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Egypt
On July 30, 2024, the Arab League (阿拉伯國家聯盟) and China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on documentary archives, content production, media technology, and personnel exchanges, expanding China's media footprint across Arab nations. The two organizations planned to produce a documentary for the 20th anniversary of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, scheduled to premiere at the 2026 China-Arab Summit. Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), deputy head of the CPC Central Committee Publicity Depar…
China, Vietnam
China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) and Vietnam Television (越南電視台) signed a cooperation memorandum on August 19, 2024, during Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary and President To Lam's (蘇林) state visit to China. Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and To Lam witnessed the signing. The agreement outlines plans for content exchange, joint productions, and technical cooperation. State media claims this will "contribute to the foundation of public suppo…
Brazil
On November 20, 2024, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) launched a Portuguese version of "Quotable Quotes by Xi" Season 3 in Brasília during President Xi Jinping's state visit to Brazil. The show, which features Chinese poetry and sayings quoted in Xi's speeches, claims to present his "political wisdom" (政治智慧) and "cultural sentiment" while promoting concepts like "community of shared future for mankind" (人類命運共同體). Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, who also serves as Brazil's Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, attended the launch, where Deputy Direct…
Cambodia
China and Cambodia held a Mid-Autumn Festival cultural gala on September 28, 2025, in Phnom Penh, featuring performances by artists from both countries. The event, drawing on Chinese Communist Party frame of “friendship” (友谊), was titled “Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon: Deep Neighborly Affection.” It was organized by Cambodia’s Ministry of Information, Ministry of Tourism, China’s embassy in Cambodia, and Yunnan province’s propaganda office (中共雲南省委宣傳部), as part of the China-Cambodia Tourism Year. Ch…
Kazakhstan
On May 29, 2025, in Astana, Kazakhstan, China's People's Daily and the Kazakh Presidential Radio and Television Administration jointly hosted the 2025 China-Central Asia Media Cooperation Forum, with over 200 media representatives, officials, experts and business representatives attending from China and Central Asian countries. According to official coverage from Chinese state media, the forum prioritized "building a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future" (中亚命运共同体), with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sending a congratulatory letter praising China's Belt and Road Initiative (一带一路) as winning "wide recognition from the international community." Chinese o…
Russia
On May 16, 2024, Aleksandr Zharov, CEO of Gazprom-Media Holding, and Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), President of China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), signed a media cooperation agreement in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The ceremony coincided with the 75th anniversary of China-Russia diplomatic relations and the China-Russia Year of Culture. Zharov stated that "the friendship between Russ…
Senegal
On December 15, 2025, the Chinese Ambassador to Senegal published a signed article in Senegalese newspapers Le Soleil and Le Quotidien, promoting the "Initiative on Cooperation Supporting Modernization in Africa," a joint framework launched by China and South Africa at the November 22, 2025, G20 summit in Joh…
Indonesia
On May 25, 2025, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) and Indonesia's Antara News Agency (安塔拉通訊社) signed a cooperation memorandum during Chinese Premier Li Qiang's (李強) official visit to Indonesia. The agreement, witnessed by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Premier Li, was part of eight bilateral cooperation deals signed between the two governments. The memorandum establishes cooperation in content exchange, joint production, technical exchanges, and personnel excha…
Senegal
On December 15, 2015, the Chinese Embassy in Senegal hosted a media symposium focusing on "The Role of Media in China-Senegal Cooperation." Over 20 journalists from major Senegalese media outlets, including the national television station, state news agency, Future Media television, and official newspapers Le Soleil and Le Quotidien, along with Chinese news agencies such as Xinhua News Agency, China Radio International, and Economic Daily, attended the event. Ambassador Zha…
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), Bangladesh's national news agency, signed cooperation agreements with Xinhua News Agency (新華社) and China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) on July 10, 2024, during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's state visit to China. BSS Managing Director and Chief Editor Abul Kalam Azad signed memorandums that officials said would "extend beneficial cooperation" in news and information exchange. The agencies reported they would conduct "multilevel and wide-ranging cooperation," including "personal exchanges, training, and seminars" for journalists and technical experts. The agreements call…
