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China, Italy
On February 2, 2026, Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli signed a film co-production agreement in Beijing with Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), president of China Media Group and a deputy director of the Central Propaganda Department. The agreement aims to facilitate joint film productions between Italian and Chinese companies, allowing co-produced works to qualify as domestic content in both countries, which might allow Italian co-productions to bypass…
El Salvador
On September 27, 2024, the state-funded Diario El Salvador and China’s Xinhua News Agency formally presented a joint publication titled "Reportajes de encuentros: la relación China-El Salvador" (Encounter Reports: The China-El Salvador Relationship). A related promotion appeared on Diario El Salvador's Instagram account. The presentation took place at the editorial offices of Diario El Salvador and was attended by its editorial director, Luis Laínez. The compendium features reports from Salvadoran journalists who traveled to China, alongside Xinhua content tra…
China, El Salvador
In March 2026, the PRC invited a select group of Salvadoran journalists, primarily from state-aligned outlets, to cover the annual "Two Sessions" political event in Beijing. Such invitations generally include all-expenses-paid travel and "capacity building" workshops that emphasize the successes of the Chinese socialist model. By providing exclusive access to high-level political meetings, the PRC ensures that the resulting coverage in El Salvador mirrors the official Chinese perspective on sensitive topics like the "One China" principle and Chinese investments and infrastructure suppor…
Canada, China
China Media Group (中央广播电视总台), the state-run media conglomerate directly under the Central Propaganda Department, signed a cooperation agreement with Destination Canada on January 15 during Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's official visit to China. CMG Director Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), who also serves as deputy head of the Central Propaganda Department, and Canadian Ambassador to China Jennifer May signed the memorand…
Zimbabwe
The 2025 Zimbabwe-China Film Festival opened in Harare on August 5, attended by Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding (周鼎) and over 200 officials and diplomatic representatives. The festival, co-hosted by the Chinese Embassy, China's National Film Administration, and Zimbabwe's Ministry of Sport, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, featured four Chinese films, including Panda Plan, YOLO, The Captain, and Red Sea Operation. Ambassador Zhou emphasized that the festival demonstrated China's "Glo…
China, Russia
On February 3, 2026, a delegation of junior journalists organized by Home and Abroad News Press visited the Russian Cultural Center in Beijing (北京俄罗斯文化中心) to interview director Tatiana Urzhumtseva, the Russian embassy counselor also serving as head of the local representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo — an autonomous Russian federal government agency under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and cultural exchange. Rossotrudnichestvo was sanctioned by the European Union in 2022. Urzhumtseva called …
Nepal
On December 3, 2024, the vice president of China Media Group (CMG), Xing Bo (邢博), and a representative from Nepal's Foreign Ministry signed a cooperation memorandum between CMG and Nepal Television in Beijing during Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's official visit to China. The agreement covers content exchange, joint production, personnel exchanges, and technical cooperation, according to Chinese state media. Chinese Premier Li Qiang (李強) and Pri…
China, Thailand
On October 18, 2023, China Media Group (CMG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Thailand's Public Relations Department (民众联络厅) during Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's attendance at the third Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum in Beijing. CMG President Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), who serves as vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party, and Thai Minister of the Prime Minister's Office Pongphet Chunlayadej (庞珮·春拉晔) formalized the partne…
Nauru
On January 24, 2024, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) inaugurated its 192nd overseas bureau in Nauru, coinciding with the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two countries. The ceremony at the Nauru Presidential Office was attended by Nauru's Media Minister Shadlog Bernicke (沙德羅德·貝尼克), who reportedly "welcomed" the Chinese media presence. CMG and Nauru's Media Department (瑙魯媒體部) signed a "cooperation memorandum" that Chinese officials cl…
Bangladesh
On December 9, 2015, China News Service (中國新聞社) Deputy Director and Deputy Editor-in-Chief Xia Chunping (夏春平) signed a cooperation memorandum with Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (孟加拉國國家通訊社) Editor-in-Chief Abul Kalam Azad in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital. The agreement outlined collaboration in news exchange, joint interviews, training programs, and joint promotion of Bridge Era: China Newsweek South Asia Edition (橋時代——中國新聞周刊南亞版) in Bangladesh. Xia stated the partnership would "strengthen interconnection" between Chinese and Bangladeshi media under the Belt and Road…
Thailand
