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Calculated Shard: 152 (from laksa109)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_(Taiwan)\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_(Taiwan)\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_(Taiwan)","crawl_time":1774849429,"first_indexed_time":1439885786,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_(Taiwan) s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Central News Agency (Taiwan) - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nCentral News Agency\n中央通訊社\nHeadquarters in\nTaipei\nAbbreviation\nCNA\nEstablished\nApril 1, 1924\n; 101 years ago\n[\n1\n]\nFounder\nKuomintang\nFounded at\nGuangzhou\n,\nGuangdong\n[\n1\n]\nType\nNational news agency\n[\n2\n]\nLegal status\nNon-profit organisation\n[\n1\n]\nLocation\nTaipei\n,\nTaiwan\nRegion served\nWorldwide, 30 locations\n[\n1\n]\nProducts\nNews\nServices\nJournalism\nOfficial languages\nStandard Chinese\n, English, Japanese,\n[\n1\n]\nIndonesian, Spanish (closed 2021\n[\n3\n]\n)\nOwner\nGovernment of the Republic of China\nParent organization\nExecutive Yuan\nEmployees\n300\nWebsite\ncna.com.tw\nfocustaiwan.tw\nCentral News Agency\nTraditional Chinese\n中央\n通訊\n社\nSimplified Chinese\n中央\n通讯\n社\nTranscriptions\nStandard Mandarin\nHanyu Pinyin\nZhōngyāng Tōngxùnshè\nThe\nCentral News Agency\n(\nChinese\n:\n中央通訊社\n;\nCNA\n) is the national news agency of the\nRepublic of China\n(\nTaiwan\n).\n[\n2\n]\nFounded by the\nKuomintang\nin\nGuangzhou\nin 1924, it is Taiwan's oldest and largest\nnews agency\n.\n[\n4\n]\nAt the end of\nChinese Civil War\n, CNA relocated from\nmainland China\nto\nTaiwan\n. CNA operated as a private company from 1973 until 1996, when it became a government-funded corporation and Taiwan's national news agency.\n[\n2\n]\n[\n4\n]\nCNA publishes content in Chinese, and in English and Japanese under its Focus Taiwan brand.\n[\n5\n]\nThe Focus Taiwan website mostly reports government statements, weather updates, and major criminal cases, and occasionally reports features related to issues of national interest.\nIn July 2024, an Indonesian-language version of CNA's website was launched,\n[\n6\n]\nwith articles translated from Chinese and English using artificial intelligence and a team of Indonesian-speaking editors.\n[\n7\n]\nA Spanish language edition,\nEnfoque en Taiwán\n, was closed 31 March 2021.\n[\n3\n]\nOn March 28, 1924, the Kuomintang\nCentral Executive Committee\ndecided to establish a news agency under the party's propaganda department\n[\n8\n]\n: 134 \nand required local party branches and members to provide news materials.\n[\n9\n]\n: 10–11 \nOn April 1, CNA was founded in\nGuangzhou\nand began to distribute news wires as the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee Propaganda Department Agency.\n[\n9\n]\n: 23 \nWhen the\nKuomintang government\nestablished its seat in Guangzhou on July 1, 1925, the agency became responsible for editing and distributing official documents and information from the party central committee; the number of daily dispatches increased from one per day to two to three a day.\n[\n9\n]\n: 26 \nIn 1927, the head of the Kuomintang propaganda department's publishing division, Yin Shuxian, became the director of the agency. The agency assumed responsibility for inspection and propaganda, which has been described as effectively serving as the party's news monitoring and censorship arm.\n[\n8\n]\n: 134 \nWhen\nChiang Kai-shek\ndecided to expand the Kuomintang's news operation, he tasked Hsiao Tung-tzu, one of four \"senior secretaries\" of the party's propaganda department who had no experience in journalism, to reorganize the news agency. Hsiao proposed three changes: separate the agency from the Central Executive Committee and rename it to \"Central News Agency\", establish a professional radio news station, and allow the agency to gather news independently within the limits of the law and party regulations.\n[\n10\n]\n: 3–4 \nChiang agreed to the recommendations and appointed Hsiao as the director of the newly-formed CNA in 1932. The agency moved out of the Kuomintang headquarters in Dingjiaqiao,\nNanjing\nto three\nlongtang\nbuildings on Shoukang Lane in\nXinjiekou\n.\n[\n10\n]\n: 4 \nIn 1936, CNA established its first bureau outside China in\nTokyo\nwith journalist Chen Bosheng as Sino-Japanese relations continued to deteriorate before the\nSecond Sino-Japanese War\n. By 1937, CNA had 10 bureaus, 21 correspondents, and 159 Chinese-language newspapers that subscribe to its wire service.\n[\n11\n]\n: 13 \nDuring the Second Sino-Japanese War, commercial newspapers relied heavily on CNA wires, including\nChinese Communist Party\n-owned\nXinhua Daily\n, which nearly 89% of its content originated from CNA.\n[\n12\n]\n: 39 \nThe agency's scale and financial support from the Kuomintang during a wartime economic downturn also caused privately owned competitors, including Kuowen News Agency,\n[\n11\n]\n: 13 \nto close.\n[\n12\n]\n: 39 \nAfter the Kuomintang took control of Taiwan following\nJapan's surrender\nin 1945, CNA Taiwan Correspondent Yeh Ming-hsun flew to Taipei to take over the bureaus and news operation of\nDōmei Tsushin\n, the state news agency of the\nEmpire of Japan\n.\n[\n13\n]\n: 5 \nThe agency's headquarters were relocated to\nTaipei\nin 1949 during the\nretreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan\nat the end of the\nChinese Civil War\n. On October 2, 1950, longtime Kuomintang propaganda official Tseng Hsu-pai became the first CNA director in Taiwan.\n[\n14\n]\n: 124 \nDespite the\ncorporatization\nof 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.\n[\ncitation needed\n]\nDuring democratic reforms of the 1990s, CNA's relationship with the Kuomintang and that 80% of its funding came from the state budget were criticized by opposition parties the\nDemocratic Progressive Party\nand the\nNew Party\n. It was also criticized by some within the Kuomintang for being the only party-run cultural enterprise that was unable to sustain a profit. A bill attempting to transition the CNA to become a national news agency in 1993 also failed after it was boycotted by legislators\nTai Chen-yao\nand Su Huo-teng.\n[\n15\n]\nUnder Tang Pan-pan, who was appointed CNA director in December 1992, the agency introduced a series of reforms that aimed to make it more competitive and relevant. Tang appointed veteran journalists from\nBroadcasting Corporation of China\n, another Kuomintang-run media company where Tang had been employed, to lead the CNA newsroom. He also recruited 65 journalists, or 16% of CNA staff, whom Tang described as \"forces of reform\". CNA launched products beyond text-based news wires, including audiovisual and television news, and encouraged publishing wires throughout the day instead of concentrating on a late-afternoon window. In November 1993, it set a daily record for the most number of wires published at 531.\n[\n15\n]\nTang, however, was criticized for overspending and being naïve attempting to improve news professionalism when CNA remained at the control of the Kuomintang Cultural Work Committee.\n[\n15\n]\nHe was transferred to\nCentral Daily News\n, the official newspaper of the Kuomintang, a little over a year in the post and was replaced by Comet Shih, the committee's deputy chairman.\n[\n15\n]\nNon-profit corporation\n[\nedit\n]\nAn entrance to the CNA headquarters on Songjiang Road, Taipei\nOn 1 July 1996, the agency became a\nnon-profit organization\nunder a bill passed by the\nLegislative Yuan\n.\n[\n1\n]\nFrom 2005–2010, CNA's\nweb traffic\nin Taiwan lagged behind other local, and even\nmainland Chinese\n, outlets.\n[\n16\n]\n: 873 \nAs of 2022, it is still Taiwan's official news agency, and received part of its funding from the\nExecutive Yuan\n.\n[\ncitation needed\n]\nNews anchor Hu Wan-ling was appointed the president of CNA on October 30, 2023.\n[\n17\n]\nMass media in Taiwan\n^\na\nb\nc\nd\ne\nf\n\"About Us – Focus Taiwan – CNA English news\"\n.\nFocusTaiwan.tw\n. Central News Agency\n. Retrieved\nOctober 31,\n2020\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\n\"About Focus Taiwan (CNA English News)\"\n. Central News Agency\n. Retrieved\nMay 24,\n2025\n.\nThe Central News Agency (CNA) is the national news agency of the Republic of China (ROC) and the most influential news organization in Taiwan.\n^\na\nb\n\"CNA pondrá fin a sus servicios informativos en idioma español\"\n.\nEnfoque en Taiwán\n. Central News Agency (Taiwan)\n. Retrieved\nApril 26,\n2021\n.\n{{\ncite web\n}}\n:  CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (\nlink\n)\n^\na\nb\nCopper, John F. (October 8, 2024).\nHistorical Dictionary of Taiwan (Republic of China)\n. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.\nISBN\n \n978-1-5381-8488-2\n. Retrieved\nMarch 2,\n2026\n– via\nGoogle Books\n.\n^\n\"About Us\"\n.\nFocus Taiwan – CNA English News\n. Retrieved\nOctober 30,\n2024\n.\n^\nYang, Evelyn (June 21, 2024).\n\"Taiwan's CNA to mark 100th anniversary with events, new initiatives\"\n. Central News Agency\n. Retrieved\nJune 29,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Focus Taiwan launches Indonesian-language news site\"\n. Central News Agency. July 1, 2024\n. Retrieved\nJuly 1,\n2024\n.\n^\na\nb\nReed, Christopher A. (August 15, 2022). \"Competing with the marketplace: The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)'s Department of Propaganda and its political publishing program, 1924–1937\".\nParties as Governments in Eurasia, 1913–1991\n. London: Routledge.\ndoi\n:\n10.4324\/9781003264972-6\n.\nISBN\n \n978-1-003-26497-2\n. Retrieved\nMarch 2,\n2026\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\n中央通訊社\n[\nCentral News Agency\n] (in Traditional Chinese). Central News Agency. November 1971.\n^\na\nb\nChou, Pei-ching (1991).\n中央社的故事（上）——民國二十一年至六十一年\n[\nThe story of the Central News Agency: Minguo year 21 to 61\n] (in Traditional Chinese). San Min Book.\nISBN\n \n978-957-14-1766-0\n.\n^\na\nb\n馮, 志翔 (April 2015).\n蕭同茲傳\n[\nBiography of Hsiao Tung-tzu\n]\n(PDF)\n(in Traditional Chinese) (Digital ed.). Puomo Digital Publishing.\n^\na\nb\nChen, Chih-chang (August 24, 2016).\n重起爐灶：遷臺初期的《中央日報》（1949–1953）\n[\nThe Early Development of \"Central Daily News\" in Taiwan (1949–1953)\n] (in Traditional Chinese). Chih Chih Academic Publishing.\nISBN\n \n978-986-5681-68-5\n.\n^\nCentral News Agency (2004).\n60 Years in Taiwan: The Land and the People\n. Central News Agency.\nISBN\n \n978-957-28327-3-8\n. Retrieved\nMarch 2,\n2026\n.\n^\nLin, Kuo-hsien (March 2014).\n\"來臺後曾虛白的宣傳工作與理念（1949–1994）\"\n[Propaganda work and ideals of Tseng Hsu-pai after going to Taiwan (1949–1994)]\n(PDF)\n.\nBulletin of Academia Historica\n(in Chinese (Taiwan)).\n39\n. Academia Historica:\n117–\n157.\n^\na\nb\nc\nd\nWu, Wan-yu (May 1, 1994).