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Bulgaria
On June 4, 2025, the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) and the China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) signed a cooperation agreement in Beijing. According to BRN, the deal encompasses the exchange of news, music, and digital media content, as well as radio programs and information in the fields of culture and tourism, and the joint implementation of media projects — though the announcement made no mention of what this would entail. The China Media Group operates more than 40 television channels and 17 radio frequency bands, and broadcasts in several languages,
China, Malaysia
On November 5, 2024, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) during Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's four-day working visit to China. Both countries' prime ministers witnessed the document exchange ceremony. The agreement establishes a routine cooperation mechanism between the two mainstream media organizations, focusing on content sharing, joint program production, and personnel exchanges. This partnership aims to expand cultural communication channels and contribute to the developm…
China, France
On October 25, 2023, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) and Agence France-Presse (AFP) signed a cooperation agreement in Paris. The agreement aimed to "strengthen cooperation in new media, artificial intelligence and other aspects" by leveraging the 2024 Paris Olympics broadcast. Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), CMG's President, said that this cooperation was among CMG's priorities in 2023. During Shen’s trip to Europe, he also signed Olympic broadcasting agreements with the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee on October 23 …
Hong Kong
On September 18, 2025, the state-run Guangxi Radio and Television (廣西廣播電視台) and Hong Kong public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (香港電台) signed a strategic memorandum of understanding regarding "program resources and talent exchange." Held at the Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center (南寧國際會展中心) during the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo (中國—東盟博覽會), the deal aimed to "tell China’s story well" to ASEAN nations, according to state media reports. This move directly echoed official external propaganda policies of the Chinese Communist Party leadership. The signing was witnessed by the National Radio and Television Administration (國家廣播電視總局), a…
China
On 26 June 2019, China Media Group president Shen Haixiong (慎海雄) and Class Editori CEO Paolo Panerai signed a new memorandum of understanding in Beijing. According to Cinitalia, the agreement covered cooperation in TV program co-production, 5G technology, and joint China-Italy media reporting. Both parties reportedly planned to collaborate on coverage of the 2022 Beijing and 2026 Milan Winter Olympics. The state-controlled China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), which incorporates CCTV and numerous radio stations, would work with Class Editori's m…
China, Senegal
On September 4, 2024, Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), deputy head of the Central Propaganda Department and director of China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, signed a memorandum of understanding with Alioune Sall, Senegal's minister of communication, telecommunications, and digital economy, in Beijing. The signing covered cooperation in news exchange, joint program production, personnel training, and technology innovation. The agreement was witnessed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was in Beijing for a state visit coinciding …
Sweden
In October 2016, the People's Daily Overseas Edition (人民日報海外版) signed a cooperation agreement with the Nordic Chinese Times (北歐時報) in Beijing. People's Daily Editorial Board Member and Overseas Edition Editor-in-Chief Wang Shucheng (王樹成) met with Nordic Chinese Times President He Ru (何儒) to reach what they called a "consensus on in-depth cooperation" (深入合作達成共識). Under the agreement, the Nordic Chinese Times would publish four pages of authorized People's Daily content in each issue, with distribution centered in Stockho…
China, Russia
The China-Russia Media Dialogue Forum was held in Beijing on July 31, 2023, bringing together representatives from more than 20 Chinese and Russian media outlets to discuss how to "tell stories of China-Russia friendship in the new era" (講好新時代中俄友好故事). Organized by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the forum featured representatives from Russian state-run outlets including Rossiyskaya Gazeta, TASS, and RT alongside counterparts from the official People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, and the China Media Group (CMG),…
China, Luxembourg, United Kingdom
On December 10, 2020, China Media Group (中國媒體集團) hosted the 2020 European Media Partners Cooperation Online Forum, which the state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) called a “Mutual Trust Dialogue for Win-Win Cooperation.” Representatives from several European countries were reportedly in attendance. The CMG president Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), also a deputy head of the Central Propaganda Department, used the forum to advocate for deeper media cooperation on pandemic coverage. The event featured the launch of
Italy
Italy's state broadcaster RAI and the China Media Group signed a three-year memorandum of understanding on March 22, 2019, during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Rome, establishing a framework for cultural and media cooperation between the two nations. The agreement, finalized at RAI's headquarters on Viale Mazzi…
