China Roundtable with CEE Journalists Held in Hebei

On May 30, 2023, the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), a Chinese Communist Party-led media body, convened a China–Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) Journalists Roundtable in Wuqiao County, Cangzhou, Hebei Province, co-organized with the Hebei Provincial Journalists Association (河北省記協), according to a report by People’s Daily Online. Held under the theme “Deepening Exchange and Mutual Learning, Jointly Promoting Prosperity and Development” (深化交流互鑒 共促繁榮發展), the event gathered, according to the outlet, more than 40 guests and journalists from China and 14 Central and Eastern European countries, including Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Poland, and Greece. Participants discussed media cooperation, including program exchanges and joint reporting plans. Before the roundtable, organizers arranged reporting visits to Wuqiao Acrobatics World, and journalists reportedly called the trip “a very meaningful and unforgettable experience” (非常有意義且難忘的體驗). The report said participants hoped to contribute to “telling the development stories of China and CEEC countries well” (講好中國和中東歐國家的發展故事), language echoing Xi Jinping’s signature external propaganda slogan, “telling China’s story well” (講好中國故事). The All-China Journalists Association has since held the roundtable annually in different Chinese cities, including Ningbo in 2024 and 2025, and Dunhuang in 2026, which the association describes as a key activity under the China–CEEC cooperation framework.