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Activity Type: Media Cooperation Agreement

MailOnline and People’s Daily Sign Content-Sharing Agreement

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In April 2016, the British online newspaper MailOnline entered into a content-sharing arrangement with the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party. Under the deal, the two outlets agreed to exchange approximately 40 articles per week, covering current affairs, travel, and lifestyle, as well as content from both the Chinese and English editions of the Global Times (環球時報), a tabloid newspaper under the People’s Daily. Articles published under the agreement carried a disclosure banner identifying their origin. MailOnline publisher Martin Clarke, confirming the arrangement to The Guardian, said “there is no cash involved” and made the odd suggestion that the Party-run mouthpiece, which is generally full of highly specialized Chinese political discourse, would help the outlet “better understand the country’s social and political structures.” 

Chinese Vocational Workshop Launched in Ethiopia

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On February 5, 2026, Hunan Biological and Electromechanical Polytechnic College (湖南生物機電職業技術學院) signed a cooperation agreement with Gofa Industrial College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, establishing a “‘Chinese + Vocational Skills’ Yadis Workshop,” according to an announcement on the Chinese institution’s website. The partnership was explicitly framed as “actively responding to the Belt and Road Initiative” and advancing China’s vocational education model abroad. The Chinese representative emphasized “sharing China’s advanced experience” in agricultural technology and vocational methods. The agreement includes teacher exchanges and curriculum development aligned with Chinese technical standards, positioning such partnerships as development solutions for African countries and reflecting broader Chinese public diplomacy efforts to promote its development model in the region.

La República Signs Cooperation Deal with People’s Daily

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In September 2023, marking the 35th anniversary of China-Uruguay diplomatic relations, Uruguayan newspaper La República established cooperative relations with the People’s Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. China selected La República to develop a special publication on bilateral diplomatic relations, and the newspaper had a journalist training in Beijing at the time, publisher Juan Blanco stated in a September 11, 2023 People’s Daily interview. Blanco praised the Belt and Road News Network — operated by People’s Daily and hosted on its name servers — for providing “first-hand information from a truthful, reliable source issued from the origin.” Blanco said the newspaper expected “more cooperation with Chinese media.” The cooperation preceded Uruguay’s November 2023 state visit to China where President Lacalle Pou signed a Belt and Road cooperation plan. Blanco emphasized that ideological differences should not hinder cooperation, stating “people unite by other concepts” and media relationships form “the first encounter” of information exchange. The newspaper publishes China-related content nearly daily. Blanco participated in the February 2026 Belt and Road Media Cooperation Forum journalist delegation.

CMG and Belarus National TV Sign Deepened Cooperation Agreement

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Belteleradio Company, Belarus’s state-controlled broadcasting monopoly, signed a deepened cooperation agreement with the state-run 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 Belteleradio is part of China’s broader efforts to strengthen SCO media cooperation.

Chinese Ambassador Visits Icelandic Times Office

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On June 13, 2019, Chinese Ambassador Jin Zhijian (金智健) visited Icelandic Times and met with Editor-in-Chief Einar Thorsteinsson and senior staff to discuss future cooperation. Jin introduced China’s economic and social development and bilateral relations with Iceland, praising the magazine’s Chinese edition for providing tourism information that enhanced Chinese tourists’ understanding of Icelandic society, economy, and culture. The ambassador stated that “the Chinese Embassy was willing to strengthen cooperation with Icelandic Times and work together to promote further development of China-Iceland relations.” Thorsteinsson welcomed the ambassador and “expressed his satisfaction with the current cooperation with the Chinese Embassy, and expected more cooperation for the future.” Icelandic Times publishes in English, Icelandic, Chinese, German, and other languages, focusing on Icelandic tourism, culture, trade, and economy.

Italy and China Renew Film Co-Production Agreement

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On February 2, 2026, Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli signed a film co-production agreement in Beijing with Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), president of China Media Group and a deputy director of the Central Propaganda Department. The agreement aims to facilitate joint film productions between Italian and Chinese companies, allowing co-produced works to qualify as domestic content in both countries, which might allow Italian co-productions to bypass China’s foreign film quota system. The agreement followed the June 2025 broadcast of the CMG-produced series “Il Guardiano del Patrimonio” across more than 30 Italian media outlets, a production promoting Xi Jinping’s cultural philosophy that was launched at a ceremony in Rome attended by Shen and Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara.

Xinhua Signs Media Cooperation Agreements with Uruguay

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China’s government-run Xinhua News Agency signed two media cooperation agreements on February 3, 2026 with Uruguay’s Presidential Press Office (烏拉圭總統府新聞局) and National Audiovisual Communication Services (烏拉圭國家視聽傳媒服務局) during Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi’s state visit to China. The memorandum of understanding with the Presidential Press Office aims to “jointly promote Global South media think tank cooperation and communication” and advance the “Global South Media Think Tank High-End Forum mechanism” (全球南方媒體智庫高端論壇機制). The news exchange and cooperation agreement with Uruguay’s National Audiovisual Communication Services — which manages Uruguay’s state television, radio, and public media websites — facilitates “pragmatic cooperation” in news product exchange and personnel exchanges. Both agreements were included in the official outcomes list of Orsi’s China visit, representing Beijing’s efforts to build media coordination infrastructure with Latin American governments under the “Global South” framework.

Chinese Consul General in Alexandria Publishes Article on China-Arab Media Cooperation

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On December 25, 2021, Chinese Consul General in Alexandria Zhao Liying (赵丽莹) published a signed article titled “Strengthening Media Exchange and Cooperation, Working Together to Build a China-Arab Community with a Shared Future for the New Era” (加强媒体交流合作 携手打造面向新时代的中阿命运共同体) on Egyptian media websites including Al-Ahram Al-Arabi (阿拉伯国民) and Platform News (平台新闻). The article touted the Fifth China-Arab Broadcasting and Television Cooperation Forum, which Zhao praised as a success. The forum was attended by Huang Kunming (黄坤明), member of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and head of the CCP’s Central Propaganda Department, and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, both participating via video. The forum adopted a joint declaration announcing cooperation achievements including a co-production between Fujian Broadcasting Group’s Strait TV and Egypt National Television.

Chinese Commercial News Signs Content Deal with Wen Wei Po

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On October 8, 2003, the Chinese Commercial News (菲律賓商報), a Chinese-language newspaper in the Philippines with close ties to PRC media and official entities, signed a cooperation agreement with Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po (文匯報), a newspaper operated by the Chinese government in the SAR, to publish a Philippines edition featuring content provided by the Hong Kong outlet. According to Wen Wei Po, the arrangement delivered “fresh content and lively page layouts” that were “widely praised,” with the newspaper’s “influence steadily rising” in the Philippine market. Wen Wei Po added that the deal positioned it to expand its reach across Southeast Asia through local Chinese-language media outlets. By 2008, Wen Wei Po reported that its overseas editions, including the Philippines version, had achieved a combined circulation exceeding 400,000 copies across more than a dozen international markets.