2016年CRI President Xi Jinping Visits China's National News Outlets

 

While visiting the headquarters of the People's Daily, Xi used the paper's new media broadcasting system to extend Lantern Festival greetings to the public.

"Hello everyone, Chinese people's traditional festival, the Lantern Festival, is around the corner. I send my festival greetings to all of you. I hope you all can enjoy good health and that everything goes well with your work. I hope your families will enjoy happiness."

During his inspection¹ of the general newsroom, President Xi, who is also the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, encouraged the staff to continue to improve the quality of the Party's flagship newspaper.

At Xinhua News Agency, China's state news agency, President 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.

During the conversation, he said that the workstyle of grassroots cadres is integral to the Party's rule and is directly linked to the people's interests. He noted² that journalists should undertake more in-depth investigative reporting on this workstyle.

"Grassroots cadres should be close to the people. Your research should also be done close to the people. I hope you can continue to deepen your research and to tell us real, comprehensive, and objective conditions over there, in order to help decide things in various regions."

While at Xinhua, President Xi was also briefed on the news agency's coverage³ procedures. He encouraged journalists to be more down to earth in their approach and to report on topics that interest the public.

The final stop on his media tour took Xi Jinping to the headquarters of China Central Televison, the state broadcaster. He visited the control room and made a video call to CCTV's Washington-based North America branch, which opened more than four years ago.

Xi praised the branch for its work and sent his greetings to the staff, 90 percent of whom are Americans.

"I see that your team is an international team. I hope you can report developments on the Chinese economy and society objectively and comprehensively, tell true stories of China, publicize Chinese culture, and build a friendly bridge with locals. I believe your work will be better and better."

Following the media tour, President Xi has presided over a symposium⁴ on the Party's media work.

He says the fundamental aim of the Party's media work is to strictly⁵ adhere to the Party's leadership.

He says that among the missions for news media run by the Party, it should serve the country's overall interests and work to connect China to the world.

The president noted that public supervision⁶ and positive publicity⁷ are two compatible functions of media. To do so, he urged media outlets⁸ to practice critical journalism⁹ based on accurate facts and objective analysis.

Calling for innovative¹⁰ concepts, content and methods, President Xi told media groups to make use of new media's edge in publicity work.

He also urged media groups to amplify¹¹ their voices on the international stage, tell stories about China well and build flagship media groups with strong global influence.

Among the attendees of the symposium are the heads of the three media outlets, and about 180 media officials, as well as representatives of groups of journalists, editors and TV anchors.

For CRI, I'm Qian Shanming.

1 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

2 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

3 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

4 symposium   

n.讨论会，专题报告会；专题论文集

参考例句：

• What have you learned from the symposium?你参加了这次科学讨论会有什么体会？
• The specialists and scholars present at the symposium come from all corners of the country.出席研讨会的专家学者们来自全国各地。

5 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

6 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

7 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

8 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

10 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

11 amplify   

vt.放大，增强；详述，详加解说

参考例句：

• The new manager wants to amplify the company.新经理想要扩大公司。
• Please amplify your remarks by giving us some examples.请举例详述你的话。