China-Thai Media Forum

On January 17, 2025, a Sino-Thai media cooperation forum titled “Our Golden Friendship: Joining Hands to Build a China-Thailand Community with a Shared Future Media and Think Tank Dialogue” (我们金色的友谊：携手构建中泰命运共同体媒体智库对话会) was held in Bangkok, bringing together journalists, media specialists, and think tank researchers from both countries to discuss what they characterized as the responsibility of media and think tanks in both countries to “promote mutual trust and cooperation” as China-Thailand relations approach their 50th anniversary in 2025. Former Thai Deputy Prime Minister Pinit Jarusombat (披尼) emphasized the importance of leveraging media and think tanks to “strengthen people-to-people connections” between the two nations. The forum was organized by China International Communication Group (中国外文局), or CICG, the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, and Yunnan Province’s Propaganda Office, with key attendees including Gao Anming (高岸明), Editor-in-Chief of China International Communication Group, and General Surasit Thanatthang (苏拉西·塔纳唐) from the National Research Council of Thailand. Chinese Ambassador Han Zhiqiang (韩志强) delivered a video address highlighting the bilateral partnership.