The Information Office of the State Council has announced the list of press spokespersons for the 17th consecutive year, and the spokespersons of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the Ministry of Natural Resources have "new faces"
Increased to 262 spokespersons for central government agencies and local press
The State Council Information Office announced the 2021 version of the Directory of Central State Organs and Local Press Spokespersons on February 9.
There are a total of 262 spokespersons from relevant ministries and commissions of the central and state organs, party committees and governments of various provinces (regions, municipalities), including 161 from the central government and 101 from the local government.
Compared with 2020, there will be an increase of 14 news spokespersons. Among them, there will be an increase of 6 from the central government and 8 from the local government.
The spokespersons of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources and other departments have "new faces".
In recent years, the team of spokespersons has continued to expand. The number of spokespersons has increased from 75 first announced in 2004 to 262 today.
This is the 17th consecutive year that the State Council Information Office has announced the list of press speakers.
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Xi Yanchun hosted 8 Wuhan press conferences of the State Council
Compared with the 2020 directory, there are many "new names" in the 2021 news spokesperson directory.
The number of spokespersons for the Ministry of Finance has increased to two, namely Zeng Xiaoan, Director of the General Office and Wang Qingge, Deputy Director of the General Office.
Although it is a "new name" in the directory, Wang Qingge has long been an "old friend" of the media. In recent years, the quarterly financial revenue and expenditure briefings of the Ministry of Finance have been hosted by him.
The number of spokespersons of the Ministry of Natural Resources is still 4, but the staff has changed.
Chief Engineer Zhang Zhanhai and Director of the Comprehensive Department Han Haiqing made their debut as spokespersons.
Zhang Zhanhai can be regarded as a "news veteran". Before the reform of the State Council in 2018, he served as a spokesperson for the State Oceanic Administration.
Among the two spokespersons of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Li Baojun took the post again after two years.
In 2017 and 2018, Li Baojun served as the spokesperson of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for two consecutive years.
In 2019, the spokespersons of the Ministry of Civil Affairs were Zhang Weixing, director of the General Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Chen Rifa, deputy director of the General Office.
According to information on the official website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Li Baojun serves as the director (director) of the General Office (International Cooperation Department) of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
The spokesperson of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage was replaced by one, and Deng Chao, deputy director of the Policy and Regulations Department and director of the Office of Cultural Relics Return, assumed the new post.
Deng Chao left a deep impression on the media at the National Heritage Administration’s fourth quarter regular press conference in November last year. He used a brief PPT to show the media the “return to China” of 68 smuggled cultural relics that my country lost to the UK for 25 years. "course.
The reporter noticed that the number of spokespersons for the Shandong Provincial Government increased from 2 to 4, among which, Xi Yanchun, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, had just assumed his new role in June last year.
Before going to Shandong, she was the deputy director of the Foreign Information Bureau of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and the deputy director of the Information Bureau of the State Council Information Office. She was an "veteran" on the propaganda front.
Before the National People’s Congress on May 9th last year, Xi Yanchun, as a “spokesperson of the Information Office of the State Council”, introduced the overall situation of the State Council’s handling of proposals by representatives of the National People’s Congress and proposals by CPPCC members in 2019.
From February to March last year, the State Information Office moved the press conference site to Wuhan, Hubei. On the front line of epidemic prevention and control, Xi Yanchun hosted 8 press conferences and press conferences.
At the end of the first press conference held by the Information Office of the State Council in Wuhan on February 15 last year, Xi Yanchun said: "Today the State Council Information Office opened the press conference to Wuhan, Hubei, just to work with hundreds of journalists stationed on the front line. Together, we can provide a more timely, accurate and comprehensive introduction to the frontline situation of epidemic prevention and control."
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Spokesperson of the Central Propaganda Department "Expanded" + "Upgraded"
The number of speakers of the Central Propaganda Department (with the National Information Office brand) "expanded" this year has increased from two last year to four, and all of them are new faces.
They are Xu Lin, deputy minister of the Central Propaganda Department and director of the State Council Information Office, Chen Wenjun, director of the Foreign Information Bureau, Shou Xiaoli, deputy director of the Foreign Information Bureau, and Xing Huina, deputy director of the Foreign Information Bureau.
Not only has the number of people "expanded", but the level has also been "upgraded."
Xu Lin, vice minister of the Central Propaganda Department and director of the Information Office of the State Council, appeared on the list of speakers.
This is also one of the few ministerial-level officials in the entire list of speakers.
Xu Lin, born in June 1963, is a native of Shanghai, and his resume has been in Shanghai before.
At the age of 32, he served as the deputy secretary of the Jiading District Party Committee of Shanghai, during which he assisted Tibet for three years.
After returning from aid to Tibet, Xu Lin successively served as deputy secretary, vice chairman and general manager of the Party Committee of Shanghai Agriculture Industry and Commerce (Group) Corporation, and secretary and director of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau.
In 2007, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Director of the Municipal Agriculture Committee, and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group. He was also the youngest member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee that year.
Since then, Xu Lin has served as Secretary of the Pudong New Area Party Committee and Director of the Propaganda Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee.
Xu Lin went to Beijing in June 2015 to serve as the deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Cybersecurity and Informatization and the deputy director of the National Internet Information Office. A year later, he assumed the post of deputy director of the Central Propaganda Department and director of the National Internet Information Office.
In 2018, Xu Lin became the director of the State Council Information Office.
