ICA China Chapter Inauguration Ceremony
国际传播学会中国理事会成立

Our ICA China Chapter was inaugurated on March 28th in Beijing at an event attended by the Deans and Directors of Communication programs at seven major universities in China, including Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China, Renmin University, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The ceremony also included remarks by the President of the Asian-Pacific Communication Alliance (APCA), Professor Changfeng Chen from Tsinghua University. ICA President-Elect Professor Eun-Ju Lee and the Chairs of ICA Indonesia, ICA Kenya, and ICA Nigeria Chapters joined the ceremony online. The organizing team of ICA China, chaired by Prof. Mengxiao Zhu, has well-established and enduring relationships with ICA, having hosted ICA Regional Hubs in multiple locations within China over the past three years. In addition, many of the organizers have been active members of ICA, including serving in leadership roles over the past several decades. ICA China has identified three goals: (i) continue to host local conferences and workshops as part of the ICA Regional Hub, (ii) host distinguished speaker series inviting communication scholars, including those from ICA, to share their work, and (iii) to introduce the latest progress in communication studies to graduate students and young scholars in China.