Notice of the State Press and Publication Administration on carrying out the special inspection of the quality of newspapers and new media in 2022

Guoxin Departure [2022] No.6

The press and publication bureaus of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the ministries and commissions of the central and state organs, the newspaper departments of people’s organizations, and the Propaganda Bureau of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission:

  In order to speed up the high-quality development of the newspaper industry in the new era and do a good job in the propaganda and reporting for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the State Press and Publication Administration has decided to carry out a special inspection on the quality of newspapers and their new media in accordance with the relevant provisions such as the Regulations on the Administration of Newspaper Publishing, the Regulations on the Quality Management of Newspapers and Periodicals and the Notice on Regulating the Management of Editing and Editing of Newspapers and their New Media. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows.

  First, the inspection time 

  April 11th to September 30th, 2022.

  Second, the inspection focus 

  (1) The content quality, editing quality and publishing form quality of newspapers published in 2022.

  (2) The content quality and editing quality of the information published by the newspaper’s official Weibo, official WeChat and client in 2022.

  (3) The construction and implementation of the quality assurance system for newspapers and new media such as official Weibo, official WeChat and client.

  Third, the division of responsibilities 

  The State Press and Publication Administration is responsible for the overall deployment, supervision and evaluation of the national newspapers and the special quality inspection of new media.

  The press and publication bureaus of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps are responsible for the special quality inspection of newspapers and new media they run within their respective administrative areas. The Propaganda Bureau of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission is responsible for the special inspection of the quality of newspapers in the military system and the new media they run.

  The newspapers published in Beijing and the new media run by the ministries and commissions of the central and state organs and people’s organizations shall be inspected by the Beijing Municipal Press and Publication Bureau. The central and state organs, ministries and commissions, people’s organizations and newspaper departments should strengthen supervision, guidance, audit and check the self-examination and self-correction work of their newspaper publishing units, and actively cooperate with the provincial press and publication management departments to do a good job in special quality inspection.

  IV. Organization of work 

  (a) the newspaper publishing unit self-examination and self-correction. Each newspaper publishing unit shall, according to the requirements of this notice and the specific arrangements of the local provincial press and publication management department, conduct self-examination and self-correction on the information content published and released by the newspapers and new media in 2022, check the implementation of the "three audits and three schools" system, sort out the loopholes and potential risks of the quality assurance system, fill out the Quality Self-examination and Self-correction Form, write a self-inspection report, and take corrective measures to correct and improve those that do not meet or fail to meet the requirements.

  (2) The competent organizer shall supervise the implementation. The competent newspaper organizers shall strengthen supervision, guidance, audit and check the self-examination and self-correction work of newspaper publishing units, urge newspaper publishing units to establish and improve the quality management system, put forward rectification requirements for those whose self-examination and self-correction work is not in place, put forward treatment opinions and rectification measures for those whose quality is unqualified, and affix official seals to the newspaper publishing units that have completed self-examination and self-correction according to the requirements of this notice after audit.

  (three) the provincial press and publication management department sampling. The provincial press and publication management departments should conduct random sampling on the information content published and released by newspapers and their new media in 2022 within their respective administrative areas, and conduct in-depth sampling on the construction and implementation of the quality assurance system for newspapers and their new media. According to the actual work, scientifically select inspection samples and reasonably determine the sampling list of this special inspection. The time span of sampling content is not less than 3 months, and the conditional areas can conduct instant sampling with the publishing cycle. The proportion of sampling newspapers shall not be less than 30% of the total number of newspapers within their respective administrative areas, and the proportion of sampling new media shall not be less than 10% of the total number of official new media accounts run by newspapers within their respective administrative areas. Among them, comprehensive newspapers such as party newspapers, evening newspapers and metropolis daily, as well as their official Weibo, official WeChat and client three new media text pages shall be checked. Each newspaper shall be randomly sampled for not less than 5 periods, and the official new media run by the newspaper shall be randomly sampled for not less than 3 days. For units with poor quality, frequent reports from the masses, and frequent violations of laws and regulations, it is necessary to increase sampling samples and increase the inspection of the implementation of management norms and related systems. Units with problems should be urged to rectify within a time limit, and serious violations of laws and regulations should be checked and dealt with in a timely manner according to law.

  (4) Supervision and evaluation by the State Press and Publication Administration. The State Press and Publication Administration shall, according to the sampling list submitted by all localities, conduct special supervision and spot checks on the quality of relevant units and the implementation of system construction, inform the inspection results, and deal with units with quality problems according to law. At the same time, the special inspection work of various regions and departments is comprehensively considered and evaluated, and the management units with outstanding performance are praised.

  The State Press and Publication Administration will take the results of this special inspection as an important indicator of daily management, selection and recommendation work such as newspaper verification in 2022, collection of innovative cases of deep integration and development of China newspaper industry.

  V. Job Requirements 

  (1) Carefully organize the deployment. The provincial press and publication administration departments and the newspaper-in-charge organizers should ensure the staffing and funding of the special quality inspection work, make timely arrangements and arrangements according to the requirements of this notice, grasp the work rhythm, formulate the work plan scientifically and reasonably according to the law, adhere to the problem orientation, strengthen the investigation and rectification of quality and safety hazards, refine the standard measures, compact the responsibilities of all links, and make use of information technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence to continuously innovate and improve the methods of quality management, so as to carry out the special inspection work in a solid, orderly and effective manner.

  (2) Strict quality management. The provincial press and publication management departments and the competent newspaper organizers should improve the quality supervision system and problem handling mechanism according to the requirements of "one standard, one ruler and one bottom line" online and offline, establish quality management work accounts in combination with daily work, clarify key management objects and links, strengthen supervision and inspection, intensify the rectification "looking back", seriously deal with units with quality problems according to laws and regulations, timely notify inspection results, and effectively promote newspapers and their new ones.

  (3) Submit materials on time. The newspaper publishing units shall submit the Quality Self-inspection and Self-correction Form and self-inspection report stamped with the official seal of the competent organizer to the local provincial press and publication management department on time according to the work arrangements of each region. All provincial press and publication management departments should submit materials step by step: submit the electronic version of the List of Planned Sampling of Provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) before May 20, 2022; According to the relevant requirements of the State Press and Publication Administration, submit the sample report in time; Before October 31st, 2022, submit the work report of special quality inspection in this administrative region (including work development, basic quality situation, quality problems found and rectification measures, experience and practices, achievements and suggestions for the next step) and the paper version and electronic version of relevant attachment forms.

  The paper materials submitted by the provincial press and publication administration departments are mailed to Room 1015, China Culture Building, No.57 Honglian South Road, Xicheng District, Beijing (the lower right corner of the envelope is marked with the words "2022 newspaper quality inspection", the postal code is 100055, and the contact person is Han Xiaofang, and the telephone number is 010-83060563), and the electronic materials are sent to byglzhijian@nppa.gov.cn.

  Attachment:

  1. Quality self-examination and self-correction table

  2 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) plan sampling list

  3 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) sampling results summary table

  4 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) quality inspection record (paper)

  5 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) quality inspection record (new media)

State Press and Publication Administration

April 1, 2022