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Secretariat of Government and Digital Transformation

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The Secretariat of Government and Digital Transformation (Secretaría de Gobierno y Transformación Digital) is a Peruvian government body established in February 2017 by presidential decree, serving as the governing body of Peru’s National Digital Transformation System – a framework established in January 2020 that organizes public agencies’ digital activities and promotes the use of technology across businesses, civil society, and academia. The secretariat, which began operations in early 2018, leads the country’s efforts to modernize public services through technology. Its role includes bringing together government agencies, businesses, civil society groups, universities, and ordinary citizens to shape digital policy.

Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences

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The Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales) or FLACSO, is an intergovernmental academic organization founded on April 17, 1957, in Costa Rica. Headquartered in San José, Costa Rica, FLACSO promotes graduate-level teaching, research, and technical cooperation in the social sciences, including sociology, political science, economics, and public policy.  Since its founding, it has grown into a regional network comprising 18 member states and two observer countries, with academic units operating in 13 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Chongqing Publishing Group

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Chongqing Publishing Group (重慶出版集團), or CPGC, is a state-owned cultural enterprise based in Chongqing, tracing its origins to the former Chongqing Publishing House, with a history of more than 50 years. Formally established in 2005, CPGC claims more than 30 branch companies and subsidiaries spanning books, newspapers, journals, digital publishing, printing, and real estate. CPGC sits beneath Chongqing Xinhua Publishing Group (重慶新華出版集團有限公司), which is 100 percent owned by Chongqing State-owned Cultural Assets Management Co. (重慶市國有文化資產經營管理有限責任公司), itself 100 percent owned by the Chongqing Municipal People’s Government. Its LinkedIn presence lists just 11–50 employees and 34 associated members.

Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province

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The Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province is the government agency responsible for overseeing cultural affairs and tourism development across southern Guangdong Province. It operates under the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government and serves as the primary authority for shaping cultural policy, preserving heritage, and promoting tourism, both domestically and internationally. It has been actively engaged on international communication, partnering with the province’s international communication center (ICC).

Telefe

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Telefe is a Buenos Aires-based broadcast network founded in 1961 that is owned by the American media conglomerate Paramount Global. The channel produces Spanish-language programming, including telenovelas, news, and entertainment shows. Telefe also operates Telefe Internacional, a pay TV channel distributed to more than eight million subscribers in more than 20 countries. The network also offers streaming content through its digital platform, Mi Telefe.

Economic Daily

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The Economic Daily (經濟日報), founded in January 1983, is a Chinese state-owned financial and business newspaper published by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (中國共產黨中央委員會). According to its official website, the publication operates under direct Party supervision to communicate official economic policy and narratives. The newspaper focuses on economic development, financial markets, and industrial policy, serving as a key platform for disseminating the Party’s economic directives and perspectives. The Economic Daily also operates China Economic Net, an online portal launched in 2003, which extends coverage to international economics, technology, and lifestyle content alongside traditional financial reporting.

Saudi Ministry of Media

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The Saudi Ministry of Media is the government body responsible for overseeing media policy, regulation, and development in Saudi Arabia. The ministry promotes the kingdom’s media sector as part of Vision 2030, positioning Saudi Arabia as a regional media hub. The ministry organizes major events including the annual Saudi Media Forum and has prioritized artificial intelligence integration in media production. However, the ministry functions as what critics have characterized as the “main agent of censorship” in the kingdom, with a special publications department that analyzes all media content and issues directives to newspapers and magazines on how topics must be covered. Censorship extends even to works by former ministers themselves. Through its regulatory activities, the ministry seeks to control information flows while expanding Saudi influence in regional and global media landscapes.

Xinhua News Agency

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Xinhua News Agency, established on November 7, 1931, as the Red China News Agency in Ruijin, Jiangxi province, is China’s official state news agency operating as a ministry-level institution under the State Council. The agency adopted its current name in January 1937 while headquartered in Yan’an, Shaanxi. Its headquarters is located near Zhongnanhai in Beijing, with the current president and Party Secretary Fu Hua (傅華), who was appointed in June 2022. By 2021, Xinhua had 181 bureaus globally, though more recent sources indicate over 170 overseas bureaus as of 2024, and publishes in multiple languages. Xinhua serves as the country’s leading news agency within the CCP’s news control system. Xinhua official news releases, or tonggao (通稿), are regarded as the authoritative version of events such as political meetings and CCP policy statements — authoritative in the sense that leadership approves them. In press orders and bans from the Central Propaganda Department, media will be instructed to “use only Xinhua releases” on particular stories. Today, Xinhua functions as an important channel for China’s leadership to disseminate its preferred narrative globally.

Icelandic Times

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Established in 2009 by editor Einar Th. Thorsteinsson, Icelandic Times (冰岛时代) is a multi-lingual magazine covering tourism, culture, and business that maintains distinct institutional ties to Chinese state media. Since 2014, the magazine has produced a Chinese-language edition printed in China and distributed through thousands of Chinese travel agencies, with editorial content frequently amplifying PRC official narratives including features on the “Belt and Road” initiative and exclusive interviews with Chinese ambassadors. The outlet has collaborated directly with Xinhua News Agency on the publishing of Xinhua content, and on documentary projects. Describing itself as a “prominent magazine” on its Facebook account (though its website appears offline), the publication positions itself in Chinese as “the first Chinese-language periodical published in Iceland” covering “all information about Icelandic culture, history, and tourism.” Thorsteinsson’s personal writings on the website, viewed through archived pages, is largely about tourism and culture in Iceland. On June 13, 2019, the Icelandic Times received a visit from Chinese Ambassador Jin Zhijian “to discuss about future cooperation.” During the meeting, Thorsteinsson reportedly “expressed his satisfaction with the current cooperation with the Chinese Embassy, and expected more cooperation for the future.”