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Chinese Embassy hosts new media training course for Myanmar officials in Beijing

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•MyanmarDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MyanmarSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Nov 22, 2019
Start (actual)
Nov 18, 2019
End (actual)
Nov 22, 2019

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The purpose of this project was to host training for officials of the Myanmar Ministry of Information in Beijing, China More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/228593772

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

  • Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Myanmar Ministry of Information

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Chinese Embassy hosts new media training course for Myanmar officials in Beijing

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Project narrative

According to a news release from the Embassy of China in Myanmar, from November 18 to 22, 2019, the Chinese Embassy hosted a new media training course for Burmese officials in Beijing. During the seminar, 10 officials from Myanmar Ministry of Information went to see the headquarters of Chinese media companies such as People's Daily, China International Publishing House, and Global Network, and visited the Big Data Center of Communication University of China and Huawei's Beijing exhibition hall, and exchanged views with Chinese scholars on new media capacity building. During the visit they also visited the China-ASEAN Center. The officials stated that the training deepened their understanding of the development of new media in China, which will help promote exchanges and cooperation in the media field between the two countries.