\n\"改革路上多崎嶇 — 唐盼盼與中央社\"\n[The rough path of reform: Tang Pan-pan and the Central News Agency].\nCommonwealth Magazine\n. No. 156.\n^\nLiu, Yu-li; Chou, Yuntsai; Tseng, Kuo-feng; Chen, Ru-Shou Robert; Chiang, Yi-hsuan; Chen, Ping-Hung; Chuang, Chun-Fa (January 1, 2016).\n\"Media Ownership and Concentration in Taiwan Get access Arrow\"\n. In Noam, Eli M. (ed.).\nWho Owns the World's Media? Media Concentration and Ownership around the World\n. Oxford University Press.\ndoi\n:\n10.1093\/acprof:oso\/9780199987238.003.0028\n.\nISBN\n \n978-0-19-998723-8\n.\n^\nThomson, Jono (October 30, 2024).\n\"Taiwan's public news agency appoints new president\"\n.\nTaiwan News\n. 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version](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)&printable=yes \"Printable version of this page [p]\")\n\nIn other projects\n\n- [Wikimedia Commons](https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:Central_News_Agency_\\(Republic_of_China\\))\n- [Wikidata item](https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Special:EntityPage\/Q697130 \"Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]\")\n\nAppearance\n\nmove to sidebar\n\nhide\n\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nNational news agency of Taiwan\n\n|   |   |\n|---|---|\n| 中央通訊社 |   |\n| [![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e1\/Zhi_Ching_Building_20101011.jpg\/330px-Zhi_Ching_Building_20101011.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Zhi_Ching_Building_20101011.jpg)Headquarters in [Taipei](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taipei \"Taipei\") |   |\n| Abbreviation | CNA |\n| Established | April 1, 1924; 101 years ago (1924-04-01)[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) |\n| Founder | [Kuomintang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuomintang \"Kuomintang\") |\n| Founded at | [Guangzhou](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangzhou \"Guangzhou\"), [Guangdong](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangdong \"Guangdong\")[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) |\n| Type | National news agency[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwanwithquote-2) |\n| Legal status | [Non-profit organisation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Non-profit_organization \"Non-profit organization\")[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) |\n| Location | [Taipei](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taipei \"Taipei\"), [Taiwan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan \"Taiwan\") |\n| Region served | Worldwide, 30 locations[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) |\n| Products | [News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/News \"News\") |\n| Services | [Journalism](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Journalism \"Journalism\") |\n| Official languages | [Standard Chinese](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Standard_Chinese \"Standard Chinese\"), English, Japanese,[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) Indonesian, Spanish (closed 2021[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-spanish-closure-3)) |\n| Owner | [Government of the Republic of China](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Government_of_the_Republic_of_China \"Government of the Republic of China\") |\n| Parent organization | [Executive Yuan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Executive_Yuan \"Executive Yuan\") |\n| Employees | 300 |\n| Website | [cna.com.tw](https:\/\/www.cna.com.tw\/) [focustaiwan.tw](https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/) |\n\n| Central News Agency |   |\n|---|---|\n| [Traditional Chinese](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Traditional_Chinese_characters \"Traditional Chinese characters\") | [中央](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE \"wikt:中央\")[通訊](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E9%80%9A%E8%A8%8A \"wikt:通訊\")[社](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E7%A4%BE \"wikt:社\") |\n| [Simplified Chinese](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Simplified_Chinese_characters \"Simplified Chinese characters\") | [中央](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE \"wikt:中央\")[通讯](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E9%80%9A%E8%AE%AF \"wikt:通讯\")[社](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E7%A4%BE \"wikt:社\") |\n| Transcriptions |   |\n| [Standard Mandarin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Standard_Chinese \"Standard Chinese\") |   |\n| [Hanyu Pinyin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hanyu_Pinyin \"Hanyu Pinyin\") | Zhōngyāng Tōngxùnshè |\n\nThe **Central News Agency** ([Chinese](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Traditional_Chinese_characters \"Traditional Chinese characters\"): 中央通訊社; **CNA**) is the national news agency of the [Republic of China](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_China \"Republic of China\") ([Taiwan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan \"Taiwan\")).[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwanwithquote-2) Founded by the [Kuomintang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuomintang \"Kuomintang\") in [Guangzhou](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangzhou \"Guangzhou\") in 1924, it is Taiwan's oldest and largest [news agency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/News_agency \"News agency\").[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-copper-4) At the end of [Chinese Civil War](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Civil_War \"Chinese Civil War\"), CNA relocated from [mainland China](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mainland_China \"Mainland China\") to [Taiwan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geography_of_Taiwan \"Geography of Taiwan\"). CNA operated as a private company from 1973 until 1996, when it became a government-funded corporation and Taiwan's national news agency.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwanwithquote-2)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-copper-4)\n\n## Content\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section: Content\")\\]\n\nCNA publishes content in Chinese, and in English and Japanese under its Focus Taiwan brand.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-5) The Focus Taiwan website mostly reports government statements, weather updates, and major criminal cases, and occasionally reports features related to issues of national interest.\n\nIn July 2024, an Indonesian-language version of CNA's website was launched,[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-6) with articles translated from Chinese and English using artificial intelligence and a team of Indonesian-speaking editors.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-7) A Spanish language edition, *Enfoque en Taiwán*, was closed 31 March 2021.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-spanish-closure-3)\n\n## History\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: History\")\\]\n\n### Founding\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: Founding\")\\]\n\nOn March 28, 1924, the Kuomintang [Central Executive Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Committee_of_the_Kuomintang \"Central Committee of the Kuomintang\") decided to establish a news agency under the party's propaganda department[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-reed-8): 134  and required local party branches and members to provide news materials.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-cna1971-9): 10–11  On April 1, CNA was founded in [Guangzhou](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangzhou \"Guangzhou\") and began to distribute news wires as the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee Propaganda Department Agency.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-cna1971-9): 23  When the [Kuomintang government](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nationalist_government \"Nationalist government\") established its seat in Guangzhou on July 1, 1925, the agency became responsible for editing and distributing official documents and information from the party central committee; the number of daily dispatches increased from one per day to two to three a day.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-cna1971-9): 26\n\nIn 1927, the head of the Kuomintang propaganda department's publishing division, Yin Shuxian, became the director of the agency. The agency assumed responsibility for inspection and propaganda, which has been described as effectively serving as the party's news monitoring and censorship arm.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-reed-8): 134\n\nWhen [Chiang Kai-shek](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chiang_Kai-shek \"Chiang Kai-shek\") decided to expand the Kuomintang's news operation, he tasked Hsiao Tung-tzu, one of four \"senior secretaries\" of the party's propaganda department who had no experience in journalism, to reorganize the news agency. Hsiao proposed three changes: separate the agency from the Central Executive Committee and rename it to \"Central News Agency\", establish a professional radio news station, and allow the agency to gather news independently within the limits of the law and party regulations.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:0-10): 3–4\n\nChiang agreed to the recommendations and appointed Hsiao as the director of the newly-formed CNA in 1932. The agency moved out of the Kuomintang headquarters in Dingjiaqiao, [Nanjing](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nanjing \"Nanjing\") to three [longtang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Longtang \"Longtang\") buildings on Shoukang Lane in [Xinjiekou](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xinjiekou,_Nanjing \"Xinjiekou, Nanjing\").[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:0-10): 4\n\nIn 1936, CNA established its first bureau outside China in [Tokyo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo \"Tokyo\") with journalist Chen Bosheng as Sino-Japanese relations continued to deteriorate before the [Second Sino-Japanese War](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Sino-Japanese_War \"Second Sino-Japanese War\"). By 1937, CNA had 10 bureaus, 21 correspondents, and 159 Chinese-language newspapers that subscribe to its wire service.