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Ukraine
The National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine is a constitutional, permanently operating regulatory authority that supervises Ukraine's television and radio broadcasting sector. The Council operates under the framework established by Ukraine's Law on Television and Radio Broadcasting of December 21, 1993. The Council consists of eight members—four appointed by the Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) and four b…
China, Iran
On March 9, 2025, the Tehran Times reported on Iranian journalists participating in a group interview with Guangdong delegates to China's National People's Congress, organized by the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會). ACJA representatives acknowledged that "exchange and cooperation between ACJA and Iranian journalists organization is not much, which is not matched with our bilateral political relations as well as the economic cooperation." The organization expressed interest in "media delegation visits, joint interviews or cov…
Ukraine
From February 8-17, 2017, Tian Jin (田進), Deputy Director of China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (國家新聞出版廣電總局), led a Chinese broadcasting delegation to Ukraine, the UK, and Romania to strengthen bilateral media cooperation. The delegation signed a cooperation memorandum with Ukraine's National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting and a letter of intent with Ukraine's National Broadcasting and Television Committee. The visit resulted in nine specific agreements covering joint productions, journalist exchanges, program broadcastin…
Brazil, Cambodia, China, Indonesia
The "Walking China, Reporting China" (行走中國·報道中國) 2024 overseas Chinese media tour of Jiangxi Province took place October 13-19, 2024, bringing together 22 senior journalists and editors from 18 countries across five continents. The event was jointly organized by the China News Service (中國新聞社), the World Chinese Media Cooperation Union (世界華文媒體合作聯盟), and the Jiangxi International Communication Center (江西國際傳播中心). Participating media included Romania's European Overseas Chinese News (歐洲僑報), Egypt's China Weekly (中國週報), Cambodia's Chinese Daily (柬華日報), In…
Spain
On July 27, 2024, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), or CMG, and Spain's Mediapro Group (梅迪播集團) signed a cooperation memorandum in Barcelona covering media resource sharing, audiovisual program production, and innovative technology applications. CMG Director Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), who also serves as deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Co…
Laos
Xinhua News Agency (新華通訊社) and the Lao Chinese Chamber of Commerce (老撾中華總商會) held a media equipment donation ceremony at the Lao Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism on October 10, 2024. According to the original Chinese source, officials stated the donation was part of implementing outcomes from the second "Belt and Road Laos-China Cooperation Forum" (一帶一路老中合作論壇), which was held in December 2023. Xinhua Asia-Pacific Deputy Director Zhang Chongfang (張崇防) and Laos' Deputy Minister of Information Phos…
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…
Laos
On November 21, 2023, China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) held an event with Laos's Ministry of Technology and Communications to celebrate the launch of its multimedia cultural program "Chinese Style" (中國風) in Luang Prabang, the UNESCO World Heritage city in northern Laos. Hu Jinjun (胡勁軍), deputy director of China Media Group, and a deputy governor of Luang Prabang Province attended the ceremony and delivered speeches. China Media Group, which encompasses China Central Television (CCTV), was established in 2018 under the direct con…
Argentina, China
The Argentina Chinese Network (阿根廷華人網), founded by Liu Fangyong (劉芳勇) and others in 2011, received a membership certificate from the Global Chinese Media Cooperation Union (世界華文媒體合作聯盟) in October 2023 during the 11th World Chinese Media Forum in Chengdu, Sichuan, officially becoming an institutional member with certificate number MSA010. The Global Chinese Media Cooperation Union is operated by the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department (UFWD)
India
India announced plans to host Chinese startup DeepSeek's (深度求索) AI models on its servers to evaluate security and safety parameters, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in January 2025. Under the IndiaAI Mission, which has a budget of Rs 10,372 crore ($12.1 billion), the government is procuring 18,693 GPUs to provide "affordable compute" facilities…
Italy
In 2011, the bilingual magazine Cina in Italia (世界中国), based in Rome, was accredited by China News Service as a foreign edition of China Newsweek (中国新闻周刊). Founded in 2001 by Chinese journalist Hu Lanbo (胡蘭波), Cina in Italia initially served Chinese communities in Italy before becoming bilingual in 2007 to bridge Chinese and Italian cultures. China News Service (CNS), which publishes China Newsweek, became part of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) in 2018 when its former host organization, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, was absorbe…
Cambodia
On June 2, 2024, Cambodia's Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) and China's Xinhua News Agency (新華社) agreed to deepen their existing cooperation, with Xinhua pledging technical assistance to build AKP's capacity. The bilateral meeting between AKP Director General Sokmom Nimul and visiting Xinhua Editor-in-Chief Lyu Yansong (吕岩松) emphasized the importance of strengthening media cooperation between the two countries. During the discussions, the AKP director general sought Xinhua's assistance in building AKP's capacity through experience sharing and a training programme, describing Xinhua's support as "a model of good friendship between Cambodia and China," a…
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…
Japan
On February 18, 2025, in Tokyo, Xinhua News Agency and China's embassy to Japan co-hosted a media and think tank dialogue that brought together approximately 160 Chinese and Japanese representatives. Xinhua News Agency President Fu Hua (傅華) emphasized China and Japan's "profound historical and cultural roots" and the "great potential for people-to-people and cultural exchanges," while Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Jianghao (吳江浩) noted that Sino-Japanese relations were at a "critical period of improvement and development" despite "serious disagreements and differences that need to be properly managed." A…
Thailand
On January 17, 2025, a Sino-Thai media cooperation forum titled "Our Golden Friendship: Joining Hands to Build a China-Thailand Community with a Shared Future Media and Think Tank Dialogue" (我们金色的友谊：携手构建中泰命运共同体媒体智库对话会) was held in Bangkok, bringing together journalists, media specialists, and think tank researchers from both countries to discuss what they characterized as the responsibility of media and think tanks in both countries to "promote mutual trust and cooperation" as China-Thailand relations approach their 50th anniversary in 2025. Former Thai Deputy Prime Minister Pinit Jarusombat (披尼) emphasized the importance of leveraging …
