system.  

CMG Signs Media Cooperation Agreement with Antara News Agency

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On May 25, 2025, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) and Indonesia’s Antara News Agency (安塔拉通訊社) signed a cooperation memorandum during Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s (李強) official visit to Indonesia. The agreement, witnessed by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Premier Li, was part of eight bilateral cooperation deals signed between the two governments. The memorandum establishes cooperation in content exchange, joint production, technical exchanges, and personnel exchanges between the Chinese state broadcaster and Indonesia’s national news agency. China Media Group, established in 2018, is under direct control of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department. Antara News Agency, founded in 1937 by independence activists, operates as Indonesia’s national news agency with branches in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, and other global locations.

Xinhua and ATV Sign Media Cooperation Agreement

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China’s Xinhua News Agency (新華社) and Hungary’s ATV Media Group signed a memorandum of understanding on May 2, 2024, in Budapest to strengthen cooperation across multiple levels, including news and information exchanges and personnel communications. Xinhua President Fu Hua (傅華) and ATV CEO Tamas Kovacs jointly signed the agreement during the 75th anniversary year of China-Hungary diplomatic relations, just days before President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Hungary. Fu stated that Xinhua was willing to work with ATV to consolidate “the bridge of friendship” of China-Hungary cultural exchanges and enhance cooperation in new media technologies. ATV, established in 1989 as Hungary’s first private television channel and currently owned by the Hungarian Faith Church, focuses on news and current affairs programming. According to Xinhua, the agreement builds on years of existing cooperation between the two organizations in translation, publishing, and marketing activities.

Xinhua Signs MoU with Mehr Media

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Iranian Mehr Media Group and China’s Xinhua News Agency signed a memorandum of understanding on October 14, 2024, during the 6th World Media Summit in Urumqi, China. The agreement aims to expand media cooperation, strengthen information exchange, and develop collaboration in media technologies. Mehr Media Group, which includes Mehr News Agency and the English-language Tehran Times, also published the Farsi translation of Xinhua’s “Humanomics in the New Era” report during the summit. The three-day summit, themed “Artificial Intelligence and Media Transformation,” gathered over 500 participants from 106 countries and regions, including representatives from 208 mainstream media outlets. Xinhua’s president called for media organizations to embrace AI innovation while preserving human control, saying they should “proactively align with the technological wave” while ensuring “humans should have the final say in human-machine interaction.”

Xinhua Signs Five International Media Agreements

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On December 2, 2023, China’s state news agency Xinhua News Agency (新華社) signed cooperation agreements with multiple foreign media outlets and institutions during the 5th World Media Summit in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. The agreements, covering news exchanges, personnel visits, and integrated media development, were signed by Fu Hua (傅華), president of Xinhua News Agency, alongside representatives from Argentina, the Philippines, Russia, Burundi, and Barbados. María Bernarda Llorente, president of Argentina’s state news agency Télam, described the agreement as having “great significance” for strengthening media collaboration between the two countries. Luis Ausan Morente from the Philippine News Agency expressed hopes for increased personnel exchanges, while Andrey Pershin from Russia’s Rossiyskaya Gazeta said the agreement “opened up new prospects for collaboration.” The 5th World Media Summit, themed “Boosting global confidence, promoting media development,” attracted over 450 participants from 101 countries and regions, including representatives of 197 mainstream media outlets. Xinhua reports having signed cooperation agreements with over 3,600 institutions worldwide, including media outlets, government departments, and higher learning institutions.

China and Nigeria Sign Media Cooperation Agreement

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China and Nigeria signed a Memorandum of Understanding on August 11, 2017, in Abuja to enhance media and information cooperation between the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation of Nigeria and China’s State Council Information Office (國務院新聞辦公室). Nigerian Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed described the agreement as “a very important milestone in diplomatic relations” and outlined objectives including news exchange, joint coverage, training programs for Nigerian journalists and media practitioners, and cooperation in animation and film co-production. The Vice Minister of China’s State Council Information Office stated the MoU marked “a new beginning” in bilateral media relations and committed to scaling up news coverage about Nigeria in China.

Nanfang Media Group Signs Agreement with SPH Media

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On June 6, 2019, China’s Nanfang Media Group (南方報業傳媒集團) signed a cooperation agreement with Singapore Press Holdings’ Chinese Media Group (華文媒體集團), establishing the “Guangdong-Singapore International Communication Platform” (粵新國際傳播平台), described in coverage by China’s official Xinhua News Agency as the first long-term media cooperation mechanism between Guangdong Province and Singapore. The agreement was signed during the opening ceremony of the China (Guangdong)-Singapore Media and Culture Exchange Week in Singapore. According to Xinhua, the partnership includes plans for the English-language site of Guangdong’s Nanfang Online (南方网) and Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao to launch a “Singaporeans Look at Guangdong” interview series, and the two sides will jointly organize online interactive activities to collect impressions of Singapore and Guangdong from netizens in both regions.

Xinhua Signs MoU with Bakhtar News Agency

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On December 29, 2018, Afghanistan’s Bakhtar News Agency (巴赫塔通訊社) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s Xinhua News Agency (新華社) for news and photo sharing. The ceremony in Kabul was attended by Deputy Minister of Information and Culture Fazel Sancharaki, a Chinese representative from Xinhua’s Asia and Oceania division, and BNA director Khalil Minawi. Established in 1939, Bakhtar News Agency is Afghanistan’s official state news agency and provides content to all domestic media outlets. Xinhua News Agency, founded in 1931, is China’s official state news agency and operates in more than 150 countries worldwide. The agreement allows both agencies to exchange news content within their respective coverage areas, reflecting broader China-Afghanistan media cooperation during this period.

Belarus-Gansu Media Platform Launch Builds on ICC Office Formation

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On May 20-25, 2025, in Gansu Province (甘肅省), Andrei Krivosheyev, chairman of the Belarusian Union of Journalists (白俄羅斯記者聯盟) and chairman of the Board of Directors of Minsk News Agency (明斯克新聞社), led a Belarusian media delegation visiting to examine Gansu’s economic and social development and inspect projects in culture, new energy, environmental protection, international logistics, and water-saving agriculture. Building on cooperation established in 2023 when the province’s Gansu International Communication Center (甘肅省國際傳播中心), or GICC, opened an office in the Belarus Journalists Union, the delegation met with Gansu Daily (甘肅日報) newspaper representatives and launched a new media platform for “information exchange,” with attendees including China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (中華人民共和國外交部) representatives, local government officials, and All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會) Vice President Li Xiaojun (李曉軍). The organizations claimed the visit would “comprehensively promote and report on new achievements of Chinese-style modernization practice in Gansu” and explore cooperation to jointly tell “Silk Road stories” and “China-Belarus friendship stories” (中白友好故事) within “all-weather and all-round Belarus-China strategic partnership” frameworks.