中国新闻社，简称“中新社”，是中国以对外报道为主要新闻业务的国家通讯社，是以海外华侨华人、港澳同胞、台湾同胞和与中国有关系的外国人为主要服务对象的国际通讯社。
中新社建有多渠道、多层次、多功能的新闻信息发布体系，每天24小时不间断向世界各地播发文字、图片、视频、版面、图表、网络、新媒体等各类新闻信息产品，用户遍及五大洲一百多个国家和地区，形成了涵盖海外主要华文媒体的全媒体客户网络。
China News Service (CNS) is not only a state-level news agency in China with spreading news worldwide as its main task, but also an international news agency with the compatriots from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, overseas Chinese and related foreigners as its major subscribers.
CNS functions as: a state-level new agency spreading news worldwide, a database of information from global Chinese-language media, and an international news agency. It fulfills its responsibility through: traditional style of reports, including scripts, photos and special articles; new style of reports, mainly Internet, communication, videos, and SMS; content provision to overseas Chinese-language newspapers; and self-running newspapers and journals.