The China International Publishing Group (CIPG), along with its affiliated China Report magazine, held a promotion for the recently launched China Report ASEAN, a national monthly periodical published chiefly in English and targeted at the ASEAN member countries on Jan. 15 in Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Officials from the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and from the local government information office attended the promotion and delivered speeches. Also at the scene were representatives from the consulate-general of Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia, among other ASEAN countries.

China Report ASEAN will be available mainly in English and will be supplemented by issues in the local languages of different ASEAN countries. Its website and mobile APP were also launched along with a paper-copy magazine.

The promotion attracted the attention of up to 20 media agencies, including Xinhua News Agency, China Central Television, the People's Daily Online, Hong Kong Commercial Daily, and the Hong Kong Wen Wei Po and China-ASEAN Panorama magazine.