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:1-11): 13  During the Second Sino-Japanese War, commercial newspapers relied heavily on CNA wires, including [Chinese Communist Party](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Communist_Party \"Chinese Communist Party\")\\-owned *[Xinhua Daily](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xinhua_Daily \"Xinhua Daily\")*, which nearly 89% of its content originated from CNA.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:2-12): 39  The agency's scale and financial support from the Kuomintang during a wartime economic downturn also caused privately owned competitors, including Kuowen News Agency,[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:1-11): 13  to close.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:2-12): 39\n\n### In Taiwan\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: In Taiwan\")\\]\n\nAfter the Kuomintang took control of Taiwan following [Japan's surrender](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surrender_of_Japan \"Surrender of Japan\") in 1945, CNA Taiwan Correspondent Yeh Ming-hsun flew to Taipei to take over the bureaus and news operation of [Dōmei Tsushin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/D%C5%8Dmei_Tsushin \"Dōmei Tsushin\"), the state news agency of the [Empire of Japan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan \"Empire of Japan\").[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-60years-13): 5  The agency's headquarters were relocated to [Taipei](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taipei \"Taipei\") in 1949 during the [retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Retreat_of_the_government_of_the_Republic_of_China_to_Taiwan \"Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan\") at the end of the [Chinese Civil War](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Civil_War \"Chinese Civil War\"). On October 2, 1950, longtime Kuomintang propaganda official Tseng Hsu-pai became the first CNA director in Taiwan.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-14): 124\n\nDespite the [corporatization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corporatization \"Corporatization\") 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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed \"Wikipedia:Citation needed\")*\\]\n\nDuring democratic reforms of the 1990s, CNA's relationship with the Kuomintang and that 80% of its funding came from the state budget were criticized by opposition parties the [Democratic Progressive Party](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Progressive_Party \"Democratic Progressive Party\") and the [New Party](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Party_\\(Taiwan\\) \"New Party (Taiwan)\"). It was also criticized by some within the Kuomintang for being the only party-run cultural enterprise that was unable to sustain a profit. A bill attempting to transition the CNA to become a national news agency in 1993 also failed after it was boycotted by legislators [Tai Chen-yao](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tai_Chen-yao \"Tai Chen-yao\") and Su Huo-teng.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:3-15)\n\nUnder Tang Pan-pan, who was appointed CNA director in December 1992, the agency introduced a series of reforms that aimed to make it more competitive and relevant. Tang appointed veteran journalists from [Broadcasting Corporation of China](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broadcasting_Corporation_of_China \"Broadcasting Corporation of China\"), another Kuomintang-run media company where Tang had been employed, to lead the CNA newsroom. He also recruited 65 journalists, or 16% of CNA staff, whom Tang described as \"forces of reform\". CNA launched products beyond text-based news wires, including audiovisual and television news, and encouraged publishing wires throughout the day instead of concentrating on a late-afternoon window. In November 1993, it set a daily record for the most number of wires published at 531.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:3-15) Tang, however, was criticized for overspending and being naïve attempting to improve news professionalism when CNA remained at the control of the Kuomintang Cultural Work Committee.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:3-15) He was transferred to *[Central Daily News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Daily_News \"Central Daily News\")*, the official newspaper of the Kuomintang, a little over a year in the post and was replaced by Comet Shih, the committee's deputy chairman.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:3-15)\n\n### Non-profit corporation\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Non-profit corporation\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3a\/Central_News_Agency_entry_at_Zhi_Ching_Building_1F_20150912.jpg\/250px-Central_News_Agency_entry_at_Zhi_Ching_Building_1F_20150912.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Central_News_Agency_entry_at_Zhi_Ching_Building_1F_20150912.jpg)\n\nAn entrance to the CNA headquarters on Songjiang Road, Taipei\n\nOn 1 July 1996, the agency became a [non-profit organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Non-profit_organization \"Non-profit organization\") under a bill passed by the [Legislative Yuan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Legislative_Yuan \"Legislative Yuan\").[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) From 2005–2010, CNA's [web traffic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Web_traffic \"Web traffic\") in Taiwan lagged behind other local, and even [mainland Chinese](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mainland_China \"Mainland China\"), outlets.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-16): 873\n\nAs of 2022, it is still Taiwan's official news agency, and received part of its funding from the [Executive Yuan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Executive_Yuan \"Executive Yuan\").\\[*[citation needed](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed \"Wikipedia:Citation needed\")*\\]\n\nNews anchor Hu Wan-ling was appointed the president of CNA on October 30, 2023.[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-17)\n\n## See also\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)&action=edit&section=6 \"Edit section: See also\")\\]\n\n- [Mass media in Taiwan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mass_media_in_Taiwan \"Mass media in Taiwan\")\n\n## References\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)&action=edit&section=7 \"Edit section: References\")\\]\n\n1. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-3) [***e***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-4) [***f***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-5)\n   [\"About Us – Focus Taiwan – CNA English news\"](https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/aboutus). *FocusTaiwan.tw*. Central News Agency. Retrieved October 31, 2020.\n2. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwanwithquote_2-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwanwithquote_2-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwanwithquote_2-2)\n   [\"About Focus Taiwan (CNA English News)\"](https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/aboutus). Central News Agency. Retrieved May 24, 2025. \"The Central News Agency (CNA) is the national news agency of the Republic of China (ROC) and the most influential news organization in Taiwan.\"\n3. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-spanish-closure_3-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-spanish-closure_3-1)\n   [\"CNA pondrá fin a sus servicios informativos en idioma español\"](https:\/\/spanish.cna.com.tw\/ReadNews\/Spn_Read.aspx?Type=DD&Date=&ID=202103270004). *Enfoque en Taiwán*. Central News Agency (Taiwan). Retrieved April 26, 2021.\n   \n   `{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service \"Category:CS1 maint: deprecated archival service\"))\n4. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-copper_4-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-copper_4-1)\n   Copper, John F. (October 8, 2024). [*Historical Dictionary of Taiwan (Republic of China)*](https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/_\/cx6AEQAAQBAJ). Bloomsbury Publishing USA. [ISBN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISBN_\\(identifier\\) \"ISBN (identifier)\")\n   \n   [978-1-5381-8488-2](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/978-1-5381-8488-2 \"Special:BookSources\/978-1-5381-8488-2\")\n   \n   . Retrieved March 2, 2026 – via [Google Books](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google_Books \"Google Books\").\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-5)**\n   [\"About Us\"](https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/aboutus). *Focus Taiwan – CNA English News*. Retrieved October 30, 2024.\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-6)**\n   Yang, Evelyn (June 21, 2024). [\"Taiwan's CNA to mark 100th anniversary with events, new initiatives\"](https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/culture\/202406215001). Central News Agency. Retrieved June 29, 2024.\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-7)**\n   [\"Focus Taiwan launches Indonesian-language news site\"](https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/culture\/202407010002). Central News Agency. July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.\n8. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-reed_8-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-reed_8-1)\n   Reed, Christopher A. (August 15, 2022). \"Competing with the marketplace: The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)'s Department of Propaganda and its political publishing program, 1924–1937\". [*Parties as Governments in Eurasia, 1913–1991*](https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/9781003264972\/chapters\/10.4324\/9781003264972-6). London: Routledge. [doi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_\\(identifier\\) \"Doi (identifier)\"):[10\\.4324\/9781003264972-6](https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324%2F9781003264972-6). [ISBN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISBN_\\(identifier\\) \"ISBN (identifier)\")\n   \n   [978-1-003-26497-2](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/978-1-003-26497-2 \"Special:BookSources\/978-1-003-26497-2\")\n   \n   . Retrieved March 2, 2026.\n9. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-cna1971_9-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-cna1971_9-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-cna1971_9-2)\n   *中央通訊社* \\[*Central News Agency*\\] (in Traditional Chinese). Central News Agency. November 1971.\n10. