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Activity Type: Media Cooperation Agreement

Russia’s Financial University and CMG Sign Cooperation Memorandum

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On May 20, 2026, on the sidelines of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation and China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, signed a memorandum of cooperation covering three areas. In mass communication, the agreement provides for joint production of news reports, thematic programs, and short videos, along with the exchange of related materials. In science, it covers cooperation on news broadcasting and media technology, along with joint research projects and seminars. In culture, it covers joint exhibitions, events, and competitions. A Financial University official said the memorandum with what they called “one of the world’s largest media groups” opened new horizons for the university. The memorandum seems to mark a new commitment to producing broadcast and media content outside the core academic mission of the Financial University, a Moscow-based state institution focused on training economists, financiers, and lawyers.

Qingdao Binhai University Signs Cooperation Agreement With Russia’s Dragon Newspaper

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On April 7, 2026, the International Civil Diplomacy Research Center (國際民間外交研究中心) at Qingdao Binhai University, a private university in Shandong province, signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Russian outlet Dragon Newspaper, according to a press release from the university. The agreement, signed during a visit by Dragon Newspaper president Li Shuangjie (李雙傑), covers cultural exchange, academic research, and youth employment services aimed at what the university called strengthening “people-to-people bonds” (民心相通) between China and Russia. Dragon Newspaper has documented institutional ties to China News Service, which established a “strategic partnership” with the paper in 2012, and whose corporate structure, according to Chinese business registry records, wholly owns the company registered as operator of the paper’s website. The university’s executive vice president, Han Xiaomeng (韓曉萌), said the school maintains partnerships with more than 140 universities and research institutions across 40 countries and Taiwan and has hosted more than 2,300 international students. Both sides framed the agreement as part of the “China-Russia Education Year,” a bilateral framework promoting educational and cultural exchange.

Heilongjiang Northeast Asia International Communication Center Launched With Russian, South Korean Media Participation

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On February 28, 2024, the Heilongjiang Northeast Asia International Communication Center (黑龍江東北亞國際傳播中心) launched in Harbin, as part of a nationwide strategy under Xi Jinping to invigorate “external propaganda” (外宣) through greater provincial and city-level involvement. The center was jointly established by the Heilongjiang Daily Press Group (黑龍江日報報業集團), Ta Kung Net (大公網), a Hong Kong news portal operated by the Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group, and the government of Heihe, a Heilongjiang border city facing Russia. Zhang Chunjiao (張春嬌), then Party secretary and president of the press group, said the center would help “tell Longjiang’s version of China’s story” to the world, according to the government-run China News Service. At the launch, Ta Kung Net’s Northeast Asia channel went live, and organizers announced more than 30 “cooperative linked media” (合作聯動媒體) partners. “Leonid Georgievich Gulin” (列昂尼德·格奥尔基耶维奇·古林), editor-in-chief of the Russian outlet Dragon Newspaper, and a figure identified in Chinese state media as “Kim Moon-young” (金文永), a representative of a South Korean outlet identified as “MP Net” (MP網), delivered video remarks pledging cooperation. Neither the individual nor the outlet on the South Korean side could be independently confirmed from online sources, and the Russian editor’s name is likewise an unverified romanization. The center runs Korean- and Russian-language channels under Heilongjiang’s “link south, open north” (南聯北開) communication strategy.

Zhejiang Media Group Signs Content Sharing Agreement with Barcelona Public Broadcaster

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On September 9, 2019, officials from Zhejiang Media Group (浙江廣播電視集團), a state-owned Chinese broadcaster, and Barcelona’s publicly owned broadcaster Betevé signed a cooperation agreement under which Zhejiang’s broadcaster would supply documentaries to Betevé while Betevé would provide Spanish-produced content to Zhejiang television. The agreement, titled “Beautiful Zhejiang, Vibrant Barcelona,” was signed in Barcelona and also involved the Barcelona Chinese Education Foundation (巴塞羅那中文教育基金會), known in Spanish as “Any Nou Xinès amb Barcelona,” which assisted in producing a related program segment. Attendees included Zhu Guoxian (朱國賢), a Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee member and propaganda chief, and China’s consul general in Barcelona, Lin Nan (林楠). Betevé’s director, Sergi Vicente, said the partnership would “promote Chinese and Western culture” (弘揚中西方文化), echoing standard formulations from Chinese official political discourse.

