The China-Nepal Media Friendship Association (中尼媒體友好協會) is a media organization formed on August 3, 2017, by professionals from Nepal’s state-owned Rastriya Samachar Samiti News Agency and Nepal Television. China News Service says the association was registered with Nepal’s government on July 24, 2017, with a stated aim to “strengthen bilateral media exchanges.” Its inaugural ceremony, attended by Chinese Ambassador Yu Hong (于紅) and Nepal’s Information Minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet, coincided with the 62nd anniversary of Nepal-China diplomatic relations and came after Nepal signed a Belt and Road Initiative cooperation agreement with China. Chinese state media identified Mr Dhurba (杜鲁巴) as the association’s president and reported that just weeks after its establishment, the association organized flood relief in Nepal’s Chitwan district on August 21, 2017, reportedly becoming the “first foreign civil group” to enter the disaster area, according to Chinese state media. In December 2018, it hosted a delegation from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, led by Vice Dean Han Hong (韓洪), with Chinese media describing it as an “influential civil organization” operating through a Chengdu office. The association operates through a Chengdu office but appears to have no public website.