{{Short description|State radio broadcaster in China}} {{Redirect|Radio Beijing|the municipal radio station (Radio Beijing Corporation)|Beijing Renmin Guangbo Diantai}} {{Infobox broadcasting network | name = China Radio International<br />{{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|中国国际广播电台}}}} | type = State media | founded = 3 December 1941 | country = China | headquarters = Beijing, China | broadcast_area = Worldwide | owner = | former_names = {{plainlist| * Radio Peking * Radio Beijing }} | website = {{Official URL}} | network_name = | network_logo = Radio China International.svg | logo = | parent = China Media Group | image = CRI headquarters (20230303095214).jpg | caption = CRI headquarters }} {{Infobox Chinese | showflag = cp | s = 中国国际<BR>广播电台 | t = 中國國際<br>廣播電台 | p = Zhōngguó Guójì Guǎngbō Diàntái | mi = {{IPAc-cmn|zh|ong|1|g|uo|2|-|g|uo|2|j|i|4|-|g|uang|3|b|o|1|-|d|ian|4|t|ai|2}} | w = Chungkuo Kuochi Kuangpo Tient'ai | j = Zung<sup>1</sup>gwok<sup>3</sup> Gwok<sup>3</sup>zai<sup>3</sup> Gwong<sup>2</sup>bo<sup>3</sup> Din<sup>6</sup>toi<sup>4</sup> | order = st | l = China International Radio Station }} {{Politics of China |expanded = Publicity }} thumb|CRI headquarters in Shijingshan, Beijing '''China Radio International''' ('''CRI''')<!--Chinese in infobox; see WP:MOS-ZH--> is the state-owned international radio broadcaster of China. It is currently headquartered in Babaoshan, Shijingshan, Beijing. It was founded on December 3, 1941, as '''Radio Peking'''. It later adopted the pinyin form '''Radio Beijing'''.

CRI is the international radio arm of the China Media Group, under the control of the Central Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party, created following the first session of the 13th National People's Congress in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bandurski |first=David |date=February 12, 2021 |title=All This Talk of Independence |url=https://chinamediaproject.org/2021/02/12/all-this-talk-of-independence/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215140931/https://chinamediaproject.org/2021/02/12/all-this-talk-of-independence/ |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=February 22, 2021 |work=China Media Project}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Buckley |first=Chris |date=2018-03-21 |title=China Gives Communist Party More Control Over Policy and Media |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/world/asia/china-communist-party-xi-jinping.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112211222/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/world/asia/china-communist-party-xi-jinping.html |archive-date=2021-11-12 |access-date=2021-11-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> CRI states that it "endeavours to promote favourable relations between the PRC and the world" while upholding the PRC's official positions. CRI claims to "play a significant role in the PRC's soft power strategy" and Go Out policy, aiming to expand the influence of Chinese culture and media in a global stage. CRI attempts to employ new media and partnerships with other media outlets to compete with other international media.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Karásková |first=Ivana |date=September 25, 2023 |title=How China's Propaganda Infiltrated Radio Stations in Europe |url=https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/how-chinas-propaganda-infiltrated-radio-stations-in-europe/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928105555/https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/how-chinas-propaganda-infiltrated-radio-stations-in-europe/ |archive-date=2023-09-28 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=The Diplomat |language=en-US}}</ref> Unlike other broadcasters, CRI's control via indirect majority ownership or financial support of radio stations in various nations is not publicly disclosed.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news| title=Beijing's covert radio network airs China-friendly news across Washington, and the world| url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/china-radio/| publisher=Reuters| first1=Koh Gui| last1=Qing| first2=John| last2=Shiffman| date=2 November 2015| access-date=2 November 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102183225/http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/china-radio/| archive-date=2 November 2015| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Shiffman |first1=John |last2=Qing |first2=Koh Gui |date=2015-11-02 |title=FCC, Justice Department investigate covert Chinese radio network |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-radio-fcc-idUSKCN0SR2AI20151102 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706005351/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-radio-fcc-idUSKCN0SR2AI20151102 |archive-date=2020-07-06 |access-date=2020-07-05 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==

Radio was first introduced in China in the 1920s and 1930s. However, few households had radio receivers. A few cities had commercial stations. Most usage of radio was for political purpose, frequently on a local area level.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

