'China will remain open to media'
The Chinese press authority said that the country will remain open to foreign media after the Olympic Games.
By Agencies |
BEIJING: China will remain open to foreign media after the Olympic Games, the country's press authority said.
Liu Binjie, minister of the General Administration of Press and Publication, said on Wednesday openness to the foreign media is a long-term policy rather than a makeshift "puff of wind."
"China's open door to the foreign media will not close after the Games.
"We regard the May 12 earthquake and the Olympic Games press coverage as an 'important test' of the media operation system reforms and will explore building a more open and transparent media system after the Games," he told the news agency.
The government issued a series of regulations at the end of 2006, stipulating that foreign journalists could conduct interviews in China as long as they had consent from the interviewees.
However, some feared that the open door would be shut after the Games, since these regulations expire in October.
"We are mapping out a new regulation, that we are confident will make China's media still more open and transparent," he said, without giving further details.
Liu said media openness and transparency was in line with China's interests.
"With the country's media coverage of emergencies becoming more timely, rumors are losing ground. The timely and transparent coverage of May 12 earthquake functioned as a bridge, showing the world a real and open China," he added.
Liu Binjie, minister of the General Administration of Press and Publication, said on Wednesday openness to the foreign media is a long-term policy rather than a makeshift "puff of wind."
"China's open door to the foreign media will not close after the Games.
"We regard the May 12 earthquake and the Olympic Games press coverage as an 'important test' of the media operation system reforms and will explore building a more open and transparent media system after the Games," he told the news agency.
The government issued a series of regulations at the end of 2006, stipulating that foreign journalists could conduct interviews in China as long as they had consent from the interviewees.
However, some feared that the open door would be shut after the Games, since these regulations expire in October.
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"We are mapping out a new regulation, that we are confident will make China's media still more open and transparent," he said, without giving further details.
Liu said media openness and transparency was in line with China's interests.
"With the country's media coverage of emergencies becoming more timely, rumors are losing ground. The timely and transparent coverage of May 12 earthquake functioned as a bridge, showing the world a real and open China," he added.
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