Xi visits state media organizations in Beijing
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General Secretary Xi Jinping of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, also Chinese president, visited the country's three leading media providers on February 19 and urged them to strictly follow the leadership of the Party.
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President Xi Jinping (2nd L) talks with villagers of Chixi Village in Ningde of southeast China's Fujian Province via video link while visiting the People's Daily in Beijing, on Feb. 19, 2016. |
In the morning, Xi visited the People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xinhua News Agency, the state news agency, and China Central Television (CCTV), the country's national broadcaster.
In the afternoon, Xi presided over a symposium on the Party's media work. Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, accompanied Xi on the media tour and also attended the symposium.
Encouraging media staff
During his inspection of the general newsroom of the People's Daily, Xi encouraged media staff to continue to improve the quality of the flagship newspaper of the CPC.
While visiting the headquarters of the newspaper, Xi used its new media broadcasting system to extend his Lantern Festival greetings to the public.
At Xinhua News Agency, Xi used Xinhua's remote news reporting command system to talk with an agency correspondent currently reporting from a village in Lankao County, Henan Province.
In Xinhua's new media newsroom, Xi clicked a "Like" button on the agency's mobile app, extending his appreciation to all Chinese journalists for their diligence.
The final stop of Xi's media tour was the headquarters of CCTV. He made a video call to CCTV's Washington-based North America branch, praised the branch for its work and sent his greetings to the staff.
The president also visited the studio where the CCTV Evening News Bulletin, or "Xinwen Lianbo," is filmed and encouraged the production team to continue to strive for excellence.
Guiding media work
According to Xi, the mission of the Party's media work is to provide guidance for the public, serve the country's overall interests, unite the general public, instill confidence and pool strength, discern right from wrong and connect China to the world.
"Truthfulness is the life of journalism, and the facts must be reported based on the truth," Xi noted at the symposium.
Calling for innovative concepts, content and methods, Xi told media groups to make use of the new media's edge in publicity, amplify their voices on the international stage, tell stories about China well and build flagship media groups with strong global influence.
Xi also urged the journalism industry to foster workers with firm political beliefs, outstanding professional skills and moral excellence whom the Party and people can trust.
Stressing Party's leadership
The fundamental issue of the Party's media work is to strictly adhere to the Party's leadership, Xi told attendees of the symposium.
All news media run by the Party must work to speak for the Party's will and its propositions and protect the Party's authority and unity.
They should enhance their awareness to align their ideology, political thinking and deeds to those of the CPC Central Committee and help fashion the Party's theories and policies into conscious action by the general public while providing spiritual enrichment to the people, he said.
At a meeting held on February 21, Liu Yunshan said the key to doing a good job in media and publicity is to strengthen officials' ideological and political foundations.
Vice Premier Liu Yandong said publicity and culture departments should better serve the country's efforts of stabilizing growth, promoting reform and preventing risks.
Liu Qibao, head of the publicity department of the CPC Central Committee, emphasized that the media should stick to guiding public opinion on the correct path, adopt innovative methods and improve their abilities.
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