Central News Agency (Taiwan)

{{Infobox organization

| name = Central News Agency

| full_name = Central News Agency of Taiwan

| native_name = 中央通訊社

| native_name_lang = zh-tw

| logo =

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| image = Central News Agency entry at Zhi Ching Building 1F 20150912.jpg

| image_size = 260px

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| caption = Central News Agency main entrance at Zhi Ching Building 1F

| abbreviation = CNA

| established = {{Start date and age|1924|04|01|df=y}}

| founder = Kuomintang

| founding_location = Guangzhou, Guangdong

| defunct =

| type = News agency (state-owned)

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| status = Non-profit organisation

| location_city = Taipei

| location_country = Taiwan

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| region_served = Worldwide, 30 locations

| products = News

| services = Journalism

| languages = Standard Chinese, English, Japanese, Indonesian, Spanish (closed 2021{{cite web |title=CNA pondrá fin a sus servicios informativos en idioma español |url=https://spanish.cna.com.tw/ReadNews/Spn_Read.aspx?Type=DD&Date=&ID=202103270004 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210327204745/https://spanish.cna.com.tw/ReadNews/Spn_Read.aspx?Type=DD&Date=&ID=202103270004 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2021-03-27 |website=Enfoque en Taiwán |publisher=Central News Agency (Taiwan) |access-date=26 April 2021}})

| owner = Government of the Republic of China

| parent_organization = Executive Yuan

| key_people =

| num_employees = 300

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| website = [https://www.cna.com.tw/ cna.com.tw]
[https://focustaiwan.tw/ focustaiwan.tw]

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{{Infobox Chinese

| title = Central News Agency

| t = {{linktext|中央|通訊|社}}

| s = {{linktext|中央|通讯|社}}

| p = Zhōngyāng Tōngxùnshè

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The Central News Agency (CNA) is the official state-owned news agency of the Republic of China (Taiwan).{{Cite web |last=中央通訊社 |title=中央社簡介 |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/about/info.aspx |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=中央社 CNA |language=}}

History

The CNA agency was founded {{Start date and age|1924|04|01|df=y}}, by the Kuomintang. Party member Hsiao Tung-tzu separated the CNA from Kuomintang headquarters in 1932.{{cite news |author1=Han Cheung |title=Taiwan in Time: The magazine that wouldn’t play by the rules |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2024/11/03/2003826289 |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=Taipei Times |date=3 November 2024}} The agency's headquarters was originally located in Guangzhou in Guangdong province, but had to be relocated to Taipei in 1949, following the defeat of the Republic of China government in mainland China in the Chinese Civil War.{{Cite web|url=https://FocusTaiwan.tw/aboutus|title=About Us – Focus Taiwan – CNA English news|website=FocusTaiwan.tw|publisher=Central News Agency|access-date=31 October 2020}}

Despite the corporatisation of the agency in 1973, it continued to receive heavy government subsidies, and remained the nation's official agency. At the time, CNA journalists received preferential treatment on various occasions, mostly government-related press conferences.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

In August 2021, CNA oversaw the launch of the TaiwanPlus streaming platform.{{Cite news |last=Yeh |first=Joseph |date=August 30, 2021 |title=Taiwan+ a window to the world to discover Taiwan: Tsai |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202108300020 |access-date=September 4, 2021 |work=FocusTaiwan}}

After democratization, on 1 July 1996, the agency became a non-profit organisation under a bill passed by the Legislative Yuan. As of 2022, it is still Taiwan's official news agency, and received part of its funding from the Executive Yuan.

TV anchor and producer Hu Wan-ling was appointed CNA's new president on 30 October, 2023.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-30 |title=Taiwan's public news agency appoints new president {{!}} Taiwan News {{!}} Oct. 30, 2024 16:43 |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5961641 |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=taiwannews.com.tw |language=en}}

Languages

CNA produces content daily in Chinese, English, and Japanese.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/aboutus |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Focus Taiwan – CNA English News |language=en-US}}

The English language content is presented on CNA's Focus Taiwan website,{{Cite web |title=Focus Taiwan – CNA English News |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Focus Taiwan – CNA English News |language=en-US}} which mostly reports government statements, weather updates, and major criminal cases in Taiwan. Focus Taiwan also occasionally reports features on issues of national interest.

In July 2024, an Indonesian language version of CNA's website was released,{{cite news |last1=Yang |first1=Evelyn |date=21 June 2024 |title=Taiwan's CNA to mark 100th anniversary with events, new initiatives |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202406215001 |access-date=29 June 2024 |agency=Central News Agency}} with articles translated from Chinese and English via artificial intelligence and a team of Indonesian-speaking editors.{{cite news |date=1 July 2024 |title=Focus Taiwan launches Indonesian-language news site |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202407010002 |access-date=1 July 2024 |agency=Central News Agency}}

A Spanish language edition, Enfoque en Taiwán, was closed 31 March 2021.

References

External links

[https://www.cna.com.tw/ 中央社] – Central News Agency official website
[https://focustaiwan.tw/ Focus Taiwan] – Central News Agency – English news
[https://japan.focustaiwan.tw/ フォーカス台湾] – Central News Agency – Japanese news
[https://indonesia.focustaiwan.tw/ Fokus Taiwan] – Central News Agency – Indonesian news

Category:1924 establishments in China

Category:1949 establishments in Taiwan

Category:News agencies based in Taiwan

Category:Companies based in Taipei

Category:Government-owned companies of Taiwan

Category:Mass media companies established in 1924

Category:Multilingual news services

Category:State media

Central News Agency (Taiwan)

History

Languages

See also

References

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