Central News Agency (Taiwan)

Central News Agency
Central News Agency of Taiwan
中央通訊社
AbbreviationCNA
Established1 April 1924; 100 years ago (1924-04-01)[1]
FounderKuomintang
Founded atGuangzhou, Guangdong[1]
TypeNews agency (state-owned)[1]
Legal statusNon-profit organisation[1]
Location
Region served
Worldwide, 30 locations[1]
ProductsNews
ServicesJournalism
Official languages
Standard Chinese, English, Japanese,[1] Indonesian, Spanish (closed 2021[2])
OwnerGovernment of the Republic of China
Parent organization
Executive Yuan
Employees
300
Websitecna.com.tw
focustaiwan.tw
Central News Agency
Traditional Chinese中央通訊
Simplified Chinese中央通讯
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngyāng Tōngxùnshè

The Central News Agency (CNA) is Taiwan's semi-official wire service.

In addition to its Chinese language edition, it also has English and Japanese editions. It has a 300-strong employee base, and overseas branches in some 30 countries. It works with a number of well-known news agencies around the world, such as the Associated Press, Reuters, Deutsche Welle, and Agence France-Presse.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference FocusTaiwan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "CNA pondrá fin a sus servicios informativos en idioma español". Enfoque en Taiwán. Central News Agency (Taiwan). Archived from the original on 2021-03-27. Retrieved 26 April 2021.