Thailand
Thai and Chinese journalists established the Thai-Chinese Journalists Association in Bangkok on January 28, 2015, during the 40th anniversary year of Thailand-China diplomatic relations. The organization, comprising Thai journalists and Chinese reporters working in Thailand, stated its mission was "to promote news cooperation and media exchange between Thailand and China, and to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the peoples of both countries." At the inauguration ceremony, China's Ambassador to Thailand, Ning Fukui (寧賦魁), praised Thai media's "fair" coverage of China's …
Algeria
A delegation from People's Daily (人民日報), the Chinese state newspaper, visited the Algerian daily El Moudjahid in June 2024, where staff from both papers discussed historical China-Algeria ties, noting China's early recognition of Algeria's provisional government in December 1958. El Moudjahid CEO Brahim Takheroubte discussed potential collaboration with the Chinese delegation, which included eight senior journalists. Founded in 1948, th…
Brazil
On December 9, 2025, the Chinese Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro held a media dialogue session titled "China's Governance and China-Brazil Cooperation," as reported by People's Daily. Consul General Tian Min (田敏) and consular officials gave presentations explaining the significance of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, a major Communist Party leadership meeting held in October 2025 that adopted recommendations for China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030). The session also ser…
Macau
On September 28, 2025, in Macau, China Media Group (CMG) and the Macau Special Administrative Region signed a framework agreement to "deepen strategic cooperation" in news reporting, talent exchange, international communication and sports events, with Macao SAR Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai (贺一诚) and CMG President Shen Haixiong (慎海雄) attending the ceremony. Officials at the signing ceremony said the partnership would help Macao "enhance its international communication capabilities" (提升国际传播能力) and build the region into an "exchange and cooperation base with Chinese culture as the mainstream." Zheng Xincong (郑新聪), the head of the PRC government's Liaison Office in Macau, described the agreeme…
China, Maldives
China Media Group (中央廣播電視總臺) and Maldives Public Service Media signed a cooperation memorandum in Beijing on January 10, 2024, during Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu's state visit to China. The signing by Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), president of China Media Group and deputy minister of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, and Ibrahim Khaleel, Maldivian Minister at the President's Office for Strategic Communications, was witnessed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Muizzu. The agreement aims to establish "regular cooperation …
Portugal
On April 26, 2021, the Chinese Ambassador to Portugal published a signed article in the Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias titled "Jointly Safeguard the Healthy Development of China-EU Relations" (共同維護中歐關係健康發展). In the article, the ambassador expressed "regret" over the EU sanctions targeting Chinese officials over human rights abuses in Xinjiang, saying that China only imposed…
Italy
In May 2021, Italia News Online, a magazine owned by Atlanis srl, announced a content distribution agreement with China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), China's state broadcaster under direct control of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Propaganda Department. The deal allows Italia News Online to distribute Italian-language productions from CGTN (中國環球電視網), CMG's international English-language news channel, through its website and social media channels. According to the announcement, the content focuses on promoting cultural and socio-economic exchanges between Italy and China. …
Nicaragua
On February 22, 2022, Nicaragua's Council of Communication and Citizenship (傳播與公民委員會) signed a collaboration agreement with China Media Group (中國媒體集團) to co-create a "Chinese Theater" (中國劇場) programming block for broadcast on Canal 6 (第六頻道), the Ortega government's flagship state television channel, in a media system that has drawn frequent international criticism for its "favorable government treatment of their businesses and po…
Belgium
On September 20, 2015, the EU Reporter publisher Colin Stevens signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing with Yang Zhenwu (楊振武), president of the People's Daily (人民日報), the Chinese Communist Party's flagship newspaper. The two sides agreed to exchange news, features, and video content and to build working relationships between staff in Brussels and Beijing. The signing took place during a People's Daily-organized "One Belt One Road" (一帶一路) media conference, at which the EU Reporter was described as the only Western European outlet among approximately 60 invited media organizations. …
Italy
The China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian foundation Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 on June 23, 2025, to become a rights-holding broadcaster for the Winter Olympic Games in Milano area in February 2026. The state-run media group, directly under the CCP's Central Propaganda Department, will collaborate on news coverage, program production, and promotional campaigns ahead of and during the Games. CGTN, the Chinese group's international broadcasting arm, reported that the agreement includes integrating artificial i…
