China Media Group

"Voice of China" redirects here. For other uses, see Voice of China (disambiguation).

China Media Group
中央广播电视总台

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File:CCTV tower from entrance - panoramio.jpg China Central Television former headquarters, now China Media Group headquarters
Type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	State media
Predecessors	China Central Television China National Radio China Radio International
Founded	21 March 2018 (2018-03-21)
Headquarters	China Media Group Headquarters, Beijing, 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
Divisions	CCTV CNR CGTN CRI

China Media Group
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 General Station
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngyāng Guǎngbō Diànshì Zǒngtaí
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中国之声
Traditional Chinese	中國之聲
Literal meaning	Voice of China
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Zhīshēng

China Media Group (Chinese: 中央广播电视总台; lit. Central Radio and Television General Station) also known as Voice of China, 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, China National Radio, and China Radio International. China Media Group is under the direct control of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

History

Further information: Propaganda in China and Chinese information operations and information warfare

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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.

During the 2018 party and government reform in China, CMG was created to serve as a unified holding company of the People's Republic's national and international radio and television broadcasting services.

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.

List of presidents

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
1	Shen Haixiong	21 March 2018	Incumbent

See also

• Mass media in China
• National Radio and Television Administration
• Xinhua News Agency