Chinese Premier Inspects Xinhua News Agency

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, December 07, 2001

Chinese Premier Inspects Xinhua News Agency

Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji toured Xinhua's Headquarters in Beijing Thursday morning, telling journalists he appreciated their role in boosting the country's economic reform and socialist construction. Zhu also expressed his appreciation for the state agency's work in recording China's history, spreading vital information, actively elaborating on policies made by the Communist Party of China (CPC), and accurately reporting on the hopes of the Chinese people.

Work appreciated

Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji toured Xinhua's Headquarters in Beijing Thursday morning, telling journalists he appreciated their role in boosting the country's economic reform and socialist construction.

On behalf of the State Council, China's cabinet, Zhu expressed his appreciation for the state agency's work in recording China's history, spreading vital information, actively elaborating on policies made by the Communist Party of China (CPC), and accurately reporting on the hopes of the Chinese people.

Zhu said that through its reportage, Xinhua has provided an enormous source of reference for the decision-making of the Central Committee of the CPC, the State Council and leaderships at various levels.

Accompanied by Tian Congming, president of Xinhua, Zhu toured the newsroom and photography department.

After visiting the computer center, the technical heart of the agency, watching a demonstration of a recently launched multi-media database and viewing an exhibition covering Xinhua's 70-year history, Zhu said he was glad to see the remarkable achievements Xinhua has made over the decades.

"As the mouthpiece of the CPC and the Chinese people, Xinhua shoulders a job of great value," he said.

CPC support promised

"The CPC Central Committee and the State Council will continue to care for and support Xinhua's work and hope to see it contribute more to the country's prosperity in the new century,"he added.

After 70 years of development, Xinhua has grown from an agency that in the 1930s sent journalists out on horseback to gather reports, with editors and reporters working out of caves, into a modernized company of professionals, Zhu said.

With a huge networks of bureaus both in the country and abroad,Xinhua provides a 24-hour news service, sending stories in seven languages to over 13,000 subscribers worldwide.

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