CCP Official Meets Polish Media Association Head

On October 22, 2024, in Beijing, Chen Zhou (陈洲), Vice-minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee (中共中央对外联络部), in charge of fostering and maintaining relations with foreign organizations and political parties in China’s interests, met with Marek Traczyk, Chairman of the Polish Media Association (Stowarzyszenia Polskich Mediów). Chen praised Traczyk’s efforts in promoting China-Poland cooperation and “Chinese culture in Poland,” expressing willingness to “actively promote bilateral people-to-people and cultural exchanges as well as media cooperation through inter-party channels.” Traczyk, also President of the Warsaw Chamber of Commerce, was quoted in the official Chinese source as pledging in distinctly Chinese terms to continue promoting cooperation in “media, education, economy, trade, sports, tourism and sub-national areas” to “promote people-to-people bonds” (民心相通) — standard diplomatic terminology suggesting soft power objectives rather than independent media collaboration.