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AI in China's news media

75 verified, source-linked AI implementations across 58 news organizations, 2015–2026. China ranks 4th worldwide by documented cases.
East Asia and the Pacific2015–2026
Cases
75
Organizations
58
Active since
2015
Controversies
0
Compared with the global pattern, Multimedia & Visual Production accounts for 25% of cases here against 4% worldwide; and AI Avatars / Synthetic Presenters accounts for 16% of cases here against 3% worldwide.

What AI is used for — and how that differs

Chinaworldwide sharepp = percentage-point difference
Multimedia & Visual Production19+21pp
Content Production & Automation14+4pp
Editorial Workflow & Writing Assistance13+1pp
AI Avatars / Synthetic Presenters12+13pp
Workflow & Operations (General)4+3pp
Audience Experience & Personalisation4-2pp
Data Platform & Infrastructure2+2pp
Research & Investigation2-7pp
Content Monitoring & Compliance1+1pp

How far adoption has gone

1 – Access1
2 – Adoption19
3 – Proficiency40
4 – Ways of Working15
5 – Reorganizing0

Who is adopting

Funding: Own budget (45), Public broadcaster / state media (30)

Notable cases

2024The Paper (澎湃新闻)

Three AI studios + 'Paisheng Wanwu' (派生万物) open AI platform — The Paper launched three dedicated AI application studios: (1) AI Office Studio — text writing tools (polish, shorten, expand, summarize, tag analysis); (2) AI Visual Studio — image generation with face detection, hand processing, poster templates, object removal and clarity enhancement; (3) AI Video Studio — article-to-video conversion and…

AI Avatars / Synthetic Presenters4 – Ways of Working
Paisheng Wanwu (派生万物) AI platform (The Paper / Shanghai Press Group in-house); AI Office/VSource →

2024Henan Elephant Fusion Media Group (大象融媒体集团)

China's first AIGC Application Research Lab and Industry Incubation Centre in the broadcast sector — formally launched March 7, 2024 as part of Henan Radio & Television's commercial operations arm; architecture: 'AI research/application talent development + investment incubation + industry project cultivation' (1+1+N framework); application domains: new media dissemination, AI industry academy, emergency safety…

AI Avatars / Synthetic Presenters3 – Proficiency
Daxiang AIGC Application Research Lab (大象融媒 in-house); AIGC content generation tools; AI mSource →

2024China Media Group (CMG)

Launch of first dedicated AI channel on Yangshipin (央视频) digital platform alongside China's first fully AI-generated miniseries 'Chinese Mythology' (中国神话) — launched March 22, 2024; the miniseries: six episodes covering classic Chinese mythology (Patching the Sky / Nüwa, Chasing the Sun / Kuafu, Flying to the Moon / Chang'e, Filling the Sea / Jingwei, Tasting a Hundred Herbs / Shennong, Controlling the Floods /…

Content Production & Automation3 – Proficiency
CMG AI Lab + Tsinghua University Metaverse Lab joint production; Text-to-Script, Text-to-ISource →

2025Hunan Broadcasting

爱芒 (Aimang) — China's first AI director, serving as assistant director on Mango TV variety show 我们仨 (The Three of Us) with celebrities Guo Qilin, Mao Buyi and Wei Daxun. Appearance synthesised from portraits of Hunan/Mango TV producers; voice from young staff directors. Functions: real-time voice interaction with cast, independent short video editing from footage, animation production, promotional copywriting…

Multimedia & Visual Production4 – Ways of Working
Mango TV vertical large model; AI director systemSource →

2025Shanghai Press Group (上海报业集团)

AI Super Platform (AI超级平台) and 'AI Intelligent Media Navigation Plan' (AI智媒引航计划) — group-wide AI transformation strategy; launched at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in July 2025; AI technology integrated across the full content production chain: creative planning, content production, distribution, data analysis and commercial operations; subsidiaries developed dedicated vertical AI…

AI Avatars / Synthetic Presenters4 – Ways of Working
AI超级平台 (AI Super Platform) — Shanghai Press Group group-wide; subsidiary vertical AI modelSource →

2025Xinhua News Agency

'彩编助手' (Caiybian Assistant) Intelligent Production Engine — AI-powered unified editorial production system integrating 227 functions across the full news production workflow; key capabilities: content verification (内容核查助手), hotspot discovery and trending topic detection (热点发现), multimodal content generation (text, image, video, audio), key point extraction and AI title generation, intelligent archive search,…

Verification & Fact-Checking4 – Ways of Working
彩编助手 (Caiybian Assistant) — Xinhua in-house AI production engine; 227 integrated functionsSource →

Elsewhere in East Asia and the Pacific

Australia 28Cambodia 2Hong Kong 6Indonesia 24Japan 24Malaysia 11Mongolia 2Myanmar 1New Zealand 25Philippines 16Singapore 8
Data from J·Index, the Journalism AI Index — every case verified against a published source. See the methodological note for how cases are collected and coded. Updated 2026-07-23.