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China Radio International(CRI) is the only state-run radio that transmits programs worldwide. Every day it broadcasts a total of 211 hours of programs around the globe in 38 foreign languages, Mandarin and four Chinese dialects(Cantonese, Chaozhou, Fujian and Hakka). Every year it receives more than 600,000 letters from listeners around the world. CRI has bureaus in 27 countries, as well as in all Chinese provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao. Since December 26, 1998, CRI has had its own Internet on-line service at . At present, the following networks are available: Chinese News Network, Overseas Chinese Network, TV Network and other networks in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Korean.
Since October 6, 1999, CRI has transmitted international news to local TV stations across China via satellite. The main programs are: World Today, World Scan, Global Economic Report and World News Magazine. Over 100 television stations have subscribed to these programs. CRI also runs newspapers such as The World News in Chinese, The Messenger in English and Information and Echo in German. In addition, CRI operates China International Broadcasting Publishing House and China International Broadcasting Audio & Video Publishing House |