Overview

Chinese Government funds media convergence seminar for Belt and Road countries in 2023

Commitment Year•2023Country of Activity•LesothoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LesothoSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jul 18, 2023

Start (actual): Jul 18, 2023

End (actual): Jul 31, 2023

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Lesotho Government

Loan description

Chinese Government funds media convergence seminar for Belt and Road countries in 2023

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

From July 18 to 31, 2023, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce sponsored a two-week seminar on media convergence, communication strategies, and Chinese culture. The program was organized by Zhejiang Normal University and held in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province. Thirty-one journalists and media executives from 13 Belt and Road countries—including Lesotho—participated in the seminar. Over the course of two weeks, attendees engaged in lectures, site visits, discussion sessions, and cultural activities to learn about the role of media in public communication and China's economic and cultural development.

Staff comments

1. The other participating countries are Ghana, Botswana, Burundi, Nigeria, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Palestine, Samoa, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.