The Chinese Communist Party first used radio in Yanan Shaanxi Province in March 1940 with a transmitter imported from Moscow. Xinhua New Chinese Radio (XNCR) went on the air from Yanan on December 30, 1940. XNCR transmitted to a larger geographical area after 1945, and its programs became more regular and formalized with broadcasts of news, official announcements, war bulletins, and art and literary programs.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

The English service started on September 11, 1947, transmitting as XNCR from a cave in Shahe in the Taihang Mountains,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-11-25 |title=CRI Marks China's First English Radio Show |url=http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/11/25/2941s668956.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616173618/http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/11/25/2941s668956.htm |archive-date=2013-06-16 |website=CRI English}}</ref> when China was in the midst of a civil war, to announce newly conquered areas and broadcast a Chinese political and cultural perspective to the world at large.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chang |first=Won Ho |title=Mass Media in China: The History and the Future |date=1989-01-01 |publisher=Iowa State Pr |isbn=978-0-8138-0272-5 |location=Ann Arbor |pages=151–152 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CRI English Service: History and Milestones |url=http://english.cri.cn/about/history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824113926/http://english.cri.cn/about/history.htm |archive-date=2013-08-24 |access-date= |website=CRI English}}</ref> The station moved from the Taihang Mountains to the capital, Peking, when The People's Republic of China was formed in 1949. Its name was changed to Radio Peking on April 10, 1950, and to Radio Beijing in 1983.

In April 1950, it began broadcasting for listeners in Vietnam, Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, and in four dialects for overseas Chinese throughout East Asia.<ref name=":23232">{{Cite book |last=Xu |first=Lanjun |title=Mao's Little Red Book: A Global History |date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-05722-7 |editor-last=Cook |editor-first=Alexander C. |location=Cambridge |pages= |chapter=Translation and Internationalism}}</ref>{{Rp|page=91}}

Radio Peking's influence and capacity grew from 1957 to 1967.<ref name=":23232" />{{Rp|page=91}} By 1967, it was broadcasting 21 hours per week to East Africa.<ref name=":2323">{{Cite book |last=Lal |first=Priya |title=Mao's Little Red Book: A Global History |date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-05722-7 |editor-last=Cook |editor-first=Alexander C. |location=Cambridge |pages= |chapter=Maoism in Tanzania: Material Connections and Shared Imaginiaries}}</ref>{{Rp|page=108}}

During the Cultural Revolution, it canceled many of its regular programs and focused on broadcasting Mao Zedong's works.<ref name=":23232" />{{Rp|page=91}}

On January 1, 1993, the name of the station was again changed, this time to China Radio International, in order to avoid any confusion with local Beijing radio broadcasting. Its online broadcasting platform: China International Broadcasting Network (CIBN) was formally established in 2011, as a joint venture of China Radio International, Huawen Media Investment, JinZhengYuan, Youku, Oriental Times Media and Suning Holdings Group.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Radio Peking began exchanges with Voice of America in 1982.<ref name=":Li">{{Cite book |last=Li |first=Hongshan |title=Fighting on the Cultural Front: U.S.-China Relations in the Cold War |date=2024 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=9780231207058 |location=New York, NY |pages=326 |doi=10.7312/li--20704 |jstor=10.7312/li--20704}}</ref> Voice of America had opened a bureau in Beijing the previous year.<ref name=":Li" />

A 2015 investigative report by Reuters found a network of at least 33 radio stations in 14 countries that obscures CRI as its majority shareholder. A significant portion of the programming on these stations is either produced or provided by CRI, or by media firms CRI controls in the United States, Australia, and Europe.<ref name="Reuters" />

In February 2020, the United States Department of State designated CRI and other Chinese state-owned media outlets as foreign missions.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Jakes |first1=Lara |last2=Myers |first2=Steven Lee |date=2020-02-18 |title=U.S. Designates China's Official Media as Operatives of the Communist State |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/world/asia/china-media-trump.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324074500/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/world/asia/china-media-trump.html |archive-date=2020-03-24 |access-date=2020-05-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

CRI has focused on forging commercial partnerships, particularly in Europe, in which its content is broadcast without attribution to CRI.<ref name=":0" /> According to a 2023 discourse analysis by the Central European Digital Media Observatory, CRI's content steers clear of any criticism of the Chinese government.<ref name=":0" />

==Programming==

===Mandarin radio channels===

At the beginning of 1984, it started to broadcast home service to the Beijing area on AM and FM frequencies. The service later expanded to dozens of major cities across the PRC, providing listeners inside the PRC with timely news and reports, music, weather, English and Chinese learning skills, as well as other services.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

