Nanfang Media Group signed an MoU with Singapore Press Holding (SPH) Chinese Media Group at the annual meeting of the Singapore-Guangdong Collaboration Council on November 15th, with the aim of sharing more stories fromthe two places regarding the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) through a wider range of joint projects.

Encouraged by the Singapore-Guangdong Collaboration Council, the partnership between Nanfang, one of the biggest media groups based in Guangdong, and SPH Chinese Media Group, the biggest Chinese media group in Singapore, started in 2018.

Over the past two years, the two media groups have been devoted to communication between Guangdong and Singapore and organized a variety of joint projects that invited government officials, journalists and individuals to share stories relating to the two places.

Earlier in September, Nanfang Media Group invited journalists of Southeast Asian media including Lianhe Zaobao and the Straits Times, the two subsidiaries of SPH, to attend a media tour of major GBA cities. The project enabled journalists to experience authentic Lingnan culture and gain knowledge about how enterprises in the Bay Area are working more closely thanks to a variety of advantageous policies.

The two media groups jointly held the China (Guangdong)-Singapore Media and Culture Exchange Week in Singapore on June 6th, featuring a range of on and offline activities aimed at increasing mutual communication.

Nanfang Media Group's Newsgd.com and SPH Chinese Media Group's Zaobao.com also published a special report entitled ‘A Singaporean take on Guangdong’ during the exchange week. Click for the full report

Han Yonghong, associate editor of Lianhe Zaobao, gave a speech at the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road China (Guangdong) International Communication Forum.

Journalists of SPH Chinese Media Group are frequently invited to major forums in Guangdong.

In the future, Nanfang Media Group and SPH Chinese Media Group will push forward more diverse projects and involve a wider range of audiences into the conversation. They also plan to launch a joint column where audiences can obtain the most up-to-date business news, policy change infarction and stories that are related to Singapore and Guangdong.

Reported by Jasmine

Edited by Wing, Simon