Taiwan CPI Media Leaders Delegation Visits Shenzhen and Beijing

The Chinese Press Institute (中國新聞學會), or CPI, a Taipei-based journalism association founded in 1941 and re-established in Taiwan in 1965, conducted an eight-day visit to Shenzhen and Beijing from September 18–25, 2024, under arrangements made by the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), or ACJA, the Chinese Communist Party-led press body that plays a central role in managing and controlling journalism and media in China. Led by CPI chair Chou Cheng-hu (周成虎), the delegation included senior executives from major Taiwanese media organizations: United Daily News (聯合報) president Yu Mei-yueh (游美月) and group executive director Huang Su-chuan (黃素娟); Taiwan Radio (台灣廣播公司) chair Ma Chang-sheng (馬長生); Gala Television (八大電視公司) general manager Wang Ko-chieh (王克捷); Meihua Media (梅花媒體集團) president Wang Cho-chung (王綽中); Penghu Times (澎湖時報) chair Hsu Chao-chien (許朝鑒); Taiwan Shin Sheng Daily News (台灣新生報) president Liu Chang-yu (劉長裕); National Broadcasting Company (全國廣播公司) general manager Pan Hsing-tsang (潘星蒼); EToday general editor Lin Wen-chun (林妏純); Convergence Media Group (匯流傳媒集團) chair Wu Shih-chang (吳世昌); Shih Hsin University (世新大學) president Chen Ching-ho (陳清河); and Chinese Internet Channel Community Association (中華網路頻道事業協會) chair Ko Shu-jen (葛樹人). In Shenzhen, the delegation received a welcome banquet hosted by Shenzhen municipal standing committee member Wang Chiang (王強), with attendance from the Shenzhen Taiwan Affairs Office — the local branch of the Taiwan Affairs Office (國務院台灣事務辦公室), or TAO, the State Council body responsible for implementing CCP policy toward Taiwan, including through what the Taiwan government and independent scholars have described as organized influence operations targeting civil society, media, and youth — and Shenzhen Press Association chair and Shenzhen Press Group (深圳報業集團) chair Ting Shih-chao (丁時照). Corporate visits included Tencent (騰訊), where the delegation toured exhibition facilities showcasing WeChat’s 1.37 billion combined users and an AI-powered digital recreation of the Dunhuang cave library; edge AI firm Intellifusion (雲天勵飛); and electric vehicle manufacturer BYD (比亞迪). Media visits included the Shenzhen Broadcasting Group (深圳廣電集團) and Shenzhen Press Group (深圳報業集團). A lunch hosted by Shenzhen propaganda office head Chang Ling (張玲) included screenings of promotional videos describing Shenzhen’s development through the lens of Xi Jinping’s ideological slogans. In Beijing, the delegation attended a forum at the ACJA on the theme “The Impact of New Technology on New Media,” at which representatives of the People’s Daily (人民日報), Xinhua AI subsidiary Xinhua Zhiyun (新華智雲), and the CCP-run media conglomerate China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), which is operated by the Central Propaganda Department, participated alongside Taiwanese counterparts. Also participating were iQIYI (愛奇藝), China Renmin University professor Song Jianwu (宋建武), and Meituan (美團). On September 23, the delegation was received by Taiwan Affairs Office deputy director Wu Xi (吳壐), who urged Taiwanese media to “introduce a true mainland to Taiwan’s people” and attributed limits on cross-strait ties to the Democratic Progressive Party — language consistent with the TAO’s documented mandate to shape Taiwanese public opinion toward Beijing’s preferred framing of cross-strait relations.