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Symposium on News Reporting and Public Opinion
2016 Chinese Communist Party gathering From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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On the morning of February 19, CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television 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 China Central Television (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 news, firmly adhere to the correct public opinion orientation, and firmly adhere to positive propaganda as the main focus."[3] "Media sponsored by the Party and the government are the propaganda fronts of the Party and the government, and must be named after the Party."[4][5] 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.[6][7]
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