Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu (right) meets with Shen Haixiong, Vice-Minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President and Editor-in-Chief of China Media Group (CMG), at the Government House, in Hong Kong SAR, on June 29, 2023. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

HONG KONG — Audiences in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region can look forward to watching more original TV programs produced by the China Media Group (CMG) from July, as the SAR government and the media company vowed to deepen cooperation.

Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu met with Shen Haixiong, Vice-Minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President and Editor-in-Chief of CMG, at the Government House on Thursday to discuss expanding collaboration between Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and CMG.

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The two sides announced that RTHK will co-produce with CMG a series of TV and radio shows, including a mini-documentary titled Crunch and Munch in Hong Kong, to enhance the people-to-people bonds between the SAR and the motherland.

Shen said that as a place where Chinese and foreign cultures converge, HKASR is an important window for the dissemination and promotion of Chinese culture to the world

The RTHK will also air eight original TV programs produced by the CMG, such as Our Journey and China Aspirations, while relaying CGTN English on its new TV35 channel and online platform starting July 1 as part of the celebration of the 26th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR.

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Lee said CMG’s CGTN Documentary channel and Radio The Greater Bay have been well-received by local audiences after starting broadcasting in Hong Kong last July.

Posters for China Media Group (CMG) TV programs that will be broadcast in Hong Kong soon. (PHOTO COURTESY OF CCTV)

The TV channel and the radio frequency effectively helped SAR residents gain a deeper understanding of the country’s development and hugely enhanced their sense of citizenship and national identity, he added.

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To better tell good stories about the Chinese mainland and the HKSAR, Lee underscored that the SAR government will continue to closely work with the CMG and make full use of the media’s diverse transmission channels and international network.

Shen said that as a place where Chinese and foreign cultures converge, HKSAR is an important window for the dissemination and promotion of Chinese culture to the world.

The CMG will work with media in the SAR to play a greater role in continuing to write a new chapter in the practice of "one country, two systems" in the city, Shen added.