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Media Play Big Role in Chongqing Municipality
"Since Chongqing became a municipality directly under the central government in 1997, it has scored enormous achievements but also met many problems. The news media are welcome to appraise our work, which is a great boost to us," said Wang Yunlong, a vice chairman of the Municipal people's congress in a recent interview with a group of reporters who traveled along the Yangtze River to study the local environmental situation.
During the study tour by this group of reporters, they reported both the achievements and problems facing the local governments' efforts in environmental protection, fighting land erosion and dealing with geological calamities. Local governments have shown gratitude to these journalists for their reporting on the journey.
Some local people say that ever since this southwestern city became China's youngest municipality, the fourth after Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, its leadership has placed emphasis on the role of mass media. The city government and people's congress standing committee hold regular news conferences to brief the media about issues concerning the public.
"Local governments at different levels deal with the media in a gentle manner," said Mu Jingfeng, deputy director and deputy editor-in-chief of the Chongqing Daily, the local official mouthpiece.
Due to government encouragement, the local media, including television, radio and local newspapers in this city have operated smoothly with a large number of viewers, listeners and readers. The Chongqing Daily earned 300 million yuan a year from advertising, quite a big sum in the underdeveloped western part of the country.
Meanwhile, some journalists have been invited to join the government to play a bigger role.
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