====News Radio (90.5 FM)==== <!-- Deleted image removed: right --> News Radio (环球资讯广播) was established on 28 September 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=24小时播音的环球资讯广播开播 |trans-title=CRI NewsRadio, a 24-hour radio station from CRI, launches |url=http://www.cnr.cn/2004news/column/qqhy11/qqhyfzdt/200507/t20050701_504127703.htm |work=China National Radio |date=1 July 2005 |archive-date=2 September 2014 |access-date=22 December 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902034538/http://www.cnr.cn/2004news/column/qqhy11/qqhyfzdt/200507/t20050701_504127703.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Its aim is to make CRI News Radio a first-class national news radio brand and its slogans are 'First News, News First', 'On-the-Spot China, Live World' etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gb.cri.cn/21344/2007/09/29/1885@1788552.htm|title=Ѷ㲥 CRI News Radio|access-date=2012-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523180021/http://gb.cri.cn/21344/2007/09/29/1885@1788552.htm|archive-date=2012-05-23|url-status=live}}</ref> CRI News Radio can be heard online and in Beijing on the radio on 90.5 FM; in Tianjin 90.6 FM; in Chongqing 91.7 FM; in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau 107.1 FM; in Shandong 89.8 FM; in Anhui 90.1 FM.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

'''Popular Shows''' * Laowai's Viewpoint ({{lang-zh|s=老外看点 |p=Lǎowài kàndiǎn}}), an international news program with three hosts from different countries, frequent hosts include: Peter Yu (Chinese), Julien Gaudfroy (French), Elyse Ribbons (American), Li Xin (Chinese), and Soojin Zhao (Korean).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gb.cri.cn/news/other/lwdc/lwkd.htm |title=国际在线_读懂国际 点赞中国 |access-date=2017-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014143404/http://gb.cri.cn/news/other/lwdc/lwkd.htm |archive-date=2017-10-14 |url-status=live }}</ref> * Bianzou Biankan ({{lang-zh|s=边走边看 |p=Biānzǒu biānkàn}}), a travel show dedicated to a new location every episode * New Wealth Times ({{lang-zh|s=新财富时代|p=Xīncáifù shídài}}), a financial talk show

====Chinese podcasts==== The following programmes can be heard on the Mandarin version of the podcast from the World Radio Network: * News ({{lang-zh|s=新闻节目 |p=xīnwén jiémù}}), which comes from the Xinhua News Agency. * ''Tángrénjiē'' ({{lang-zh|s=唐人街|p=Tángrénjiē|l=Chinatown}}), a programme about overseas Chinese * Weather forecasts around China * Sports

This broadcast was originally targeted at London in the United Kingdom. In 2006, they removed the "London" reference, which was part of the introduction as ''"Ni hao London. Hello London"''<ref>[http://gb.chinabroadcast.cn/ China Broadcast] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20061006010928/http%3A//gb.chinabroadcast.cn/ |date=2006-10-06 }}</ref>

===English radio channels=== {{Unreferenced section|date=September 2022}}

====CRI in English (846 AM, 1008 AM; 91.5 FM)==== The English channels that can be heard online are: * ''EZFM (also known as Easy FM)'' (closed on 23 December 2025; merged with CGTN Radio) * ''Round the Clock'' (Internet only) ** ''Voices from Other Lands'' is a weekly English radio program featuring entrepreneurs who originated outside of China doing business in China, hosted by Guanny Liu. * CRI 91.9 FM (''Kenya 91.9 FM'') * Chinese Studio is a 5-minute segment that follows most CRI English programmes * China Drive is an English radio show about life in the PRC * CRI Sri Lanka FM 97.9 in Sri Lanka in Sinhala and English (05:00—00:00 Sri Lanka Time)

====English Podcasts==== CRI offers a list of podcast programs in English:

* ''Hourly News'' * ''The Beijing Hour'' *RoundTable * ''Studio Plus'' * ''Today'' * ''Chinese Studio'' *More to Read

===Holiday Broadcasts=== {{Unreferenced section|date=September 2022}} During major Chinese holidays (dubbed Golden Week), such as Chinese New Year, May Day, and Mid-Autumn Festival, China Radio International typically broadcasts special programmes such as: * ''Growing Up In China'' (during the May Day holiday)

Most of these programmes are not typical of the broadcast during the other parts of the year. The analogy is similar to Christmas music broadcasts in the United States.