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-:0_10-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-:0_10-1)\n    Chou, Pei-ching (1991). [*中央社的故事（上）——民國二十一年至六十一年*](https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=8xYwAQAAIAAJ) \\[*The story of the Central News Agency: Minguo year 21 to 61*\\] (in Traditional Chinese). San Min Book. 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101 years ago[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) |\n| Founder | [Kuomintang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuomintang \"Kuomintang\") |\n| Founded at | [Guangzhou](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangzhou \"Guangzhou\"), [Guangdong](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangdong \"Guangdong\")[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) |\n| Type | National news agency[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwanwithquote-2) |\n| Legal status | [Non-profit organisation](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Non-profit_organization \"Non-profit organization\")[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) |\n| Location | [Taipei](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taipei \"Taipei\"), [Taiwan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan \"Taiwan\") |\n| Region served | Worldwide, 30 locations[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) |\n| Products | [News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/News \"News\") |\n| Services | [Journalism](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Journalism \"Journalism\") |\n| Official languages | [Standard Chinese](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Standard_Chinese \"Standard Chinese\"), English, Japanese,[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) Indonesian, Spanish (closed 2021[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-spanish-closure-3)) |\n| Owner | [Government of the Republic of China](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Government_of_the_Republic_of_China \"Government of the Republic of China\") |\n| Parent organization | [Executive Yuan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Executive_Yuan \"Executive Yuan\") |\n| Employees | 300 |\n| Website | [cna.com.tw](https:\/\/www.cna.com.tw\/) [focustaiwan.tw](https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/) |\n\n| Central News Agency |   |\n|---|---|\n| [Traditional Chinese](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Traditional_Chinese_characters \"Traditional Chinese characters\") | [中央](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE \"wikt:中央\")[通訊](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E9%80%9A%E8%A8%8A \"wikt:通訊\")[社](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E7%A4%BE \"wikt:社\") |\n| [Simplified Chinese](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Simplified_Chinese_characters \"Simplified Chinese characters\") | [中央](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE \"wikt:中央\")[通讯](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E9%80%9A%E8%AE%AF \"wikt:通讯\")[社](https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E7%A4%BE \"wikt:社\") |\n| Transcriptions |   |\n| [Standard Mandarin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Standard_Chinese \"Standard Chinese\") |   |\n| [Hanyu Pinyin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hanyu_Pinyin \"Hanyu Pinyin\") | Zhōngyāng Tōngxùnshè |\n\nThe **Central News Agency** ([Chinese](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Traditional_Chinese_characters \"Traditional Chinese characters\"): 中央通訊社; **CNA**) is the national news agency of the [Republic of China](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_China \"Republic of China\") ([Taiwan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiwan \"Taiwan\")).[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwanwithquote-2) Founded by the [Kuomintang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuomintang \"Kuomintang\") in [Guangzhou](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangzhou \"Guangzhou\") in 1924, it is Taiwan's oldest and largest [news agency](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/News_agency \"News agency\").[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-copper-4) At the end of [Chinese Civil War](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Civil_War \"Chinese Civil War\"), CNA relocated from [mainland China](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mainland_China \"Mainland China\") to [Taiwan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geography_of_Taiwan \"Geography of Taiwan\"). CNA operated as a private company from 1973 until 1996, when it became a government-funded corporation and Taiwan's national news agency.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwanwithquote-2)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-copper-4)\n\nCNA publishes content in Chinese, and in English and Japanese under its Focus Taiwan brand.[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-5) The Focus Taiwan website mostly reports government statements, weather updates, and major criminal cases, and occasionally reports features related to issues of national interest.\n\nIn July 2024, an Indonesian-language version of CNA's website was launched,[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-6) with articles translated from Chinese and English using artificial intelligence and a team of Indonesian-speaking editors.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-7) A Spanish language edition, *Enfoque en Taiwán*, was closed 31 March 2021.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-spanish-closure-3)\n\nOn March 28, 1924, the Kuomintang [Central Executive Committee](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Committee_of_the_Kuomintang \"Central Committee of the Kuomintang\") decided to establish a news agency under the party's propaganda department[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-reed-8): 134  and required local party branches and members to provide news materials.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-cna1971-9): 10–11  On April 1, CNA was founded in [Guangzhou](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guangzhou \"Guangzhou\") and began to distribute news wires as the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee Propaganda Department Agency.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-cna1971-9): 23  When the [Kuomintang government](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nationalist_government \"Nationalist government\") established its seat in Guangzhou on July 1, 1925, the agency became responsible for editing and distributing official documents and information from the party central committee; the number of daily dispatches increased from one per day to two to three a day.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-cna1971-9): 26\n\nIn 1927, the head of the Kuomintang propaganda department's publishing division, Yin Shuxian, became the director of the agency. The agency assumed responsibility for inspection and propaganda, which has been described as effectively serving as the party's news monitoring and censorship arm.[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-reed-8): 134\n\nWhen [Chiang Kai-shek](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chiang_Kai-shek \"Chiang Kai-shek\") decided to expand the Kuomintang's news operation, he tasked Hsiao Tung-tzu, one of four \"senior secretaries\" of the party's propaganda department who had no experience in journalism, to reorganize the news agency. Hsiao proposed three changes: separate the agency from the Central Executive Committee and rename it to \"Central News Agency\", establish a professional radio news station, and allow the agency to gather news independently within the limits of the law and party regulations.[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:0-10): 3–4\n\nChiang agreed to the recommendations and appointed Hsiao as the director of the newly-formed CNA in 1932. The agency moved out of the Kuomintang headquarters in Dingjiaqiao, [Nanjing](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nanjing \"Nanjing\") to three [longtang](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Longtang \"Longtang\") buildings on Shoukang Lane in [Xinjiekou](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xinjiekou,_Nanjing \"Xinjiekou, Nanjing\").[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:0-10): 4\n\nIn 1936, CNA established its first bureau outside China in [Tokyo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo \"Tokyo\") with journalist Chen Bosheng as Sino-Japanese relations continued to deteriorate before the [Second Sino-Japanese War](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_Sino-Japanese_War \"Second Sino-Japanese War\"). By 1937, CNA had 10 bureaus, 21 correspondents, and 159 Chinese-language newspapers that subscribe to its wire service.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:1-11): 13  During the Second Sino-Japanese War, commercial newspapers relied heavily on CNA wires, including [Chinese Communist Party](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Communist_Party \"Chinese Communist Party\")\\-owned *[Xinhua Daily](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xinhua_Daily \"Xinhua Daily\")*, which nearly 89% of its content originated from CNA.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:2-12): 39  The agency's scale and financial support from the Kuomintang during a wartime economic downturn also caused privately owned competitors, including Kuowen News Agency,[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:1-11): 13  to close.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:2-12): 39\n\nAfter the Kuomintang took control of Taiwan following [Japan's surrender](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surrender_of_Japan \"Surrender of Japan\") in 1945, CNA Taiwan Correspondent Yeh Ming-hsun flew to Taipei to take over the bureaus and news operation of [Dōmei Tsushin](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/D%C5%8Dmei_Tsushin \"Dōmei Tsushin\"), the state news agency of the [Empire of Japan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Empire_of_Japan \"Empire of Japan\").[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-60years-13): 5  The agency's headquarters were relocated to [Taipei](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taipei \"Taipei\") in 1949 during the [retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Retreat_of_the_government_of_the_Republic_of_China_to_Taiwan \"Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan\") at the end of the [Chinese Civil War](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Civil_War \"Chinese Civil War\"). On October 2, 1950, longtime Kuomintang propaganda official Tseng Hsu-pai became the first CNA director in Taiwan.