A group of 23 Liberian media professionals is currently based in Anji County, Zhejiang Province, as part of a 14-day government-funded training initiative. AllAfrica reported that the seminar, run by the National Radio and Television Administration’s training arm, began in Beijing on October 14, 2026, and will end on October 27. The curriculum mixes classroom lessons with on-site visits intended to show participants how China blends media growth, digital management, and ecological sustainability.
In Anji, the visitors toured Yucun Village, a site known for shifting from heavy mining to eco-tourism. According to the report, regional officials closed local limestone quarries and cement plants in the mid-2000s to repair environmental damage. This move supported a philosophy that natural assets hold economic value when preserved. The village has since earned international acclaim, including a spot on the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s list of best tourism villages.
The delegation also inspected the Anji Smart Governance Center, a digital hub launched in 2020 with roughly 2.2 billion yuan in funding. This facility coordinates city services such as transport, healthcare, and parking through a centralized data platform. Additionally, the journalists observed factories producing bamboo-based goods to replace single-use plastics. The itinerary included stops at the Anji White Tea Creative Complex, which won a Red Dot design award, and the Ancient Yue Cultural Site, an archaeological area containing a 30,000-square-meter burial complex.
This course extends the NRTA training institute’s long history of hosting international media staff. AllAfrica noted that the body has run 253 state-funded programs since 2005, training over 6,740 people from 163 developing nations by late 2024. For Liberia, the trip offers a hands-on look at how local policies execute broader development goals, ranging from restoring damaged landscapes to applying digital tools in public administration.