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Activity Type: Media Training or Seminar

2026 China ASEAN Urban Media Roundtable Gathers ASEAN Media

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On September 12, 2026, China’s Nanning International Communication Center (南寧國際傳播中心) hosted a roundtable event that brought together media representatives from Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Timor-Leste, along with scholars and students from Guangxi. The roundtable, themed “Coexistence and Integration: Forging a New Vision for China-ASEAN Cultural Exchanges and Mutual Learning,” was organized ahead of the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo, a major trade fair for Chinese and Southeast Asian businesses. Organizers said the event aimed to build cooperation in audiovisual production and people-to-people exchanges, and to contribute to “the media’s strength to build a closer China-ASEAN community of common destiny,” a Xi Jinping-era foreign policy slogan that presents China-led international cooperation as serving shared values and goals, while, in practice, prioritizing China’s national interests. The event also focused on topics such as cultural tourism promotion and economic and media cooperation opportunities of the Pinglu Canal (平陸運河). During the roundtable, the Nanning Media Convergence Center (南寧融媒體中心) signed several agreements with Southeast Asian media. These included a broadcast agreement to air a food documentary series on Thai television channels, an MOU to deepen talent exchange and joint productions with media in ASEAN countries, and an agreement with several Chinese publishing houses to promote their publications overseas through foreign language editions. Also released after the event was a document titled China-ASEAN (Nanning) Cross-border Media Cooperation Vision (中國—東盟[南寧]跨國媒體合作願景), which detailed participant commitments to cooperate in content sharing, promoting urban development, and AI.

Chinese Consulate in Lagos Briefs Nigerian Media on Taiwan

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In October 2026, Xu Fan (徐帆), Director of Bilateral Relations and Commerce at the Chinese Consulate General in Lagos, met with Nigerian media executives to explain the “One China Principle” (一個中國原則), China’s claim that the People’s Republic is the sole legitimate government of China of which Taiwan is an inalienable part. During the briefing, Xu expressed that China “did not object to Nigerian media reporting on Taiwan but was concerned about terminology that could be interpreted as recognising the island as a sovereign state,” according to a report in Nigeria’s BusinessDay newspaper. Xu cited the United Nations General Assembly resolution 2758 of 1971 as the legal basis for that claim and pointed to Nigeria’s reaffirmation of the principle during President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to China in September 2024. Nigerian media executives pushed back, stressing the importance of editorial independence and insisting that disagreements over diplomatically sensitive topics should be handled through dialogue. The meeting was organized by Peter Ogbonna Eze of Buffalo and Bay Media and featured diplomat Anderson Madubike, Nigeria’s former consul general in Shanghai. In his closing remarks, Xu called Nigerian media organizations “partners and friends, not enemies,” and offered facilitated training programs, seminars, and media trips to China.

ACJA Hosts ROCVJA Visit Trip to Shanghai and Anhui

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In late August 2026, the Chinese Communist Party’s official All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會) hosted an eight-day trip to China. Fifteen senior journalists from the Taiwan-based Republic of China Veteran Journalists Association (中華民國資深記者協會) visited cultural attractions and technology companies in Shanghai and Anhui Province, and also conducted exchanges with Chinese media, including Hefei Broadcast Television (合肥市廣播電視臺) and Anhui New Media Group (安徽新媒體集團). In the ACJA’s news release, “Republic of China” (中華民國) is removed from the ROCVJA’s name and written as only “Chinese” (中華), an expression China’s contested claim over Taiwan’s sovereignty.

Hungarian Media Delegation Visit Hubei

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From October 25 to October 31, 2024, a media delegation from Hungary visited the central Chinese region of Hubei. The visit, organized by the Chinese embassy in Hungary, brought together journalists from the online newspaper Magyar Hírlap and the English-language news portal Hungary Today, to tour the region’s hotspots, from cultural exhibitions like the China Bridge Museum to industrial and tech facilities such as the Dongfeng Voyah auto plant. On October 27, the delegation met with the director of the Hubei Provincial Foreign Office, Zhang Xiaomei (章笑梅), who said that the visit was an opportunity for the two countries to deepen ties between the countries, especially around the 75th anniversary of the establishment of China-Hungary diplomatic relations. During the meeting, the Hungarian delegation’s leader, Magyar Demokrata’s general director Bencsik Dávid, thanked the Chinese official and said that the Hungarian media would work more on conveying the “real voice” and “positive image” of China, phrasing consistent with the Chinese Communist Party’s framing of alleged Western media bias about the country.

