China Cultural Industry Association

The China Cultural Industry Association is an umbrella trade association and cultural institution led by Zhang Bin.

China Cultural Industry Association
PredecessorLiaoning Folk Art Ensemble,
Bensham Media Company
Formation2013
TypeUmbrella organization, trade association, cultural institution
Chairman
Zhang Bin (political strategist)
Websitewww.chncia.org/en/

Description

The China Cultural Industry Association is a Chinese umbrella media organisation[1] that also works to build “the soft power of Chinese culture.”[2]

Organisation

The China Cultural Industry Association website states that it is an independent organisation registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs.[3]

The organisation is led by billionaire political strategist and business person Zhang Bin and is noted for is proximity to the Government of China.[4]

History

The China Cultural Industry Association website states that it was founded on Jun 29, 2013.[3] The organisation previously operated as a media company. Established in 2003, the Liaoning Folk Art Ensemble later became the Bensham Media Company before being renamed as the China Cultural Industry Association in 2011.[5]

From 2011, the company became very profitable as it delivered media in Northeast China.[5]

In 2014, the association funded the erection of a statue of Norman Bethune located at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine.[6][7] In 2016, the association stated that it had created the Trudeau Education Fund at the Universite de Montreal.[4] In 2023, the university was considering returning the $750,000 donation to Zhang.[8]

In 2022, on behalf of various Chinese technology companies, the association published a fourteen-page “self-discipline initiative", a corporate self-governance model for trading in non-fungible tokens. The rules centred around transparency and discouraging anonymous trading.[9]

References
  1. Macdonald, S. (2015). Animation in China: History, Aesthetics, Media. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781317382157 Quote: "...this organization is now under the umbrella organ Zhongguo wenhua chayye xiehui, the China Cultural Industry Assoiciation"
  2. Fife, Robert (12 April 2023). "Trudeau Foundation to review donation from benefactors in China". The Globe and Mail.
  3. "About Us". China Cultural Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  4. Chiang, Chuck; Fraser, David (13 April 2023). "Trudeau Foundation donor heads group that adheres to 'total leadership' of Chinese Communist Party". nationalpost. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  5. Ling Yang, Wanning Sun (editors) Love Stories in China: The Politics of Intimacy in the Twenty-First Century. (2019). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
  6. "Chinese businessman honours Bethune's legacy with gift to U of T's Faculty of Medicine". boundless.utoronto.ca. Archived from the original on 2023-03-18. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  7. "Toronto-Chinese". Ethno Cultural Monuments in Canada. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  8. "Montreal university weighing options for donation linked to Beijing | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Archived from the original on 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  9. "China's NFT industry agrees to ban cryptocurrency and fight speculation". South China Morning Post. 2022-07-04. Archived from the original on 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
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