Overview

China Hosts a New Media Training Course in Myanmar in 2019

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•MyanmarDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MyanmarSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Sep 11, 2019

Start (actual): Sep 11, 2019

End (actual): Sep 13, 2019

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The purpose of this project was to provide training for journalists and officials of the Ministry of Information based in Naypyidaw, Myanmar 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

Government of Myanmar (Burma)

Implementing agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

Global Times

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China Hosts a New Media Training Course in Myanmar in 2019

Narrative

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Project narrative

On September 11, 2019, the Chinese Embassy hosted a New Media Training and Discussion Course with Burmese journalists and the Ministry of Propaganda in Myanmar. Chinese Counselor Li Xiaoyan and Burmese officials attended the ceremony. The 2-day course was sponsored by the Embassy and Global Times of China. The course aims to "strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the new media field between China and Myanmar, jointly cultivate media talents, promote the joint construction of the "Digital Silk Road", inject new digital vitality into the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor, and further promote the mutual connection between the two peoples." ( Source ID:149571)