Chinese and Portuguese Media Hold Seminar to Facilitate Cooperation

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On November 26, 2018, a seminar was held in Portugal’s capital of Lisbon drawing Chinese and Portuguese government officials together with media representatives from China, Portugal, and other Portuguese-speaking countries — including Brazil and Angola. The seminar, called the “Dialogue of Media Cooperation Between China and Portugal,” called for deepening cooperation and joint reporting of stories between the two countries, emphasizing the role of media in fostering stronger bilateral relations. In his speech to the event, Wang Xiaohui (王晓晖), executive deputy head of the Central Propaganda Department of the CCP, highlighted a long history of media cooperation between Portugal and China, including cooperation between China Radio International and Portugal’s Iris FM, as well as the “Belt and Road” Portuguese-language Media Alliance. The latter was founded in 2017 to enhance bilateral media exchanges, share news content, and improve mutual understanding and cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, according to a read-out from the State Council Information Office (Central Propaganda Department). The event was held before President Xi Jinping visited Portugal in early December 2018, which resulted in 17 agreements on cooperation in various sectors, including in the media sector. CMG and Portugal also signed a cooperation agreement during Xi’s visit.

State Council Information Office Hosts Xinjiang Media Seminar for Foreign Journalists

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On April 14, 2024, the State Council Information Office (國務院新聞辦公室), together with the China International Communications Group (中國外文局) and the propaganda office of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region CCP Committee, hosted the Silk Road Economic Belt Joint Construction Countries’ Media Head Seminar (絲綢之路經濟帶共建國家媒體負責人研討班), bringing 26 media figures, writers, and scholars from 21 countries to tour Urumqi, Kashgar, and the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. Addressing participants in Urumqi, Ma Xingrui (馬興瑞), then Xinjiang’s CCP secretary, said the party would “to the greatest possible extent, ensure that the people’s rights to subsistence and development are not violated (最大限度確保人民的生存權和發展權不受侵害),” a formulation the CCP has used to rebut international criticism of its treatment of Uyghurs. Fifteen of the attendees, according to the same report, said Western media had “distorted facts to smear” (歪曲事實來抹黑) Xinjiang. As of April 2026, Ma was under investigation by China’s central discipline and supervisory authorities for a “serious violation of discipline and law,” a term typically denoting corruption.

ACJA Meets African, South Asian and Southeast Asian Journalists

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On April 25, 2017, Wang Dongmei (王冬梅), secretary of the All-China Journalists Association (中國記協), met with 42 journalists from 39 countries across Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia in Beijing. Wang emphasized China’s growing economic and media ties with these regions, claiming the journalists’ association follows principles of “openness, cooperation, and mutual benefit” (開放、合作、共贏) while promoting Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (一帶一路). The foreign journalists were invited by the China-Africa Press Exchange Center (中非新聞交流中心) and China-South Asia Southeast Asia Exchange Center (中國-南亞東南亞交流中心), which were established in 2014 and 2016 respectively under China’s Forum on China-Africa Cooperation framework. These centers arrange 10-month programs for international journalists featuring themed reporting and cultural experiences, with the China-Africa Press Exchange Center placing “African journalists in Chinese media outlets on 10-month assignments where they work in Chinese newsrooms and report on high-level CCP activities.”

Foreign Journalists Tour Chinese Industry Sites During Belt and Road Media Forum

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Organized around the 2025 Belt and Road Media Cooperation Forum (2025″一带一路”媒体合作论坛), a joint Chinese and foreign media interview team (中外媒体联合采访团) conducted multi-city site visits across China — reported in the CCP’s official People’s Daily on February 12, 2026. The government-facilitated journalist delegation toured five locations: State Power Investment’s Shizitan Hydroelectric Station in Chongqing, China Overseas Land’s Daji Lane commercial district (中海大吉巷商圈) in Beijing, Yili’s Yunnan dairy factory, Fenjiu Group’s distillery in Shanxi, and Great Wall Motors’ Xushui plant in Hebei. Participating foreign media included outlets from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Cuba, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Botswana, Tanzania, and Lesotho. “In China, I saw the process of technological development. The Shizitan Hydropower Station is evidence of modernized development,” said Catherine Gulua, founder and editor-in-chief of Georgia’s Mutavari Media Center, on her third documented China visit since 2023. A previous journalist tour, including Gulua, provided a clear opportunity for Chinese state media to promote positive views of the country in the voice of visiting journalists, a common tactic for organized tours, which are not purely educational.

China-Bangladesh Media Cooperation Seminar 2018

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The Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh hosted a China-Bangladesh media cooperation seminar on July 8, 2018, with Chinese Ambassador Zhang Zuo (張佐) delivering remarks and Bangladesh Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu serving as chief guest. The seminar brought together executives from major Bangladeshi media outlets including United News of Bangladesh, Daily Naya Diganta, The Independent, The Financial Express, NTV, RTV, and ATN, with over 30 local media organizations and Press Trust of India reporters covering the event. Also participating was Aaj Kaal, an Indian newspaper based in Kolkata. Ambassador Zhang proposed four recommendations for strengthening bilateral media cooperation, encouraging Bangladeshi media to serve as “amplifiers” for China-Bangladesh relations, “seeders” of friendship, and “promoters” of cooperation. Minister Inu praised the strategic partnership’s development and expressed government support for enhanced media collaboration. Prior to the seminar, Zhang met privately with Inu to discuss bilateral relations and media cooperation.