Xinhua News Agency Signs Agreement With Televisao de Mocambique

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On April 21, 2026, China’s state agency, Xinhua, signed a news exchange and cooperation agreement with Televisão de Moçambique (TVM), Mozambique’s government-funded national public broadcaster, during Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo’s state visit to Beijing. According to Xinhua, the agreement covers the exchange of news content and personnel visits between the two outlets. The agreement was included on the official outcomes list of President Chapo’s state visit to Beijing.

Xinhua Signs Agreement With Gabinete de Informacao

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On April 21, 2026, Xinhua News Agency, China’s state news agency, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mozambique’s Gabinete de Informação (莫桑比克國家新聞辦公室), whose functions include government information release and coordination between government departments and media. The signing took place during Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo’s state visit to China and was listed on the official outcomes of the visit. According to Xinhua, the MOU aimed to strengthen news communication cooperation and jointly develop a high-level forum mechanism for media think tanks from Global South countries, with the stated goal of improving what Xinhua described as “the effectiveness of information dissemination across the Global South” — framing that positions Xinhua as a central node in shaping information flows through partner state institutions across the region.

Buryatia Government Delegation Visits Inner Mongolia

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A delegation from the government of the Republic of Buryatia (布里亞特共和國), a federal republic of Russia located in Eastern Siberia, renowned as a spiritual center of Buddhism in Russia, visited China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region from April 27-30, 2026, for talks on news and media cooperation. The trip was led by Ivan Sergeevich Loginov, chairman of the Information Policy Committee of the Administration of the Head of the Republic of Buryatia. According to a report from Inner Mongolia Daily (內蒙古日報), the delegation toured the Inner Mongolia Art Theatre, the Inner Mongolia Museum, and the offices of Inner Mongolia Daily and Inner Mongolia Radio and Television, including the latter’s international communication and “media convergence” (融媒體) centers, an effort to combine party media outlets into single, multi-platform operations under centralized editorial control. The delegation also attended a sister-city event between Hohhot and the Buryat capital, Ulan-Ude. On April 29, the visitors held a working session with regional press and culture officials to discuss cooperation on news websites, broadcast content sharing, and translated programming. “Media exchange is an important entry point for deepening friendly cooperation between the two countries,” Loginov was quoted as saying. He called for joint projects and regular journalist exchanges to “increase mutual understanding” between the two countries — language consistent with standard Chinese Communist Party framing of bilateral cultural exchange as relationship-building rather than as a vehicle for shaping foreign perceptions of China.

China Media Group Signs Four Serbian Media Partnerships

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China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) signed four cooperation agreements with Serbian media and cultural institutions on May 8, 2024, during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Serbia. CMG Director and Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department Shen Haixiong (慎海雄) signed agreements with Serbia’s Presidential Media Relations Department, Politika newspaper, Radio Television of Serbia, and the Ministry of Culture. The agreements were witnessed by Xi Jinping and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. Officials said the agreements would promote “people-to-people exchanges” (人文交流) and contribute to building a “China-Serbia community of shared future in the new era” (新時代中塞命運共同體) through “news exchange, joint programming, and technical cooperation” (新聞信息交換、聯合制播節目、技術交流). The agreements were described as part of Xi’s state visit outcomes, with CMG cited as signing the most cooperation documents among participating institutions. Politika is Serbia’s oldest and most influential daily newspaper, founded in 1904.

China Signs Media Cooperation Deals with Ukraine

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From February 8-17, 2017, Tian Jin (田進), Deputy Diretor of China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (國家新聞出版廣電總局), led a Chinese broadcasting delegation to Ukraine, the UK, and Romania to strengthen bilateral media cooperation. The delegation signed a cooperation memorandum with Ukraine’s National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting and a letter of intent with Ukraine’s National Broadcasting and Television Committee. The visit resulted in nine specific agreements covering joint productions, journalist exchanges, program broadcasting, content support, training, technical cooperation, and establishing permanent contact mechanisms. The delegation also donated Chinese films and TV programs to Ukrainian and Romanian broadcasters and witnessed the strategic cooperation agreement between Zhejiang Huace Film & TV Group and Britain’s ITV.