Symposium on News Reporting and Public Opinion

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Symposium on News Reporting and Public Opinion
Native name 党的新闻舆论工作座谈会
Date19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)
Location Great Hall of the People, Beijing. China
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The Symposium on News Reporting and Public Opinion was a meeting on the news and public opinion work of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) convened by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping on February 19, 2016.

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The symposium

On the morning of February 19, CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the People's Daily Press, Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television (CCTV) for research. [1] [2] On the afternoon of the same day, Xi formally convened and presided over the Symposium on News Reporting and Public Opinion at the Great Hall of the People. Participants included Yang Zhenwu, President of the People's Daily , Cai Mingzhao, President of Xinhua News Agency, Nie Chenxi, President of the CCTV, and editor representative Fan Zhengwei, reporter representative Li Keyong, and host representative. [3] Xi made a speech at the meeting, emphasizing that "political direction must be placed first, firmly adhere to the principle of party spirit, firmly adhere to the Marxist view of journalism, firmly adhere to the correct public opinion orientation, and firmly adhere to positive propaganda as the main focus." [3] [4] At the speech he said that: [5] [6]

Most fundamental to adhering to the principal of party spirit in the Party’s news and public opinion work is adhering to the Party’s leadership of news and public opinion work. The media operated by the Party and the government are propaganda positions of the Party and the government, and must be surnamed Party. All of the work of the Party’s news and public opinion media must evince the Party’s will, reflect the Party’s positions, protect the authority of the Party’s Central Committee, protect the unity of the Party, and achieve love for the Party, protection of the Party and service of the Party.

In his speech, Xi Jinping put forward 48 requirements such as "clarifying fallacies and distinguishing right from wrong" as well as "politicians running newspapers" and telling China's stories well. [7] [8]

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References

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  2. ↑ Phillips, Tom (2016-02-28). "'Love the party, protect the party': How Xi Jinping is bringing China's media to heel". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  3. 1 2 李斌; 霍小光 (2016-02-19). "习近平：党和政府主办的媒体必须姓党". 凤凰网. 新华通讯社. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  4. ↑ ""党媒姓党"才能为"中国梦"鼓与呼". 長城网. 2016-02-21. Archived from the original on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  5. ↑ "Party Spirit". China Media Project. 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2025-11-13.
  6. ↑ Wong, Edward (2016-02-22). "Xi Jinping's News Alert: Chinese Media Must Serve the Party". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  7. ↑ 杜尚泽 (2016-02-20). "习近平在党的新闻舆论工作座谈会上强调：坚持正确方向创新方法手段 提高新闻舆论传播力引导力 刘云山出席". 人民日报. Archived from the original on 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  8. ↑ 李捷 (2017-02-16). "坚持政治家办报 确保党刊始终姓党". 人民网（求是网）. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
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