Recently, Nanfang Media Group successively signed cooperation agreements with eight media outlets in Thailand and Malaysia, including Asia News Time, Chinese Headline New Media Thailand, TAIGUO.COM, Kwong Wah Yit Poh, Oriental Daily News, United Daily News, The Sun and Malay Mail.
According to the strategic cooperation framework agreements, GDToday of Nanfang Media Group, as the main platform for Guangdong's international communication, will conduct comprehensive cooperation with the eight media outlets, including joint interviews and content production in both Chinese and English, platform cooperation, and jointly organizing various online and offline international activities.
"We should also forge a deeper cooperation on content creating and exchange activities around opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative and ASEAN, cooperation between Guangdong and ASEAN countries and the stories of overseas Chinese in Malaysia and Thailand." said Huang Can, Vice President and Deputy Editor in Chief of Nanfang Media Group.
Huang also hoped to better introduce the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and Guangdong to the world, jointly tell the stories of the GBA and Guangdong, as well as stories regarding Guangdong-Thailand cooperation and Guangdong-Malaysia cooperation through the agreements.
Zhang Zhu, Deputy General Manager of Asia News Time, noted that the main media in Thailand and Guangdong Province should enhance cooperation on the report about the Belt and Road Initiative, ASEAN cooperation, the Eastern Economic Corridor, and other global issues. He believes that, by such cooperation, the GBA would enjoy higher exposure in Thailand and draw more Thai entrepreneurs to invest and enjoy the opportunities in the GBA.
Adam Ong, Executive Director of The Sun, stated that the collaboration with GDToday in English reports would contribute to better telling the stories between Malaysia and China as well as Malaysia and Guangdong with growing international voices by enriched content, more diverse angles, and more channels.
"Based on previous cooperation, we have gained a deeper understanding of the importance of media cooperation between Malaysia and China, and we are confident in the upgrading of cooperation," Li Xingqian, general manager of Kwong Wah Yit Poh. Li hopes that the cooperation is not only about the news but also in other fields such as activities, training, platform construction, and so on.
About Nanfang Media Group
Based in Guangzhou City of Guangdong Province, Nanfang Media Group is one of the largest and most influential news organizations at the provincial level in China. It runs five newspapers, five journals, nine websites, six mobile applications, one publishing house, 3,000 touchscreens, and 10,000 square meters of outdoor LED screens. It covers an audience of more than 457 million.
About GDToday
GDToday is an international media organization of Nanfang Media Group and the primary news source for global audiences to learn about Guangdong. It is committed to providing accurate and timely news and various audio-visual services to global audiences in English, Portuguese, French, Japanese, and other foreign languages, as well as Cantonese and other dialects. GDToday owns a GDToday website (www.newsgd.com), a GDToday App, a GDToday WeChat official subscription account, and a newsletter Guangdong Updates, as well as a matrix of overseas social media accounts, including "@GD Today" and "@HKToday1997" on Facebook, "@this is GBA" on Twitter, and "GD Today" on YouTube.
About Asia News Time
Asia News Time, founded on August 28, 1993, is one of the mainstream Chinese newspapers in Thailand and has a significant influence on the Chinese community in the country.
About The Sun
Launched on June 1st, 1993, The Sun (branded as theSun) is Malaysia's first national free daily newspaper in tabloid form, with a target audience of white-collar workers and urban youth. In audited circulation figures by the Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia for January–June 2015, theSun is the highest circulated English newspaper, with a circulation of 306, 249.
About Kwong Wah Yit Poh
Founded on December 20 of 1910, Kwong Wah Yit Poh is the oldest Chinese-language newspaper in Malaysia that is still in circulation, as well as one of the world's oldest surviving Chinese newspapers. Since June 2, 2023, Nanfang Daily has officially started a page collaboration with Kwong Wah Yit Poh, and up to now, the two sides have jointly launched 22 pages with original content.
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English Version: Rofel, Zhou Yuting (Intern)
Photo: Wang Liangjue of Nandang Daily
Editor: Wing, Steven, Monica, Jerry
