China Cultural Industry Association Explained
The China Cultural Industry Association is an umbrella trade association and cultural institution led by Zhang Bin.
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. 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.
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. 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]
External links
Notes and References
- Macdonald, S. (2015). Animation in China: History, Aesthetics, Media. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. Quote: "...this organization is now under the umbrella organ Zhongguo wenhua chayye xiehui, the China Cultural Industry Assoiciation"
- News: Fife . Robert . Robert Fyfe . 12 April 2023 . Trudeau Foundation to review donation from benefactors in China . The Globe and Mail.
- Web site: About Us . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230310064034/http://www.chncia.org/en/ . 2023-03-10 . 2023-04-16 . China Cultural Industry Association.
- Web site: Chiang . Chuck . Fraser . David . 13 April 2023 . Trudeau Foundation donor heads group that adheres to 'total leadership' of Chinese Communist Party . 2023-04-16 . nationalpost . en-CA.
- Ling Yang, Wanning Sun (editors) Love Stories in China: The Politics of Intimacy in the Twenty-First Century. (2019). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
- Web site: Chinese businessman honours Bethune’s legacy with gift to U of T’s Faculty of Medicine . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230318200438/https://boundless.utoronto.ca/news/chinese-businessman-honours-bethunes-legacy-with-gift-to-u-of-ts-faculty-of-medicine/ . 2023-03-18 . 2023-04-16 . boundless.utoronto.ca . en.
- Web site: Toronto-Chinese . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221130043100/http://ethnoculturalmonuments.ca/portfolio_category/toronto-chinese/ . 2022-11-30 . 2023-04-16 . Ethno Cultural Monuments in Canada . en-US.
- Web site: Montreal university weighing options for donation linked to Beijing Globalnews.ca . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230415185823/https://globalnews.ca/news/9621642/universite-de-montreal-beijing-donation-china-interference/ . 2023-04-15 . 2023-04-16 . Global News . en-US.
- Web site: 2022-07-04 . China’s NFT industry agrees to ban cryptocurrency and fight speculation . 2023-04-16 . South China Morning Post . en . 2022-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221114174646/http://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3184021/china-nfts-tencent-and-ant-group-join-industry-pledge-ban . live .
