Management of Mass Media Censorship in New Era of China

曾一洲

China has entered New Era since 2012，and mass media in China embraced a new round of “ecological” development.The film box office in China surpassed that of North America in 2018 for the first time，becoming the world’s No.1.Baidu，Tencent，Alibaba and other mass media internet companies sprung up and entered world-class internet giants.Radios，TV，newspapers and magazines started to integrate with melted media and treaded on the path of scientific outlook.

The Chinese government encourages more and more Chinese citizens to travel abroad，having no fear that they will know about the world outside，because the Chinese government is increasingly confident about their economic development.Even Mark Zuckerberg，CEO of Facebook，visited China for multiple times，trying to reach out to China，the world’s second largest economy，and enter its market.Meanwhile，the goal of “purifying the environment” was added to the mass media censorship in China.

China in the new era has become the second biggest economy in the world and it is developing at all fronts，but there are also many contradictions.As President Xi said：“What the Chinese people now face is the contradiction between unbalanced and inadequate development and the Chinese people’s ever-growing needs for a better life”（Xi，2017）.So，the author believes that to follow the irreversible tide of the time，we should think about on the more opening-up of China’s mass media censorship.

The theory proposed by Deng Xiaoping kept the legitimacy and the bottom line of the rule of CPC while opened up the freedom enjoyed by China’s market economy.It is with the guidance of this theory，China，a socialist country led by CPC，abandoned the planned economy and adopted the market economy and developed an economic system with Chinese characteristics.It is a unique system in the world.The socialism with Chinese characteristics struck a balance between being a socialist country and applying market economy.It fits China，a country in the first stage of communism，and it goes with the time.

Now，Chinese mass medias are integrating，for instance，newspaper，as the first media，is closely linked to internet，the third media，and the outdoor media has evolved from the form of print media to a form closely linked to radio media，which belongs to the second media.Meanwhile，radios，TV and films，which belong to the second media，have blended into internet，matching radios，TV and films with new opportunities at a faster pace of publicizing.Video games，which belongs to the third media，has learned experience from the first and second media- to implant ads into the games.

Since 2012，China has made much progress in developing mass media and easing restrictions on it，the government’s grip on mass media has got rid of the old practice of full control.Today，as the internet media develops rapidly，though slowly，but the progress made from reforms on mass media is notable，it will be better in new era.

Reference

[1]Xi Jinping（2017）.“The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China”.Xinhuanet.