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-14): 124\n\nDespite the [corporatization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corporatization \"Corporatization\") 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](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed \"Wikipedia:Citation needed\")*\\]\n\nDuring democratic reforms of the 1990s, CNA's relationship with the Kuomintang and that 80% of its funding came from the state budget were criticized by opposition parties the [Democratic Progressive Party](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Progressive_Party \"Democratic Progressive Party\") and the [New Party](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Party_\\(Taiwan\\) \"New Party (Taiwan)\"). It was also criticized by some within the Kuomintang for being the only party-run cultural enterprise that was unable to sustain a profit. A bill attempting to transition the CNA to become a national news agency in 1993 also failed after it was boycotted by legislators [Tai Chen-yao](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tai_Chen-yao \"Tai Chen-yao\") and Su Huo-teng.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:3-15)\n\nUnder Tang Pan-pan, who was appointed CNA director in December 1992, the agency introduced a series of reforms that aimed to make it more competitive and relevant. Tang appointed veteran journalists from [Broadcasting Corporation of China](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broadcasting_Corporation_of_China \"Broadcasting Corporation of China\"), another Kuomintang-run media company where Tang had been employed, to lead the CNA newsroom. He also recruited 65 journalists, or 16% of CNA staff, whom Tang described as \"forces of reform\". CNA launched products beyond text-based news wires, including audiovisual and television news, and encouraged publishing wires throughout the day instead of concentrating on a late-afternoon window. In November 1993, it set a daily record for the most number of wires published at 531.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:3-15) Tang, however, was criticized for overspending and being naïve attempting to improve news professionalism when CNA remained at the control of the Kuomintang Cultural Work Committee.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:3-15) He was transferred to *[Central Daily News](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Daily_News \"Central Daily News\")*, the official newspaper of the Kuomintang, a little over a year in the post and was replaced by Comet Shih, the committee's deputy chairman.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-:3-15)\n\n### Non-profit corporation\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Non-profit corporation\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3a\/Central_News_Agency_entry_at_Zhi_Ching_Building_1F_20150912.jpg\/250px-Central_News_Agency_entry_at_Zhi_Ching_Building_1F_20150912.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Central_News_Agency_entry_at_Zhi_Ching_Building_1F_20150912.jpg)\n\nAn entrance to the CNA headquarters on Songjiang Road, Taipei\n\nOn 1 July 1996, the agency became a [non-profit organization](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Non-profit_organization \"Non-profit organization\") under a bill passed by the [Legislative Yuan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Legislative_Yuan \"Legislative Yuan\").[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) From 2005–2010, CNA's [web traffic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Web_traffic \"Web traffic\") in Taiwan lagged behind other local, and even [mainland Chinese](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mainland_China \"Mainland China\"), outlets.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-16): 873\n\nAs of 2022, it is still Taiwan's official news agency, and received part of its funding from the [Executive Yuan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Executive_Yuan \"Executive Yuan\").\\[*[citation needed](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed \"Wikipedia:Citation needed\")*\\]\n\nNews anchor Hu Wan-ling was appointed the president of CNA on October 30, 2023.[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_note-17)\n\n- [Mass media in Taiwan](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mass_media_in_Taiwan \"Mass media in Taiwan\")\n\n1. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-3) [***e***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-4) [***f***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-5)\n   [\"About Us – Focus Taiwan – CNA English news\"](https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/aboutus). *FocusTaiwan.tw*. 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Retrieved May 24, 2025. \"The Central News Agency (CNA) is the national news agency of the Republic of China (ROC) and the most influential news organization in Taiwan.\"\n3. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-spanish-closure_3-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-spanish-closure_3-1)\n   [\"CNA pondrá fin a sus servicios informativos en idioma español\"](https:\/\/spanish.cna.com.tw\/ReadNews\/Spn_Read.aspx?Type=DD&Date=&ID=202103270004). *Enfoque en Taiwán*. Central News Agency (Taiwan). 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Retrieved March 2, 2026 – via [Google Books](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google_Books \"Google Books\").\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-5)**\n   [\"About Us\"](https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/aboutus). *Focus Taiwan – CNA English News*. Retrieved October 30, 2024.\n6. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-6)**\n   Yang, Evelyn (June 21, 2024). [\"Taiwan's CNA to mark 100th anniversary with events, new initiatives\"](https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/culture\/202406215001). Central News Agency. Retrieved June 29, 2024.\n7. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-7)**\n   [\"Focus Taiwan launches Indonesian-language news site\"](https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/culture\/202407010002). Central News Agency. July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.\n8. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-reed_8-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-reed_8-1)\n   Reed, Christopher A. (August 15, 2022). \"Competing with the marketplace: The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)'s Department of Propaganda and its political publishing program, 1924–1937\". [*Parties as Governments in Eurasia, 1913–1991*](https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/books\/9781003264972\/chapters\/10.4324\/9781003264972-6). London: Routledge. [doi](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_\\(identifier\\) \"Doi (identifier)\"):[10\\.4324\/9781003264972-6](https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324%2F9781003264972-6). [ISBN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISBN_\\(identifier\\) \"ISBN (identifier)\")\n   \n   [978-1-003-26497-2](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/978-1-003-26497-2 \"Special:BookSources\/978-1-003-26497-2\")\n   \n   . 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[*重起爐灶：遷臺初期的《中央日報》（1949–1953）*](https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=21ZyDwAAQBAJ) \\[*The Early Development of \"Central Daily News\" in Taiwan (1949–1953)*\\] (in Traditional Chinese). Chih Chih Academic Publishing. [ISBN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISBN_\\(identifier\\) \"ISBN (identifier)\")\n    \n    [978-986-5681-68-5](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/978-986-5681-68-5 \"Special:BookSources\/978-986-5681-68-5\")\n    \n    .\n13. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-60years_13-0)**\n    Central News Agency (2004). [*60 Years in Taiwan: The Land and the People*](https:\/\/www.google.com\/books\/edition\/_\/3hOBAAAAIAAJ). Central News Agency. [ISBN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISBN_\\(identifier\\) \"ISBN (identifier)\")\n    \n    [978-957-28327-3-8](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:BookSources\/978-957-28327-3-8 \"Special:BookSources\/978-957-28327-3-8\")\n    \n    . 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[\"改革路上多崎嶇 — 唐盼盼與中央社\"](https:\/\/www.cw.com.tw\/article\/5105845) \\[The rough path of reform: Tang Pan-pan and the Central News Agency\\]. *[Commonwealth Magazine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_Magazine \"Commonwealth Magazine\")*. No. 156.\n16. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_News_Agency_\\(Taiwan\\)#cite_ref-16)**\n    Liu, Yu-li; Chou, Yuntsai; Tseng, Kuo-feng; Chen, Ru-Shou Robert; Chiang, Yi-hsuan; Chen, Ping-Hung; Chuang, Chun-Fa (January 1, 2016). [\"Media Ownership and Concentration in Taiwan Get access Arrow\"](https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/book\/27756\/chapter-abstract\/197974073). In Noam, Eli M. (ed.). [*Who Owns the World's Media? Media Concentration and Ownership around the World*](http:\/\/www.oxfordscholarship.com\/view\/10.1093\/acprof:oso\/9780199987238.001.0001\/acprof-9780199987238). Oxford University Press. 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Boilerpipe Text	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Central News Agency 中央通訊社 Headquarters in Taipei Abbreviation CNA Established April 1, 1924 ; 101 years ago [ 1 ] Founder Kuomintang Founded at Guangzhou , Guangdong [ 1 ] Type National news agency [ 2 ] Legal status Non-profit organisation [ 1 ] Location Taipei , Taiwan Region served Worldwide, 30 locations [ 1 ] Products News Services Journalism Official languages Standard Chinese , English, Japanese, [ 1 ] Indonesian, Spanish (closed 2021 [ 3 ] ) Owner Government of the Republic of China Parent organization Executive Yuan Employees 300 Website cna.com.tw focustaiwan.tw Central News Agency Traditional Chinese 中央通訊社 Simplified Chinese 中央通讯社 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngyāng Tōngxùnshè The Central News Agency ( Chinese : 中央通訊社 ; CNA ) is the national news agency of the Republic of China ( Taiwan ). [ 2 ] Founded by the Kuomintang in Guangzhou in 1924, it is Taiwan's oldest and largest news agency . [ 4 ] At the end of Chinese Civil War , CNA relocated from mainland China to Taiwan . CNA operated as a private company from 1973 until 1996, when it became a government-funded corporation and Taiwan's national news agency. