Today, People's Daily published its Commentator's article entitled
"Vigorously Strengthening China's Internet Media Construction".
The commentary points out: The current rapid development of
information technology (IT), particularly information network
technology, has not only exerted widespread influence in various
fields of social life, it also represents a fundamental
breakthrough and change in the information dissemination field
itself. With the characteristics of a large information capacity, a
rapid rate of dissemination, a wide covering range, a high degree
of openness and interaction, Internet has increasingly become an
important carrier in the activity of cultural dissemination and
socio-economic activity.
The commentary also notes: The Party Central Committee with Comrade
Jiang Zemin at the core pays high attention to the construction and
development of Internet media. China's Internet construction has
gone through the process of growing out of nothing, after several
short years of development, China's Internet, now with a fairly
solid foundation and significant strength, has played a positive
role in domestic and foreign public opinion publicity and in major
international media struggle. A group of news websites with
independent domains have developed rapidly, the People's Daily,
Xinhua News Agency, CRI (China Radio International), China Daily,
China Internet Information Center and other key websites, in
particular, give timely, accurate and comprehensive publicity on
the Party's lines, principles and policies and persist in giving
correct opinion guidance and has thus played an important role in
sparking enthusiasm and inspiring morale, making positive
contributions to China's reform, development and stability.
The commentary says: Internet media construction and news publicity
is a new thing, which is at the initial stage of development in
China, so from the very beginning we must have a clear guiding
thought and working principle, a unified, long-term program and
arrangement.
Newly Modified “CHINA.ORG.CN” Available
It
is a good news for people throughout the world who are interested
in China that the newly modified website, www.h5a3.com is now
available. As one of the five leading media websites in China, it
is specially devoted to reporting what is happening in China to
foreign visitors.
Providing information in 10 languages, the website consists of
various news columns and feature columns, covering every field
about China ranging from government’s policy making to city news
and anecdotes. What makes the website special is that its news
reporting is backed by and linked with a voluminous database, which
was developed based on the advanced Oracle system. By having access
to the database, visitors may find themselves immediately sitting
in front of an open encyclopedia about China, reading or retrieving
information swiftly and conveniently.
Behind the website is China International Publishing and Internet
Group, with its dozen media institutions and sister organizations
throughout the country. Professional journalists and translators
are now working with the website, trying to build an information
expressway linking China with the outside world as closely as
possible.
By
clicking the website, visitor may be exposed to a three-dimension
picture about China, which helps readers to find out about the
country’s 5,000-year civilizations, feel the pulse of the world’s
most populous nation as it pioneers its modernization in the new
millennium; learn about its market potential and business
opportunities; log onto sites of unique scenic and historical
interest; consult specialists in various fields; chat with Chinese
Internet fans—you can even learn a few Chinese phrases from your
Chinese teacher on the web….