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Activity Type: Media Training or Seminar

Solomon Islands Media Join BRI Media Seminar

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Media professionals from the Solomon Islands participated in a two-week seminar on “Full-Media Communication for Belt and Road Countries” (一帶一路國家全媒體傳播研修班) in China from June 6-19, 2025, according to a Solomon Islands Ministry of Rural Development press release. The program was organized by the Research and Training Institute of the National Radio and Television Administration (國家廣播電視總局研究培訓中心), which is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department. The seminar included 30 media professionals from Belt and Road Initiative countries. The Solomon Islands delegation comprised Frederick Osifelo (Solomon Telekom Company Limited), Stephen Hachi (NIU Solomons), Karl Tokuro Vaekesa (Studio Homegrown Productions), and Stephen Diisango (Ministry of Rural Development). Since establishing diplomatic relations with China in September 2019, Beijing has provided approximately $730 million in financial aid to the Solomon Islands. The training was funded by China’s Ministry of Commerce.

NRTA Holds Media Seminar for Global South Journalists in Beijing

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African journalists from seven Belt and Road countries participated in a two-week new media training seminar in Beijing from October 17-30, 2025, organized by China’s National Radio and Television Administration (國家廣播電視總局), a ministry-level agency controlled by the Chinese Communist Party’s Propaganda Department. Media professionals from The Gambia, Barbados, Panama, Jordan, Botswana, Turkey, and Nigeria attended sessions covering international communication, digital platform trends, content development, and intellectual property creation. An official from the NRTA’s International Cooperation Department opened the seminar by outlining Chinese cultural values and governance philosophy, emphasizing the growing influence of new media on public opinion, according to The Point. Participants also visited the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall and explored topics such as the current digital media environment.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ The event was organized by the Research Training Institute under the NRTA.

Taiwan China Journalism Society and ACJA Co-Host 30th Cross-Strait University Students Journalism Camp

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The Taiwan China Journalism Society (台灣中國新聞學會) and the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), or ACJA, co-organized the 30th Cross-Strait University Students Journalism Camp, held August 19-29, 2024, across Inner Mongolia and Beijing. Approximately 200 students from 18 universities on both sides of the strait participated, the largest cohort since the camp began in 2004. An official Chinese Communist Party-led press group that plays a key part in controls on journalism and media, the ACJA arranged visits to the official media conglomerate China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, which is directly under the CCP’s Central Propaganda Department; iFLYTEK (科大訊飛), the artificial intelligence firm that has been alleged to have aided surveillance operations in Xinjiang; and Peking University. The group also visited the Forbidden City, which was opened specially on a closed day at the ACJA’s arrangement. Lectures at the China National Archives of Publications and Culture were delivered by a researcher from China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency and professors from Beijing Foreign Studies University and Tsinghua University, focused on international communication strategy and what speakers described as “telling China’s story well” (講好中國故事) — a formulation that in CCP discourse refers both to tightening domestic media control and extending Chinese state influence over China’s narrative overseas. On August 26, the Taiwan Affairs Office (國務院台灣事務辦公室), or TAO — the State Council body responsible for implementing CCP policy toward Taiwan, including through what the Taiwan government and independent scholars have described as organized influence operations targeting civil society, media, and youth — hosted the camp students for a mock press conference in which a TAO spokesperson fielded questions framed around cross-strait relations. The camp’s closing ceremony featured a speech by ACJA chair Liu Siyang (劉思揚), who framed the camp as a vehicle for “national rejuvenation” (民族復興) and urged students to “promote cross-strait integration.”

CIGC and Xinhua Host China-Greece Dialogue Forum in Athens

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On May 12, 2025, the “Red Hall Forum: China-Greece Cooperation and Exchange Dialogue” (紅廳論壇:中國希臘合作交流對話會) was held at the Zappeion Palace in Athens, organized by Xinhua News Agency and Institute of Party History and Literature (中央黨史和文獻研究院) of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. According to Chinese media, the forum brought together representatives from both countries to discuss bilateral cooperation, with sub-forums on economic affairs and energy sustainability. In remarks closely echoing official CCP foreign policy language, Chinese Ambassador Fang Qiu (方遒) framed Greece and China as two ancient civilizations capable of injecting “stability and constructive force into the world,” called for advancing “high-quality” Belt and Road cooperation, and described deeper China-Europe connectivity as a shared goal, according to Xinhua. Yannis Theofanopoulos, former Greek Ambassador to China and President of the Greece-China Friendship Association, recalled his time in Beijing and stressed that despite geographic distance, the two countries share “deep cultural ties,” a framing China routinely employs to foster diplomatic legitimacy and support partnerships under the BRI. Athens News Agency Editor-in-Chief Aimilios Perdikaris called for stronger media cooperation, arguing journalism plays an “irreplaceable” role in fostering civilizational exchange — language that directly echoes Xi’s messaging since the 20th National Congress in October 2022.

Xinhua Hosts AI Training Workshop for Journalists in Kenya

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On August 26, 2025, Xinhua News Agency’s Africa Regional Bureau hosted a journalism training workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, themed “The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Journalism” (AI崛起及對新聞業影響). According to Xinhua, nearly 100 editors and reporters from mainstream media outlets in Kenya, Ethiopia, Botswana, and other African countries participated in the hybrid-format event — described by Xinhua as the first journalism training exchange hosted by a Chinese media outlet for African media. The workshop showcased Xinhua’s AI-integrated news workflows and framed the event explicitly around how Global South media could strengthen AI cooperation to empower news production and counter disinformation. Rosalia Omungo, Secretary-General of the Kenya Editors’ Guild (肯尼亞編輯協會), said after the training that China’s practices offered African media “a model to learn from,” while Patrick Vidija, an editor at the Standard (旗幟報), Kenya’s oldest English-language daily, described the training as timely in broadening understanding of AI applications in journalism.