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (李克強) published a signed article in five Thai newspapers on November 2, 2019, ahead of attending East Asian cooperation leaders' meetings in Bangkok. The piece appeared in Matichon, Khaosod, Prachachat, Bangkok Post and Sing Sian Rit Pao (星暹日報). Li's article discussed China-ASEAN economic ties, noting China had been ASEAN's largest trading partner for ten consecutive years while ASEAN became China's second-largest trading partner in 2019. He mentioned ongoing South China Sea negotiations and highlighted the upcomin…
France, Switzerland
On October 23, 2023, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, and the Paris 2024 Olympic Organizing Committee signed a cooperation memorandum in Paris regarding broadcasting the Olympics and related media promotion programs. The agreement outlined CMG's role as a host broadcaster, deploying over 2,000 personnel to produce international broadcast signals for gymnastics, table tennis, badminton, and sport climbing using "5G+4K/8K+AI" technology. CMG President Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), and Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet signed the memorandum. The agreement also covered promotional programming and "telling the …
France
On October 24, 2024, the Chinese Communist Party-run China Media Group (CMG) signed several co-production deals for film and television projects with France. According to Chinese state media coverage, the deals marked the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. CMG President Shen Haixiong (沈海雄) emphasized in related remarks that the projects would "provide a stronger bridge" for the two nations' peoples. During the ceremony, CMG signed a cooperation memorandum with French TV network TV5MONDE for a series of short films dep…
China, Egypt, Mauritania, Palestine
The 7th China-Arab States Broadcasting and Television Cooperation Forum was held in Chongqing from November 4 to 6, 2025. The event, co-hosted by China's National Radio and Television Administration (中國國家廣播電視總局), or NRTA, the People's Government of Chongqing Municipality (重慶市人民政府), the Arab League Secretariat, and the Arab States Broadcasting Union, brought together representatives from China and Arab nations, including officials from Palestine's Broadcasting Authority, Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR), and Mauritania's High Authority for Press and Audiovisual (Haute Autorité de la Presse et d…
Myanmar
On December 7, 2024, the state-owned China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) unveiled its new series China Walk (漫步中國). A co-production between CMG and the official Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV), the show is scheduled to air on Myanmar's major TV networks. People's Daily reported that the program would provide "people of both countries to learn about the cultures and customs and have a better understanding of each other" by taking viewers to tea villages in Yunnan. The series explicitly promotes the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Xi Jinping's signature infrast…
China, Peru
On November 14, 2024, during Xi Jinping's state visit to Peru alongside the 31st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting — an annual summit of 21 Asia-Pacific economies — in Lima, China Media Group president Shen Haixiong (慎海雄) signed a memorandum of understanding with Fabricio Valencia Gibaja, Peru's minister of culture, at the Presid…
Spain
On July 29, 2024, the China Media Group (CMG) hosted a cultural exchange event in Madrid titled "China's deepening reform in the new era" as part of Beijing's broader effort to shape international media narratives following the Third Plenum – a gathering of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party traditionally focused on economic policy. Speakers included Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), CMG president; José Luis Centella, president of the Communist Party of Spain; and Yao Jing (姚敬), Ch…
South Africa
On July 19, 2018, Xinhua News Agency (新华通讯社) and South Africa's Independent Media co-hosted the 3rd BRICS Media Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. According to Xinhua sources, the event reportedly attracted attendance from 48 mainstream media organizations from the five BRICS countries and African nations, though Independent Online confirmed "38 mainstream media organisations from the BRICS bloc as well as African countries" attended.…
El Salvador
On April 29, 2021, the state-funded newspaper Diario El Salvador published an extensive interview with the Chinese Ambassador to El Salvador, Ou Jianhong (欧箭虹). In the interview, the ambassador characterized the bilateral relationship as having "consolidated" following President Nayib Bukele’s 2019 state visit to China. She utilized the platform to push several key PRC strategic narratives: dismissing concerns of "secret agreements" by emphasizing transparency, highlighting record-breaking Salvadoran sugar exports to China (up 105.7 percent in 2020), and fr…
China, Vietnam
A delegation of Vietnamese mainstream news media organizations held talks with the Fujian International Communication Center (福建國際傳播中心) in Fuzhou on June 11, 2026. The Fujian International Communication Center was established on June 21, 2023, under the direction of the propaganda office of the Fujian CCP Committee and is operated by Fujian Media Group (福建省廣播影視集團). Lai Han (賴晗), general manager of Fujian New Era International Communication Center Co., Ltd. (福建新時代國際傳播中心有限公司), attended and spoke at the session, expressing interest in exchanging international communication experience and…