This year's promotion of the lineup of press spokespersons of the Central Propaganda Department (State Council Information Office) may mean a strengthening of journalistic work.
Last year, the press release system of the CPC Central Committee was established. The first press conference of the CPC Central Committee was held on October 30 last year to introduce and interpret the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee.
"The establishment of the press release system of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is an important institutional arrangement and system for adapting to the development of the situation and the requirements of the times under the historical conditions that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, upholding and strengthening the party's overall leadership, and improving the party's ability to govern the country. Innovation." Xu Lin, vice minister of the Central Propaganda Department and director of the State Council Information Office, said at the press conference.
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The highest prosecutor’s press spokesperson was adjusted from 2 to 1
The latest list shows that the press spokesperson of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate has been adjusted from 2 to 1 and is Xiao Wei, deputy director of the Office of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate.
Prior to this, another spokesperson, Wang Songmiao, had stepped down as the director of the General Office, and his new position has not yet been reported publicly.
Wang Songmiao, who majored in law, has been deeply involved in journalism for a long time, focusing on the rule of law and journalism.
During the work of the "Procuratorate Daily", Wang Songmiao once issued many legal "first calls" such as "leapfrog petition is not illegal petition", "relief is more important than deportation" for handling the three-no personnel, and "criminal victims should be compensated by the state".
And in 2009 won the Taofen News Award.
He once bluntly stated in an interview with the media that the supervision of public opinion is the early warning system of the society, and a media cannot have real influence without supervision of public opinion.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson "team" consists of 3 people
The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is undoubtedly one of the most concerned ministry spokespersons.
"The Most Beautiful Diplomatic Goddess" Hua Chunying, "The King of Sentences" Lu Kang, and "Domineering Spokesperson" Geng Shuang are all familiar faces of the public.
Last year, Spokesperson Geng Shuang stepped down as Spokesperson and went to the United Nations to take up his new post. He posted a hot search on Weibo and left his "Geng-style" smile.
Public information shows that Geng Shuang is the 30th spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In September 2016, he appeared in the Blue Room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the first time as a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and hosted nearly 400 press conferences during his tenure.
On June 5 last year, Geng Shuang officially announced his resignation when presiding over a regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Geng Shuang said: “As a Chinese diplomat, no matter where I go, I will continue to tell the Chinese story and pass on the voice of China. In order to promote mutual understanding between China and the world, and enhance the friendship between the Chinese people and the people of the world, I will do Make your own efforts and contributions. I would like to say goodbye to everyone here, and we will have some time later."
This year the "team" of the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is composed of three people, namely Hua Chunying, Wang Wenbin, and Zhao Lijian.
On February 24 last year, Zhao Lijian made his first appearance at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a spokesperson.
Soon after taking office, "eyes kill" and "hardcore" have become Zhao Lijian's labels.
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Liu Youbin, spokesperson of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment:
To open the door to hold a press conference cannot avoid hot issues
On February 9, the State Council Information Office announced the 2021 version of the directory of central state agencies and local press spokespersons.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment is an old face-Liu Youbin, Director of the Department of Publicity and Education.
As a "re-elected" news spokesperson, Liu Youbin said in an interview with reporters that he had worked in the media and engaged in government news and propaganda work for 20 years, and he was indeed an "old" comrade among the speakers.
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The conference record was translated into English and published
Liu Youbin said that in recent years, the records of the press conferences of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment have been collected and published every year.
“We have compiled and published the record of our regular press conference for three consecutive years since 2017, and we are about to publish the fourth book. Foreign publishers are also very interested. We have translated our press conference record into English. Three books have been published, and the transcript of the 2020 press conference will also be translated into English and published." He believes that this shows that foreign countries are paying more attention to China's ecological and environmental protection work, and hope to learn about the progress of my country's ecological environmental protection work through the channel of press conferences. , Policy, position.
Press conferences do not avoid hot issues
Liu Youbin believes that a good news release requires a timely response to social hot spots.
"Ecological environmental protection work has attracted a lot of attention from the society. In recent years, due to great progress in environmental protection work, environmental quality has continued to improve. The public opinion of the entire ecological environment is still relatively positive and stable. However, because of the field of ecological environmental protection It is extensive and closely related to the people. At present, the results of environmental quality improvement are not stable. Sometimes, some unexpected environmental incidents require timely communication with the public to protect the public’s right to know, monitor and participate in the environment.” Liu Youbin Say.
“The press conference is an exchange and dialogue between government departments and the public. Hot issues are issues that the public cares about. We can’t develop conferences behind closed doors. It’s lively outside. The press conferences turn a blind eye to and turn a deaf ear to the hot spots. There is no such press conference. It makes sense. So when we develop the conference, we will sort out hot issues with the media in advance. If it is within our scope of responsibility, we will try our best to answer."
Innovative news release forms during the epidemic
Last year, due to the epidemic, the press conference of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment also made some improvements and held the conference by video.
"Holding the press conference online ensures the continuity of our work, and the routine release work throughout the year is not affected by the epidemic."
Liu Youbin said that last year, there were many hot events in ecological protection.
"For example, during the Spring Festival last year, there was heavy pollution. We held a press conference in time to organize experts to interpret and explain the causes and mechanisms of heavy pollution. We guided the public to objectively and rationally view the results of my country’s atmospheric environmental governance, effectively consolidating social consensus. ".
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