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] CNA publishes content in Chinese, and in English and Japanese under its Focus Taiwan brand. [ 5 ] The Focus Taiwan website mostly reports government statements, weather updates, and major criminal cases, and occasionally reports features related to issues of national interest. In July 2024, an Indonesian-language version of CNA's website was launched, [ 6 ] with articles translated from Chinese and English using artificial intelligence and a team of Indonesian-speaking editors. [ 7 ] A Spanish language edition, Enfoque en Taiwán , was closed 31 March 2021. [ 3 ] On March 28, 1924, the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee decided to establish a news agency under the party's propaganda department [ 8 ] : 134 and required local party branches and members to provide news materials. [ 9 ] : 10–11 On April 1, CNA was founded in Guangzhou and began to distribute news wires as the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee Propaganda Department Agency. [ 9 ] : 23 When the Kuomintang government established its seat in Guangzhou on July 1, 1925, the agency became responsible for editing and distributing official documents and information from the party central committee; the number of daily dispatches increased from one per day to two to three a day. [ 9 ] : 26 In 1927, the head of the Kuomintang propaganda department's publishing division, Yin Shuxian, became the director of the agency. The agency assumed responsibility for inspection and propaganda, which has been described as effectively serving as the party's news monitoring and censorship arm. [ 8 ] : 134 When Chiang Kai-shek decided to expand the Kuomintang's news operation, he tasked Hsiao Tung-tzu, one of four "senior secretaries" of the party's propaganda department who had no experience in journalism, to reorganize the news agency. Hsiao proposed three changes: separate the agency from the Central Executive Committee and rename it to "Central News Agency", establish a professional radio news station, and allow the agency to gather news independently within the limits of the law and party regulations. [ 10 ] : 3–4 Chiang agreed to the recommendations and appointed Hsiao as the director of the newly-formed CNA in 1932. The agency moved out of the Kuomintang headquarters in Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing to three longtang buildings on Shoukang Lane in Xinjiekou . [ 10 ] : 4 In 1936, CNA established its first bureau outside China in Tokyo with journalist Chen Bosheng as Sino-Japanese relations continued to deteriorate before the Second Sino-Japanese War . By 1937, CNA had 10 bureaus, 21 correspondents, and 159 Chinese-language newspapers that subscribe to its wire service. [ 11 ] : 13 During the Second Sino-Japanese War, commercial newspapers relied heavily on CNA wires, including Chinese Communist Party -owned Xinhua Daily , which nearly 89% of its content originated from CNA. [ 12 ] : 39 The agency's scale and financial support from the Kuomintang during a wartime economic downturn also caused privately owned competitors, including Kuowen News Agency, [ 11 ] : 13 to close. [ 12 ] : 39 After the Kuomintang took control of Taiwan following Japan's surrender in 1945, CNA Taiwan Correspondent Yeh Ming-hsun flew to Taipei to take over the bureaus and news operation of Dōmei Tsushin , the state news agency of the Empire of Japan . [ 13 ] : 5 The agency's headquarters were relocated to Taipei in 1949 during the retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese Civil War . On October 2, 1950, longtime Kuomintang propaganda official Tseng Hsu-pai became the first CNA director in Taiwan. [ 14 ] : 124 Despite the corporatization 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 ] During democratic reforms of the 1990s, CNA's relationship with the Kuomintang and that 80% of its funding came from the state budget were criticized by opposition parties the Democratic Progressive Party and the New Party . It was also criticized by some within the Kuomintang for being the only party-run cultural enterprise that was unable to sustain a profit. A bill attempting to transition the CNA to become a national news agency in 1993 also failed after it was boycotted by legislators Tai Chen-yao and Su Huo-teng. [ 15 ] Under Tang Pan-pan, who was appointed CNA director in December 1992, the agency introduced a series of reforms that aimed to make it more competitive and relevant. Tang appointed veteran journalists from Broadcasting Corporation of China , another Kuomintang-run media company where Tang had been employed, to lead the CNA newsroom. He also recruited 65 journalists, or 16% of CNA staff, whom Tang described as "forces of reform". CNA launched products beyond text-based news wires, including audiovisual and television news, and encouraged publishing wires throughout the day instead of concentrating on a late-afternoon window. In November 1993, it set a daily record for the most number of wires published at 531. [ 15 ] Tang, however, was criticized for overspending and being naïve attempting to improve news professionalism when CNA remained at the control of the Kuomintang Cultural Work Committee. [ 15 ] He was transferred to Central Daily News , the official newspaper of the Kuomintang, a little over a year in the post and was replaced by Comet Shih, the committee's deputy chairman. [ 15 ] Non-profit corporation [ edit ] An entrance to the CNA headquarters on Songjiang Road, Taipei On 1 July 1996, the agency became a non-profit organization under a bill passed by the Legislative Yuan . [ 1 ] From 2005–2010, CNA's web traffic in Taiwan lagged behind other local, and even mainland Chinese , outlets. [ 16 ] : 873 As of 2022, it is still Taiwan's official news agency, and received part of its funding from the Executive Yuan . [ citation needed ] News anchor Hu Wan-ling was appointed the president of CNA on October 30, 2023. [ 17 ] Mass media in Taiwan ^ a b c d e f "About Us – Focus Taiwan – CNA English news" . FocusTaiwan.tw . Central News Agency . Retrieved October 31, 2020 . ^ a b c "About Focus Taiwan (CNA English News)" . Central News Agency . Retrieved May 24, 2025 . 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CNA operated as a private company from 1973 until 1996, when it became a government-funded corporation and Taiwan's national news agency.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwanwithquote-2)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-copper-4) ## Content \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Content")\] CNA publishes content in Chinese, and in English and Japanese under its Focus Taiwan brand.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-5) The Focus Taiwan website mostly reports government statements, weather updates, and major criminal cases, and occasionally reports features related to issues of national interest. In July 2024, an Indonesian-language version of CNA's website was launched,[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-6) with articles translated from Chinese and English using artificial intelligence and a team of Indonesian-speaking editors.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-7) A Spanish language edition, Enfoque en Taiwán, was closed 31 March 2021.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-spanish-closure-3) ## History \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: History")\] ### Founding \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Founding")\] On March 28, 1924, the Kuomintang [Central Executive Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_Kuomintang "Central Committee of the Kuomintang") decided to establish a news agency under the party's propaganda department[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-reed-8): 134 and required local party branches and members to provide news materials.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-cna1971-9): 10–11 On April 1, CNA was founded in [Guangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou "Guangzhou") and began to distribute news wires as the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee Propaganda Department Agency.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-cna1971-9): 23 When the [Kuomintang government](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalist_government "Nationalist government") established its seat in Guangzhou on July 1, 1925, the agency became responsible for editing and distributing official documents and information from the party central committee; the number of daily dispatches increased from one per day to two to three a day.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-cna1971-9): 26 In 1927, the head of the Kuomintang propaganda department's publishing division, Yin Shuxian, became the director of the agency. The agency assumed responsibility for inspection and propaganda, which has been described as effectively serving as the party's news monitoring and censorship arm.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-reed-8): 134 When [Chiang Kai-shek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek "Chiang Kai-shek") decided to expand the Kuomintang's news operation, he tasked Hsiao Tung-tzu, one of four "senior secretaries" of the party's propaganda department who had no experience in journalism, to reorganize the news agency. Hsiao proposed three changes: separate the agency from the Central Executive Committee and rename it to "Central News Agency", establish a professional radio news station, and allow the agency to gather news independently within the limits of the law and party regulations.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:0-10): 3–4 Chiang agreed to the recommendations and appointed Hsiao as the director of the newly-formed CNA in 1932. The agency moved out of the Kuomintang headquarters in Dingjiaqiao, [Nanjing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing "Nanjing") to three [longtang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longtang "Longtang") buildings on Shoukang Lane in [Xinjiekou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiekou,_Nanjing "Xinjiekou, Nanjing").[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:0-10): 4 In 1936, CNA established its first bureau outside China in [Tokyo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo") with journalist Chen Bosheng as Sino-Japanese relations continued to deteriorate before the [Second Sino-Japanese War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War "Second Sino-Japanese War"). By 1937, CNA had 10 bureaus, 21 correspondents, and 159 Chinese-language newspapers that subscribe to its wire service.