Functions:
- Xinhua News Agency is China’s main national news agency with a worldwide presence.
- The predecessor of Xinhua News Agency was the Red China News Agency, which was established in Ruijin, Jiangxi, on November 7, 1931. The agency was rebranded in Yanan, Shaanxi and is known under its current name since January 1937. The Xinhua News Agency is headquartered in Beijing, with branches in all provinces and regions in mainland China. Some reporters are stationed in Taiwan.
- Xinhua News Agency has established a global news information collection network, and formed a multilingual, multimedia, multi-channel, multi-level, and multi-functional news release system. The Xinhua News Agency provides Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese and Japanese language reporting 24 hours a day, providing news and information products and services through various means to audiences worldwide.
- Xinhua is the sole channel for distributing important news related to the Communist Party and Chinese central government.
- Xinhua is a publisher as well as a news agency—it owns more than 20 newspapers and a dozen magazines, and offers paper and online publications in several languages besides Chinese, including English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese and Korean.
Leadership:
- Fu Hua 傅华, Director, Secretary of Leading Party Group
- Lv Yansong 吕岩松, Chief Editor, Deputy Secretary of Leading Party Group
- Zhu Haili 朱海黎, Deputy Director, Secretary of Party Committee, Member of Leading Party Group
- Yuan Bingzhong 袁炳忠, Deputy Director, Member of Leading Party Group
- Liu Jian 刘健, Deputy Director, Member of Leading Party Group
- Ren Weidong 任卫东, Deputy Chief Editor, Member of Leading Party Group, Secretary of Party Committee
- Jing Ruyue 景如月, Secretary, Member of Leading Party Group
- Chen Er’hou 陈二厚, Deputy Secretary, Director of the General Office, Director of the Office Council
- Xu Shan’na 徐姗娜, Deputy Secretary
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