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he New Zealand China Council Media Awards 2017 was held at the ANZ Center Pavilion in Auckland on Wednesday 23 August. Sally Chen from SKYKIWI won the award for Best Chinese Language Reporting, she was the only Chinese reporter to win an award during the event. This was also the first time a Chinese language online media in New Zealand won such an award. As a revolution pioneer of New Zealand Chinese Media, SKYKIWI has brought us many pleasant surprises in 2017. Surprise A: SKYKIWI News Products All-round Upgrades Centered around Original News Chief Editor of SKYKIWI, Eric Song, noted that the award for Best Chinese Language Reporting is a recognition of the reporter herself, as well as a compliment to the all-round upgrade of SKYKIWI’s news products which has started this year. As the most influential and popular Chinese website in
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REVOLUTION PIONEER OF NEW ZEALAND CHINESE MEDIA skykiwi.com
New Zealand, SKYKIWI has launched an all-round upgrade of its news products centered on original news. “SKYKIWI WeDo” is a brand new column of news insight of SKYKIWI. Currently, there are about 20 reporters professionally engaged in original productions of interviewing and writing, most of whom are journalism majors with years of work experience. Supporting them is a competent editorial team standing by, producing fresh and first-hand news and reports of Australia and New Zealand current affairs, and across the world with an average daily output of 50 articles, which have been serving as the main source of information about New Zealand for local and Chinese readers based in Australia and China. Surprise B: Most amazing event to bridge New Zealand and China 2017 New Zealand-China marketing and brand strategy Summit Forum was successfully concluded recently. Since China has become the largest trading partner of New Zealand in 2013, two-way investment has been growing actively. However, due to the lack of channels to understand the Chinese Capital Market, many New Zealand local companies are unable to find the key to success in this field. With the aim of promoting