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:1-11): 13 During the Second Sino-Japanese War, commercial newspapers relied heavily on CNA wires, including [Chinese Communist Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party "Chinese Communist Party")\-owned [Xinhua Daily](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhua_Daily "Xinhua Daily"), which nearly 89% of its content originated from CNA.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:2-12): 39 The agency's scale and financial support from the Kuomintang during a wartime economic downturn also caused privately owned competitors, including Kuowen News Agency,[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:1-11): 13 to close.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:2-12): 39 ### In Taiwan \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: In Taiwan")\] After the Kuomintang took control of Taiwan following [Japan's surrender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan "Surrender of Japan") in 1945, CNA Taiwan Correspondent Yeh Ming-hsun flew to Taipei to take over the bureaus and news operation of [Dōmei Tsushin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dmei_Tsushin "Dōmei Tsushin"), the state news agency of the [Empire of Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan "Empire of Japan").[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-60years-13): 5 The agency's headquarters were relocated to [Taipei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei "Taipei") in 1949 during the [retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_the_government_of_the_Republic_of_China_to_Taiwan "Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan") at the end of the [Chinese Civil War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War "Chinese Civil War"). On October 2, 1950, longtime Kuomintang propaganda official Tseng Hsu-pai became the first CNA director in Taiwan.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-14): 124 Despite the [corporatization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatization "Corporatization") 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.\[[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")\] During democratic reforms of the 1990s, CNA's relationship with the Kuomintang and that 80% of its funding came from the state budget were criticized by opposition parties the [Democratic Progressive Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party "Democratic Progressive Party") and the [New Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Party_\(Taiwan\) "New Party (Taiwan)"). It was also criticized by some within the Kuomintang for being the only party-run cultural enterprise that was unable to sustain a profit. A bill attempting to transition the CNA to become a national news agency in 1993 also failed after it was boycotted by legislators [Tai Chen-yao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_Chen-yao "Tai Chen-yao") and Su Huo-teng.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:3-15) Under Tang Pan-pan, who was appointed CNA director in December 1992, the agency introduced a series of reforms that aimed to make it more competitive and relevant. Tang appointed veteran journalists from [Broadcasting Corporation of China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting_Corporation_of_China "Broadcasting Corporation of China"), another Kuomintang-run media company where Tang had been employed, to lead the CNA newsroom. He also recruited 65 journalists, or 16% of CNA staff, whom Tang described as "forces of reform". CNA launched products beyond text-based news wires, including audiovisual and television news, and encouraged publishing wires throughout the day instead of concentrating on a late-afternoon window. In November 1993, it set a daily record for the most number of wires published at 531.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:3-15) Tang, however, was criticized for overspending and being naïve attempting to improve news professionalism when CNA remained at the control of the Kuomintang Cultural Work Committee.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:3-15) He was transferred to [Central Daily News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Daily_News "Central Daily News"), the official newspaper of the Kuomintang, a little over a year in the post and was replaced by Comet Shih, the committee's deputy chairman.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:3-15) ### Non-profit corporation \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Non-profit corporation")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Central_News_Agency_entry_at_Zhi_Ching_Building_1F_20150912.jpg/250px-Central_News_Agency_entry_at_Zhi_Ching_Building_1F_20150912.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Central_News_Agency_entry_at_Zhi_Ching_Building_1F_20150912.jpg) An entrance to the CNA headquarters on Songjiang Road, Taipei On 1 July 1996, the agency became a [non-profit organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organization "Non-profit organization") under a bill passed by the [Legislative Yuan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Yuan "Legislative Yuan").[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) From 2005–2010, CNA's [web traffic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_traffic "Web traffic") in Taiwan lagged behind other local, and even [mainland Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_China "Mainland China"), outlets.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-16): 873 As of 2022, it is still Taiwan's official news agency, and received part of its funding from the [Executive Yuan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Yuan "Executive Yuan").\[[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")\] News anchor Hu Wan-ling was appointed the president of CNA on October 30, 2023.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-17) ## See also \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: See also")\] - [Mass media in Taiwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media_in_Taiwan "Mass media in Taiwan") ## References \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: References")\] 1. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-1) [c](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-2) [d](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-3) [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-4) [f](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-5) ["About Us – Focus Taiwan – CNA English news"](https://focustaiwan.tw/aboutus). 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Readable Markdown	From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia \| \| \| \|---\|---\| \| 中央通訊社 \| \| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Zhi_Ching_Building_20101011.jpg/330px-Zhi_Ching_Building_20101011.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zhi_Ching_Building_20101011.jpg)Headquarters in [Taipei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei "Taipei") \| \| \| Abbreviation \| CNA \| \| Established \| April 1, 1924; 101 years ago[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) \| \| Founder \| [Kuomintang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang "Kuomintang") \| \| Founded at \| [Guangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou "Guangzhou"), [Guangdong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong "Guangdong")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) \| \| Type \| National news agency[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwanwithquote-2) \| \| Legal status \| [Non-profit organisation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organization "Non-profit organization")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) \| \| Location \| [Taipei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei "Taipei"), [Taiwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan "Taiwan") \| \| Region served \| Worldwide, 30 locations[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) \| \| Products \| [News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News "News") \| \| Services \| [Journalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism "Journalism") \| \| Official languages \| [Standard Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chinese "Standard Chinese"), English, Japanese,[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) Indonesian, Spanish (closed 2021[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-spanish-closure-3)) \| \| Owner \| [Government of the Republic of China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_Republic_of_China "Government of the Republic of China") \| \| Parent organization \| [Executive Yuan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Yuan "Executive Yuan") \| \| Employees \| 300 \| \| Website \| [cna.com.tw](https://www.cna.com.tw/) [focustaiwan.tw](https://focustaiwan.tw/) \| \| Central News Agency \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [Traditional Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters "Traditional Chinese characters") \| [中央](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE "wikt:中央")[通訊](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%80%9A%E8%A8%8A "wikt:通訊")[社](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A4%BE "wikt:社") \| \| [Simplified Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters "Simplified Chinese characters") \| [中央](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE "wikt:中央")[通讯](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%80%9A%E8%AE%AF "wikt:通讯")[社](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A4%BE "wikt:社") \| \| Transcriptions \| \| \| [Standard Mandarin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chinese "Standard Chinese") \| \| \| [Hanyu Pinyin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin "Hanyu Pinyin") \| Zhōngyāng Tōngxùnshè \| The Central News Agency ([Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters "Traditional Chinese characters"): 中央通訊社; CNA) is the national news agency of the [Republic of China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China "Republic of China") ([Taiwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan "Taiwan")).[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwanwithquote-2) Founded by the [Kuomintang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang "Kuomintang") in [Guangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou "Guangzhou") in 1924, it is Taiwan's oldest and largest [news agency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_agency "News agency").[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-copper-4) At the end of [Chinese Civil War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War "Chinese Civil War"), CNA relocated from [mainland China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_China "Mainland China") to [Taiwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Taiwan "Geography of Taiwan"). CNA operated as a private company from 1973 until 1996, when it became a government-funded corporation and Taiwan's national news agency.