===Olympic Radio=== In July 2006, CRI launched a new radio station called Olympic Radio at 900 AM in Beijing. This special broadcast was in Mandarin, Korean, English, Russian, French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese and German 24 hours a day. This service was terminated in late 2008 after the Beijing Olympics and now the frequency 900 AM is occupied by CRI News Radio, which covers only Beijing.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

===CRI Hit FM=== '''CRI Hit FM''' ([http://www.hitfm.cn/ www.hitfm.cn]) was an international music radio station owned by CRI during 1999 and 2025, airing in a Contemporary hit radio format. The station first launched in Beijing through 88.7 FM, later rollout to other major cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou.

===Pay television channels=== Other than radio channels, CRI also operates these pay television channels via satellite airing: * Shark Shopping (聚鲨环球精选) (de facto free channel in several local DTV networks) * Global Sightseeing (环球奇观) * China Communication (中国交通) (co-operate with Ministry of Transport)

==Languages== China Radio International broadcasts in the following languages:<ref name="cri._CRIO">{{Cite web| title = CRI Online| work = cri.cn| access-date = 2015-02-15| url = http://www.cri.cn/index1.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150213071402/http://www.cri.cn/index1.htm| archive-date = 2015-02-13| url-status = dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:99%;" |+ |- ! width="33%" |Language ! width="33%" |Launched ! width="33%" |Website |- |Albanian|| ||[http://albanian.cri.cn Radio e Jashtme e Kinës] |- |Arabic|| ||http://arabic.cri.cn |- |Armenian|| 12 April 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/04/12/2743s631670.htm|title=CRI&nbsp;Launches Radio Station in Armenia|website=english.cri.cn|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322015731/http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/04/12/2743s631670.htm|archive-date=22 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>|| |- |Belarusian|| 23 September 2009<ref name="China Daily - Six New Websites">{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/23/content_8728120.htm|title=CRI Online Launches New Language Services|website=www.chinadaily.com.cn|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611025637/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/23/content_8728120.htm|archive-date=11 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>||http://belarusian.cri.cn |- |Bengali|| ||http://bengali.cri.cn |- |Bulgarian|| ||http://bulgarian.cri.cn |- |Burmese|| 10 April 1950<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myanmar.cri.cn/audio.html|title=CRI&nbsp;Burmese|website=myanmar.cri.cn|access-date=2020-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002232104/http://myanmar.cri.cn/audio.html|archive-date=2019-10-02|url-status=live}}</ref>||http://myanmar.cri.cn |- |Croatian|| ||[http://croatian.cri.cn Kineski Radio Internacional] |- |Cambodian|| 11 December 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/11/content_10490980.htm|title=Cambodia Friendship Radio|website=xinhuanet.com|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525165511/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/11/content_10490980.htm|archive-date=25 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>||http://cambodian.cri.cn |- |Cantonese|| || |- |Czech|| ||http://czech.cri.cn |- |Dutch|| 23 September 2009<ref name="China Daily - Six New Websites" />|| |- |English|| 11 September 1947<ref>中央人民广播电台研究室《解放区广播历史资料选编 1940–1949》. Beijing: 中国广播电视出版社, 1985.</ref>||http://english.cri.cn {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205193827/http://english.cri.cn/ |date=2020-12-05 }} |- |Esperanto|| 19 December 1964<ref>[http://esperanto.cri.cn/1/2004/12/08/Zt21@18131.htm Skizo pri Esperanto-elsendo de ĈRI] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083103/http://esperanto.cri.cn/1/2004/12/08/Zt21@18131.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}, CRI.</ref>||http://esperanto.cri.cn |- |Estonian|| || |- |Filipino|| ||[http://filipino.cri.cn Radyo Internasyonal ng Tsina] |- |French|| 5 June 1958<ref>[http://french.cri.cn/761/2009/03/20/241s187022.htm Service français] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915033012/http://french.cri.cn/761/2009/03/20/241s187022.htm |date=2015-09-15 }}, CRI.