Portugal
In September 2023, Macau Daily News (澳門日報) signed a cooperation agreement with Portugal's Global Media Group. Under the agreement, Macau Daily News launched a special section titled "A Window into Chinese Culture" (中國文化之窗) in the group's newspaper, Diário de Notícias, with the first installment published on September 28, 2023. Macau, a former Portuguese colony that was returned to Chinese soverei…
Cambodia
China's National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (國家廣播電視總局) and Cambodia's Ministry of Information signed an action plan (2025-2026) for broadcasting cooperation during President Xi Jinping's (習近平) state visit to Cambodia on April 17. The plan outlines 13 collaborative projects spanning audiovisual policy communication, personnel exchanges, and content and technology industry coo…
Bangladesh
On July 10, 2024, during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official visit to China, China's National Radio and Television Administration Director Cao Shumin (曹淑敏) signed a cooperation agreement with Bangladesh's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, represented by Bangladesh Television Director Mahmud Jahangir Alam. The signing was witnessed by both countries' prime ministers, Li Qiang (李強) and Sheikh Hasina. The agreement establishes cooperation covering policy communication, program exchanges, joint production, personnel training, and technical collaboration in b…
China, Solomon Islands
Media professionals from the Solomon Islands participated in a two-week seminar on "Full-Media Communication for Belt and Road Countries" (一帶一路國家全媒體傳播研修班) in China from June 6-19, 2025, according to a Solomon Islands Ministry of Rural Development press release. The program was organized by the Research and Training Institute of the National Radio and Television Administration (國家廣播電視總局研究培訓中心), which is controlled by the Chinese Communi…
Chile
The Sichuan International Communication Center (四川國際傳播中心), operated by the Sichuan Daily Press Group (四川日報報業集團), hosted the signing of a news exchange agreement with Chile's Radio Cooperativa on August 29, 2024, during the 2024 "Belt and Road" Media Cooperation Forum in Chengdu. The center, which claimed to reach "more than 20 million overseas users," describes itself as a "key provincial professional institution" under Sichuan's five-year plan for international communications. Radio Cooperati…
Malaysia
The Sichuan International Communication Center (四川國際傳播中心), or SICC, a provincial-level international communication body launched in March 2022, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (馬來西亞旅遊業協會) in Kuala Lumpur. The agreement, announced on May 27, 2026, covers resource co-development, joint promotional activities, tourist referrals, service coordination, and policy innovation, with the stated aim of raising the international profile of both destinations and promoting people-to-people exchange. The Sichuan center cited the bilateral …
Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Russia, South Korea, Thailand
China Media Group (中央广播电视总台), also known as CMG, the state-run media conglomerate directly under the Central Propaganda Department, launched a distribution initiative on October 25 showcasing Chinese television programs across Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation member economies. The programming rollout, running through December 2025, coincided with Chinese President Xi Jinping's attendance at the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, from October 30 to November 1, 2025. More than ten CMG productions, including a documentary series on Xi Jinping and C…
Kenya
China's National Radio and Television Administration (國家廣播電視總局) and StarTimes Media Kenya signed a media cooperation agreement in Nairobi on July 1, 2024. NRTA Deputy Director Dong Xin (董新), who previously served as China Mobile CEO before his appointment to the media regulator in January 2024, said the deal would "help build bridges of friendship and mutual understanding" through content sharing, according to state media. The event launched "China TV Theat…
Portugal
On June 2, 2016, the People's Daily (人民日報), China's official Communist Party newspaper, signed a cooperation agreement with Portugal's national news agency Lusa in Beijing. Yang Zhenwu (楊振武), who served as president of People's Daily from April 2014 to April 2018, and Teresa Marques, then president of Lusa's Administrative Council, attended the signing ceremony. The agreement was
China, United Arab Emirates
On May 30, 2024, in Beijing, China's National Radio and Television Administration (国家广播电视总局) and the United Arab Emirates Media Council signed a memorandum of understanding, witnessed by Chinese President Xi Jinping (习近平) and visiting UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The agreement, signed by NRTA Director Cao Shumin (曹淑敏) and UAE National Media Office Director Abdullah, purportedly establishes cooperation in policy communication, content collaboration, program exchanges, personnel exchanges, technology applications, and industry development. According to the Chine…