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwanwithquote-2)[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-copper-4) CNA publishes content in Chinese, and in English and Japanese under its Focus Taiwan brand.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-5) The Focus Taiwan website mostly reports government statements, weather updates, and major criminal cases, and occasionally reports features related to issues of national interest. In July 2024, an Indonesian-language version of CNA's website was launched,[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-6) with articles translated from Chinese and English using artificial intelligence and a team of Indonesian-speaking editors.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-7) A Spanish language edition, Enfoque en Taiwán, was closed 31 March 2021.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-spanish-closure-3) On March 28, 1924, the Kuomintang [Central Executive Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_Kuomintang "Central Committee of the Kuomintang") decided to establish a news agency under the party's propaganda department[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-reed-8): 134 and required local party branches and members to provide news materials.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-cna1971-9): 10–11 On April 1, CNA was founded in [Guangzhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou "Guangzhou") and began to distribute news wires as the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee Propaganda Department Agency.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-cna1971-9): 23 When the [Kuomintang government](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalist_government "Nationalist government") established its seat in Guangzhou on July 1, 1925, the agency became responsible for editing and distributing official documents and information from the party central committee; the number of daily dispatches increased from one per day to two to three a day.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-cna1971-9): 26 In 1927, the head of the Kuomintang propaganda department's publishing division, Yin Shuxian, became the director of the agency. The agency assumed responsibility for inspection and propaganda, which has been described as effectively serving as the party's news monitoring and censorship arm.[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-reed-8): 134 When [Chiang Kai-shek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek "Chiang Kai-shek") decided to expand the Kuomintang's news operation, he tasked Hsiao Tung-tzu, one of four "senior secretaries" of the party's propaganda department who had no experience in journalism, to reorganize the news agency. Hsiao proposed three changes: separate the agency from the Central Executive Committee and rename it to "Central News Agency", establish a professional radio news station, and allow the agency to gather news independently within the limits of the law and party regulations.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:0-10): 3–4 Chiang agreed to the recommendations and appointed Hsiao as the director of the newly-formed CNA in 1932. The agency moved out of the Kuomintang headquarters in Dingjiaqiao, [Nanjing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing "Nanjing") to three [longtang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longtang "Longtang") buildings on Shoukang Lane in [Xinjiekou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiekou,_Nanjing "Xinjiekou, Nanjing").[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:0-10): 4 In 1936, CNA established its first bureau outside China in [Tokyo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo") with journalist Chen Bosheng as Sino-Japanese relations continued to deteriorate before the [Second Sino-Japanese War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War "Second Sino-Japanese War"). By 1937, CNA had 10 bureaus, 21 correspondents, and 159 Chinese-language newspapers that subscribe to its wire service.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:1-11): 13 During the Second Sino-Japanese War, commercial newspapers relied heavily on CNA wires, including [Chinese Communist Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party "Chinese Communist Party")\-owned [Xinhua Daily](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhua_Daily "Xinhua Daily"), which nearly 89% of its content originated from CNA.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:2-12): 39 The agency's scale and financial support from the Kuomintang during a wartime economic downturn also caused privately owned competitors, including Kuowen News Agency,[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:1-11): 13 to close.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:2-12): 39 After the Kuomintang took control of Taiwan following [Japan's surrender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan "Surrender of Japan") in 1945, CNA Taiwan Correspondent Yeh Ming-hsun flew to Taipei to take over the bureaus and news operation of [Dōmei Tsushin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dmei_Tsushin "Dōmei Tsushin"), the state news agency of the [Empire of Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan "Empire of Japan").[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-60years-13): 5 The agency's headquarters were relocated to [Taipei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei "Taipei") in 1949 during the [retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_the_government_of_the_Republic_of_China_to_Taiwan "Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan") at the end of the [Chinese Civil War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War "Chinese Civil War"). On October 2, 1950, longtime Kuomintang propaganda official Tseng Hsu-pai became the first CNA director in Taiwan.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-14): 124 Despite the [corporatization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatization "Corporatization") 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.\[[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")\] During democratic reforms of the 1990s, CNA's relationship with the Kuomintang and that 80% of its funding came from the state budget were criticized by opposition parties the [Democratic Progressive Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party "Democratic Progressive Party") and the [New Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Party_\(Taiwan\) "New Party (Taiwan)"). It was also criticized by some within the Kuomintang for being the only party-run cultural enterprise that was unable to sustain a profit. A bill attempting to transition the CNA to become a national news agency in 1993 also failed after it was boycotted by legislators [Tai Chen-yao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_Chen-yao "Tai Chen-yao") and Su Huo-teng.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:3-15) Under Tang Pan-pan, who was appointed CNA director in December 1992, the agency introduced a series of reforms that aimed to make it more competitive and relevant. Tang appointed veteran journalists from [Broadcasting Corporation of China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting_Corporation_of_China "Broadcasting Corporation of China"), another Kuomintang-run media company where Tang had been employed, to lead the CNA newsroom. He also recruited 65 journalists, or 16% of CNA staff, whom Tang described as "forces of reform". CNA launched products beyond text-based news wires, including audiovisual and television news, and encouraged publishing wires throughout the day instead of concentrating on a late-afternoon window. In November 1993, it set a daily record for the most number of wires published at 531.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:3-15) Tang, however, was criticized for overspending and being naïve attempting to improve news professionalism when CNA remained at the control of the Kuomintang Cultural Work Committee.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:3-15) He was transferred to [Central Daily News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Daily_News "Central Daily News"), the official newspaper of the Kuomintang, a little over a year in the post and was replaced by Comet Shih, the committee's deputy chairman.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-:3-15) ### Non-profit corporation \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Non-profit corporation")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Central_News_Agency_entry_at_Zhi_Ching_Building_1F_20150912.jpg/250px-Central_News_Agency_entry_at_Zhi_Ching_Building_1F_20150912.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Central_News_Agency_entry_at_Zhi_Ching_Building_1F_20150912.jpg) An entrance to the CNA headquarters on Songjiang Road, Taipei On 1 July 1996, the agency became a [non-profit organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organization "Non-profit organization") under a bill passed by the [Legislative Yuan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Yuan "Legislative Yuan").[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-FocusTaiwan-1) From 2005–2010, CNA's [web traffic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_traffic "Web traffic") in Taiwan lagged behind other local, and even [mainland Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_China "Mainland China"), outlets.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-16): 873 As of 2022, it is still Taiwan's official news agency, and received part of its funding from the [Executive Yuan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Yuan "Executive Yuan").\[[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")\] News anchor Hu Wan-ling was appointed the president of CNA on October 30, 2023.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_note-17) - [Mass media in Taiwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media_in_Taiwan "Mass media in Taiwan") 1. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-1) [c](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-2) [d](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-3) [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-4) [f](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_News_Agency_\(Taiwan\)#cite_ref-FocusTaiwan_1-5) ["About Us – Focus Taiwan – CNA English news"](https://focustaiwan.tw/aboutus). 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