</ref>||http://french.cri.cn |- |German|| 15 April 1960 ||[http://german.cri.cn Radio China International] |- |Greek|| 23 September 2009<ref name="China Daily - Six New Websites" />||http://greek.cri.cn |- |Hausa|| ||http://hausa.cri.cn |- |Hebrew|| 23 September 2009<ref name="China Daily - Six New Websites" />||http://hebrew.cri.cn <ref>{{Cite web|title=The Chinese Penetration of Israeli Media|url=https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/china-penetration-israeli-media/|last=Yellinek|first=Roie|date=2020-02-21|website=Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-25|archive-date=2020-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405222442/https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/china-penetration-israeli-media/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |Hindi|| 15 March 1959 ||http://hindi.cri.cn |- |Hungarian|| ||http://hungarian.cri.cn |- |Indonesian|| ||[http://indonesian.cri.cn Radio Internasional Tiongkok] |- |Italian|| ||[http://italian.cri.cn Radio Cina Internazionale] |- |Japanese|| 3 December 1941<ref>[http://japanese.cri.cn/782/2009/05/21/1s140643.htm 日本語部紹介] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084342/http://japanese.cri.cn/782/2009/05/21/1s140643.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}, CRI.</ref>|| |- |Kazakh|| ||https://web.archive.org/web/20170908052146/http://kazak.cri.cn/ |- |Korean|| 2 July 1950<ref>[http://korean.cri.cn/1644/2014/10/22/1s218931.htm 조선어부 소개 및 연계방식] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901140957/http://korean.cri.cn/1644/2014/10/22/1s218931.htm |date=2015-09-01 }}, CRI.</ref>||http://korean.cri.cn/ |- |Laotian|| 20 November 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.cri.cn/2946/2006/11/20/45@165143.htm|title=Chinese, Lao Presidents Launch CRI's New Radio Service in Laos|website=english.cri.cn|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080328/http://english.cri.cn/2946/2006/11/20/45@165143.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>||http://laos.cri.cn |- |Malay|| ||[http://malay.cri.cn Radio Antarabangsa China] |- |Mandarin|| || |- |Mongolian|| 1 December 1964 ||[http://mongol.cri.cn Хятадын олон улсын радио] |- |Nepali||25 Jun 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nepal.cri.cn/497/2014/02/06/1s138833.htm|title=नेपाली सेवाको संक्षिप्त परिचय - China Radio International|website=nepal.cri.cn|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322021152/http://nepal.cri.cn/497/2014/02/06/1s138833.htm|archive-date=22 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>||http://nepal.cri.cn |- |Persian|| ||http://persian.cri.cn |- |Polish|| ||[http://polish.cri.cn Chińskie Radio Międzynarodowe] |- |Portuguese|| ||http://portuguese.cri.cn |- |Pashto|| ||http://pushtu.cri.cn |- |Romanian|| 30 August 1968||[http://romanian.cri.cn Radio China Internaţional] |- |Russian|| 24 December 1954<ref>[http://russian.cri.cn/1143/2014/05/14/1s511278.htm Международное радио Китая] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085617/http://russian.cri.cn/1143/2014/05/14/1s511278.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}, CRI.</ref>||[http://russian.cri.cn Международное радио Китая] |- |Serbian|| ||http://serbian.cri.cn |- |Sinhala|| January 1975 ||http://sinhalese.cri.cn |- |Spanish|| 3 September 1956<ref>[http://espanol.cri.cn/1/2005/01/27/1@52094.htm Breve Historia del Departamento de Español] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005013041/http://espanol.cri.cn/1/2005/01/27/1@52094.htm |date=2015-10-05 }}, CRI.</ref>||http://espanol.cri.cn |- |Swahili|| 6 March 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/160050.htm|title=CRI Launches First Overseas FM Radio Station|website=www.china.org.cn|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414003952/http://china.org.cn/english/culture/160050.htm|archive-date=14 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>||http://swahili.cri.cn |- |Swedish|| || |- |Tamil|| August 1963<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/south/china-radios-tamil-station-to-launch-fm-channel-in-india-521738|title=China Radio's Tamil station to launch FM channel in India|website=ndtv.com|access-date=21 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231083629/https://www.ndtv.com/south/china-radios-tamil-station-to-launch-fm-channel-in-india-521738|archive-date=31 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/at-49-chinas-tamil-radio-station-plans-an-expansion/article3700333.ece|title=At 49, China's Tamil radio station plans an expansion|first=Ananth|last=Krishnan|newspaper=The Hindu|date=30 July 2012|access-date=21 March 2018|via=www.thehindu.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215141347/http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/at-49-chinas-tamil-radio-station-plans-an-expansion/article3700333.ece|archive-date=15 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>||[http://tamil.cri.cn சீன வானொலி] |- |Thai|| ||http://thai.cri.cn |- |Tibetan|| ||https://web.archive.org/web/20190224113849/http://tibet.cri.cn/ |- |Turkish|| ||http://turkish.cri.cn |- |Ukrainian|| May 2008||[http://ukrainian.cri.cn Міжнародне радіо Китаю] |- |Urdu|| ||http://urdu.cri.cn |- |Uygur|| ||https://web.archive.org/web/20180116173813/http://uygur.cri.cn/ |- |Vietnamese|| ||[http://vietnamese.cri.cn Đài phát thanh quốc tế Trung Quốc] |}

