231,564 Journalists In China, Online Content Safe And Orderly: Report
Faizan Hashmi Published June 21, 2018 | 03:10 AM
BEIJING, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Jun, 2018 ) :China had 231,564 press-card holding journalists at the end of 2017, according to a report released by the All-China Journalists Association (ACJA).
Of these journalists, 84,761 worked for newspapers, 6,324 for periodicals, 2,849 for news agencies, 136,224 for radio, tv stations or production firms, and 1,406 were employed by news websites, Chinese newspapers Global Times reported on Wednesday.
The report noted that "Media convergence remains the theme for media development in China in 2017," with the accelerated and upgraded integration of traditional and new media, as well as deepening integrated development of content, platforms, channels, technologies, and management.
The Communist Party of China and the central government have attached great importance to the development of the press, the report said. The Party and government organs and media associations introduced a series of policies last year to support the development of the media industry, encourage news outlets to adopt new technologies, and boost innovation and reform.
Noting the booming media market, the report said the flow of online information has been safe and orderly, netizens have been expressing their opinions in a more rational way and the influence of positive energy has been expanding.
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