CICG Hosts Civilization Exchange Dialogue in Paris

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On April 17, 2026, the Paris Chinese Cultural Center hosted an event that brought together scholars, publishers, and industry representatives from both countries, focusing on technological innovation and cross-cultural communication in the age of artificial intelligence. The event, “Encounter China: Civilization Exchange Dialogue” (遇鑒中國」文明交流對話會), was organized by China International Communications Group (中國國際傳播集團), or CICG, a state-controlled media organization. According to Chinese state media, participants discussed digital publishing and how AI can facilitate interactions between China and France, highlighting the growing role of emerging technologies in shaping future cultural exchanges. The event was also framed around the Chinese Communist Party’s concept of “new quality productive forces” (新質生產力), a political slogan coined by Xi Jinping in 2023 to describe a state-directed, innovation-led economic model emphasizing high technology and self-sufficiency. CICG editor-in-chief Gao Anming (高岸明) said that AI-assisted translation could serve as a tool for expanding Sino-French cultural ties. The event also promoted “China Keywords: New Quality Productive Forces,” a multilingual book series compiled and published by CICG in 15 languages, which presents official Chinese Communist Party political and economic concepts, framed as objective definitions, to international audiences.

Spanish Journalists Visit China for 10-Day Training Course

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In August 2025, 26 Spanish journalists and analysts traveled to Beijing for a ten-day training course on China, organized by the China International Communications Group (中國國際傳播集團), a state media organization established in 1949 and directly under the CCP’s Central Propaganda Department. The course was co-sponsored by the China International Development Cooperation Agency (國家國際發展合作署), Beijing’s foreign aid body under the State Council, established in 2018, and by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China. Spanish participants included representatives from the digital newspaper El Semanal de La Mancha; the Madrid-based organization Fundación Cátedra China; Mundo Global, a publication affiliated with the same foundation; and El País, one of Spain’s largest daily newspapers. The program included conferences, institutional visits, and cultural exchange activities, and was promoted as fostering “a richer and more nuanced vision of contemporary China among Spanish media professionals,” language that echoes Beijing’s longstanding directive to “tell China’s story well” (講好中國故事). The delegation visited the headquarters of Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television (CCTV), both state-controlled outlets. At the opening ceremony, Guan Zhiyong (關志勇), a deputy director-general within CIDCA’s Department of International Cooperation, described the event as “a concrete action to implement initiatives proposed by President Xi,” linking it to the Action Plan for Strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (2025–2028), a bilateral cooperation framework also covering cultural exchanges, adopted during Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s visit to Beijing in April 2025.

Xinhua Hosts China-Poland Economic Forum in Warsaw

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On June 17, 2025, in Warsaw, Poland, China’s official Xinhua News Agency organized a forum with Li Danhong (李丹红), charge d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Poland, Polish Media Association (波兰媒体协会) President Marek Traczyk, and former Polish Deputy Prime Minister Janusz Piechocinski attending at Lukaszewski University. Xinhua claimed in official coverage that the event would “enhance economic cooperation and mutual understanding” between the countries, with Li presenting China’s commitment to “building an open global economy” and “sharing the dividends of its modernization,” while Traczyk, using terms clearly echoing the official discourse of the CCP, described it as enabling “mutually beneficial cooperation” and contributing to “world peace, development, and shared prosperity.” The forum positions itself as promoting bilateral exchanges through China’s visa-free policy, but the emphasis on China’s development model presentation and standard diplomatic language about “shared prosperity” (共同富裕) suggests soft power objectives rather than independent economic dialogue.

Taiwan’s Excellence Media Leads Delegation to Xiamen

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A delegation of ten Taiwan entrepreneurs led by Xu Banghao (徐邦浩), president of Taiwan’s Excellence Global Media Corporation (卓越全球傳媒股份有限公司), visited Xiamen on August 19–20, 2024, touring cross-strait entrepreneur incubator facilities including Qida Taixiang (啟達台享) and the Haixi MCN Cross-Strait Youth Base (海西MCN兩岸青年三創基地). The base was established in November 2022 under the direction of the Huli District Taiwan-Hong Kong-Macau Affairs Office (湖里區台港澳辦) as an incubator for Taiwan youth in e-commerce and livestreaming, reported at its founding by the Party’s official People’s Daily. A July 2025 Fujian Daily article subsequently identified the base as a component of Xiamen’s state-directed cross-strait integration strategy, explicitly linking it to goals of advancing Taiwan compatriots’ “ethnic, cultural, and national identity” (民族認同、文化認同、國家認同) with the mainland. The delegation also visited the Huli District Administrative Services Center (湖里區行政服務中心), where members applied for PRC mainland resident permits (居住證). The visit was reported by the Straits Herald (海峽導報), a Fujian-based CCP-directed newspaper. According to an April 2024 report from People’s Daily Online, the MCN initiative is a state-guided project managed by the Huli District Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao Affairs Office (湖里区委台港澳办) and the Huli District Committee Organization Department (湖里区委组织部) alongside the local United Front Work Department (湖里区委统战部), whose role, according to the report, is to facilitate “national conditions” (国情) training — a reference to ideological and patriotic education — through economic and digital media incentives.