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Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, shakes hands with President of China Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada’s Culture Minister touts commercial deals with creative sector in China

Oct 20, 2026 | 12:49 PM

OTTAWA — Culture Minister Marc Miller has returned from a five-day trip to China that aimed to deepen cultural ties between the two countries.

Miller travelled to Shanghai, Shenzhen and Suzhou this month with dozens of representatives from Canadian creative industries.

His office says seven new commercial agreements worth more than $4.2 million were signed during the trip.

Almost 50 representatives from 36 Canadian companies and organizations took part, most of them from the interactive digital media industry.