China Media Group
中央广播电视总台
TypeState-owned enterprise
IndustryState media
Predecessors
Founded21 March 2018; 4 years ago (2018-03-21)
HeadquartersChina Media Group Headquarters,
Beijing
,
China
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Shen Haixiong
(President)
OwnerChinese Communist Party
Government of the People's Republic of China
ParentPublicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party
State Council of the People's Republic of China
Divisions
China Media Group
Simplified Chinese中央广播电视总台
Traditional Chinese中央廣播電視總台
Literal meaningCentral Radio and Television Station
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese中国之声
Traditional Chinese中國之聲
Literal meaningVoice of China

China Media Group (Chinese: 中央广播电视总台; lit. Central Radio-Television General Station)[1][2] also known as Voice of China,[3][4][5] is the predominant state media company by means of radio and television broadcasting in the People's Republic of China. It was founded on 21 March 2018 as a fusion of all state-holding media enterprises including China Central Television[note 1], China National Radio, and China Radio International.[6] China Media Group is under the control of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.[7][8]

History

Further information: Propaganda in China and Chinese information operations and information warfare
A Z-9WA news helicopter of CMG
A Z-9WA news helicopter of CMG

On 21 March 2018, the Government of the People's Republic of China announced that China Central Television, China National Radio and China Radio International was officially renamed to become China Media Group, after the first session of the 13th National People's Congress. That same day, Shen Haixiong, was officially named President of China Media Group.[9]

CMG was created to serve as the holding company of the People's Republic's national and international radio and television broadcasting services, which link millions of Chinese in the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau and in Taiwan and expatriates abroad.

In 2020, several of CMG's assets, particularly China Global Television Network and China Radio International, were designated as foreign missions by the United States Department of State.[10][11]

List of presidents

No. Name Took office Left office Notes
1 Shen Haixiong 21 March 2018 Incumbent [12][13]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ includes China Global Television Network

References

  1. ^ "Trailer of Media Leaders Summit for Asia". China Radio International. 8 April 2018. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. ^ "China Hosts Media Leaders for Asia Summit". MENAFN.com. 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. ^ Stone, Curtis (22 March 2018). "World needs a better understanding of China, "Voice of China" can help". People's Daily. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. ^ Kuo, Lily (21 March 2018). "China state media merger to create propaganda giant". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. ^ Jiang, Steven (21 March 2018). "Beijing has a new propaganda weapon: Voice of China". CNN. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  6. ^ 中共中央印发《深化党和国家机构改革方案》 (in Chinese (China)). NetEase. Xinhua News Agency. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  7. ^ Bandurski, David (February 12, 2021). "All This Talk of Independence". China Media Project. Retrieved February 22, 2021.((cite news)): CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Buckley, Chris (2018-03-21). "China Gives Communist Party More Control Over Policy and Media". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  9. ^ 慎海雄任中央广播电视总台台长. NetEase (in Chinese (China)). China Central Television. 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  10. ^ Jakes, Lara; Myers, Steven Lee (2020-02-18). "U.S. Designates China's Official Media as Operatives of the Communist State". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  11. ^ Naranjo, Jesse. "U.S. to treat 5 Chinese media firms as 'foreign missions'". POLITICO. Archived from the original on 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  12. ^ 重磅｜中央广播电视总台成立，慎海雄担任首任台长 (in Simplified Chinese). China National Radio. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  13. ^ 国务院任免国家工作人员 (in Simplified Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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