China's media industry has achieved significant progress in the
past 20 years, said a Chinese official at the seventh annual
meeting of the International Council of the Museum of Television
and Radio Tuesday.
Zhao Qizheng, director of the Council Information Office under the
State Council, said that China's media industry had gained much
experience in business development and operation in these
years.
Figures show that China's television and broadcasting systems have
an audience of one billion, and three million square kilometers
were covered by Community Antenna Television (CATV) with 100
million CATV users.
Some 16 20 newspaper groups, such as Guangzhou Daily, Economic
Daily and Guangming Daily, have also been established.
As
an important part of the media industry, network media have also
made progress. By the end of 2000, more than 2,000 of the
10,000-plus media organizations nationwide had gone on-line.
Experts expected that China's network media would unite with
traditional media, and a multimedia news platform would be
established in the 21st century.
The Chinese government has shown great concern in developing the
media industry. With the aim of carrying out reforms and
establishing large media groups, the government has issued
documents relating to media financing, overseas cooperation and
trans-media development.
Encouraged by the progresses, experts believe that the media
industry will become a pillar of the national economy.
(Xinhua News
Agency November 6, 2002)