Entity Type: PRC Media Outlet

Beijing Review (北京週報) is an English-language weekly news magazine launched in Beijing in March 1958 as Peking Review. It is published by the China International Communication Group (中國外文出版發行事業局), or CICG, which official sources describe as an “international communication institution” responsible for the “external promotion tasks of the Party and state” (承擔黨和國家對外宣介任務). CICG is an institution directly under the CCP Central Committee. Under a 2021 restructuring of CICG, the magazine’s publisher also became the group’s Americas Communication Center (中國外文局美洲傳播中心). Alongside the print edition, Beijing Review runs online editions in several languages, including the German-language [Beijing Rundschau](http://german.beijingreview.com.cn/International/mindex2.html). In October 2020, the US State Department designated the US operations of Beijing Review and five other Chinese outlets as “foreign missions.” A [department spokesperson said](https://www.upi.com/TopNews/US/2020/10/22/US-designates-6-more-Chinese-media-firms-as-foreign-missions/9871603352352/) the designation recognized the outlets as “PRC-controlled propaganda outlets.” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian (趙立堅) responded that the move revealed “the hypocrisy of the United States’ self-proclaimed ‘freedom of the press.’”

Founded in January 1987, China Petroleum Daily (中國石油報) is a national newspaper covering China’s oil and gas industry. The paper is wholly owned by China National Petroleum Corporation (中國石油天然氣集團有限公司), or CNPC, China’s largest state-owned oil and gas company, according to China’s business registry. In a report on a 2024 Lunar New Year event it organized, the paper said it aimed to “tell China’s oil story well” (講好中國石油故事). The phrase echoes “telling China’s story well,” the directive Xi Jinping introduced in 2013 to strengthen external propaganda. In the same report, the paper claimed to operate 11 overseas social media accounts with more than 20.15 million total views. In September 2026, it took part in the China-Kazakhstan Media Roundtable in Almaty, co-organized by the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會).

Heilongjiang Daily Press Group (黑龍江日報報業集團) is the largest newspaper conglomerate in Heilongjiang province, built around its flagship paper, Heilongjiang Daily (黑龍江日報), the official organ of the Chinese Communist Party’s Heilongjiang Provincial Committee. The paper was founded on December 1, 1945, in Bei’an through the merger of several wartime provincial newspapers, according to the group’s official history. China’s Central Propaganda Department approved formation of the press group on June 14, 2002, and the former State Press and Publication Administration approved it on June 20 that year, designating it a national pilot unit for provincial press-group formation. Under Party secretary and president Zhang Chunjiao (張春嬌), the group led formation of the Heilongjiang Northeast Asia International Communication Center in February 2024 as part of a stated “link south, open north” (南聯北開) outbound communication strategy.

Inner Mongolia Daily (內蒙古日報) is the official party newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Committee, published in separate Chinese and Mongolian-language editions. According to the newspaper’s own 2025 social responsibility report, the paper was first published on January 1, 1948, and describes itself as the earliest provincial-level party newspaper founded in one of China’s ethnic minority regions. The same report states the paper operates under the direct leadership of the regional party propaganda office and organizes its content around the promotion of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s political theory and the concept of “forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation” (鑄牢中華民族共同體意識). The paper operates a multi-platform outreach effort branded “Solonga” (索倫嘎) aimed at audiences in Mongolia and Russia, and led the launch of the Inner Mongolia International Communication Center in 2026, a state propaganda initiative named as a priority in the regional party committee’s 15th Five-Year Plan.

Global Times (環球時報) is a tabloid newspaper founded on January 13, 1993, under the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party. Under its previous editor-in-chief, Hu Xijin (胡錫進), who led the tabloid from 2005 until December 2021, the Global Times became known for its often inflammatory commentaries on global affairs, which The Guardian at the time of Hu’s exit referred to as an “endless stream of quotable insults and invective.” Hu’s departure in December 2021 came amid speculation that the central leadership sought to impose stronger “political guidance” (政治導向) on the publication. The outlet remains more bellicose and nationalistic in its tone than most other “mainstream” CCP media, and sometimes seems to have more latitude to serve this attack dog role. Originally styled as a weekly titled Global Digest (環球文萃), the Global Times was given its present name in 1997, gradually increasing frequency until it became a daily in 2006. In 2009, it officially launched its English-language website. In its 2012 “About Us” page, the newspaper claimed to have over 500 correspondents in more than 120 countries and a circulation exceeding 2.4 million copies per issue. 

Haiwainet officially launched on November 6, 2012, as the official website and new media platform of the overseas edition of the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily (人民日報). The overseas edition of People’s Daily was first published on July 1, 1985. Haiwainet was established through Haiqiao (Beijing) Cultural Media Co., Ltd., which was founded on August 27, 2012, and later renamed to Haiwainet Media Co., Ltd. on March 1, 2014. In March 2018, allegations emerged suggesting connections between Haiwainet and All America TV Station in Pasadena, with claims they operated as “one team under two brands.” Haiwainet denied these allegations, stating it had “no relationship” with either All America TV Station or its executive director Zhang Huijun (張慧君). Seattle-based AAT Television Corporation (亞美衛視) also distanced itself from All America TV Station.