The Tibetan, Uygur and Kazakh services are broadcast in association with local radio stations (Tibet People's Broadcasting Station and Xinjiang People's Broadcasting Station).

==Joint ventures== ===China International Broadcasting Network=== China International Broadcasting Network (CIBN, traded as {{lang-zh |s = 国广东方网络(北京)有限公司 }}, an internet TV service, was a joint venture of China Radio International with other companies. The company was owned by Global Broadcasting Media Group ({{lang-zh |s = 国广环球传媒控股有限公司 }}, a joint venture (50–50) of China Radio International and {{lang-zh|金正源联合投资控股有限公司}}, literally ''JinZhengYuan Union Investment Holding'') for 34.0004% stake, Huawen Media Investment for 30.9996% stake, a subsidiary ({{lang-zh |s = 桂林东方时代投资有限公司 }}) of listed company Oriental Times Media ({{lang-zh |s = 东方时代网络传媒股份有限公司 }}) for 15% stake, the operator of Youku ({{lang-zh |s = 合一信息技术（北京）有限公司 }}) for 10% stake and Suning Holdings Group, the parent company of PPTV for 10% stake.<ref name="CIBN">{{cite web |url=http://www.000793.com/ueditor/jsp/upload/file/20160425/1461543181537080408.pdf |script-title=zh:关于对国广东方网络（北京）有限公司追加投资暨关联交易事项的公告 |trans-title=Announcement on capital increase in Global Broadcasting – Oriental Network (Beijing) Co,. Ltd. and related party transaction |publisher=Huawen Media Investment Corporation |date=25 April 2016 |access-date=10 June 2016 |language=zh-CN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809084946/http://www.000793.com/ueditor/jsp/upload/file/20160425/1461543181537080408.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== GBTimes === CRI owns 60% of Finland-based GBTimes. GBTimes is headed by Zhao Yinong and operates radio stations across Europe that broadcast CRI-produced content.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Qing|first1=Koh Gui|last2=Wardell|first2=Jane|date=2015-11-02|title=Chinese radio broadcaster taps front men in Finland and Australia|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-radio-partners-idUSKCN0SR1KS20151102|access-date=2020-10-12|archive-date=2020-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828122955/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-radio-partners-idUSKCN0SR1KS20151102|url-status=live}}</ref>

===G&E Studio===

G&E Studio is 60% owned by Guoguang Century Media, a Beijing firm completely owned by the CRI. James Su is president and CEO of G&E Studio, which distributes CRI content to more than a dozen radio stations inside the United States.<ref name="Reuters" />

== See also == {{Portal|China|Radio}} * China Media Group ("Voice of China") ** China National Radio ** China Central Television *** China Global Television Network * International broadcasting ** Radio Taiwan International (formerly "Voice of Free China")

== References == === Citations === {{Reflist}}

=== Sources === {{refbegin}} * Bishop, Robert L., "Qi Lai! Mobilizing One Billion Chinese: The Chinese Communication System", Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1989. {{ISBN|0-8138-0296-2}} * Chang, Won Ho, "Mass Media in China: The History and the Future", Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1989. * Hamm, Charles, "Music and Radio in the PRC," Asian Music, Spring/Summer 1991, vXXII, n2, p.&nbsp;28-29. * Howkins, John, "Mass Communication in China", New York, NY: Annenberg/ Longman Communication Books, 1982. {{refend}}

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * {{Official website}} * [https://chinaplus.cri.cn/ China Plus] - CRI livestream and podcasts {{China Media Group}} {{China Radio International}} {{Chinese-language radio}} {{European Broadcasting Union Members}} {{World Radio Network}} {{Telecommunications}} {{Authority control}}

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