China Central Television former headquarters, now China Media Group headquarters | |||||
Type | State-owned enterprise | ||||
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Industry | State media | ||||
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Founded | 21 March 2018 | ||||
Headquarters | China Media Group Headquarters, , China | ||||
Area served | Worldwide | ||||
Key people | Shen Haixiong (President) | ||||
Owner | Chinese Communist Party Government of the People's Republic of China | ||||
Parent | Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party State Council of the People's Republic of China | ||||
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China Media Group | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 中央广播电视总台 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中央廣播電視總台 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Central Radio and Television Station | ||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中国之声 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中國之聲 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Voice of China | ||||||
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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]
Further information: Propaganda in China and Chinese information operations and information warfare |
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]
No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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1 | Shen Haixiong | 21 March 2018 | Incumbent | [12][13] |