The China News Service (中国新闻社; pinyin: Zhong1 Guo2 Xin1 Wen2 She4, or 中新社 zhong1 xin1 she4 for short) is the second largest news agency in the People's Republic of China. (The Xinhua News Agency is largest.)

CNS serves mainly overseas Chinese and residents of Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

CNS was established in 1952. Today, China News Service has established news offices and stations in every province in mainland China and in HK and Macau. CNS also has news offices in foreign countries, such as the U.S.A., Japan, France, and Australia.

External links

• Its official website is http://www.cns.com.cn or http://www.chinanews.com.cn