China had 231,564 press-card holding journalists at the end of 2017, according to a report released by the All-China Journalists Association (ACJA) Tuesday.

 

中华全国新闻工作者协会周二公布的一份报告显示，截止2017年年底中国有231564位有记者证的记者。

 

Of these journalists, 84,761 worked for newspapers, 6,324 for periodicals, 2,849 for news agencies, 136,224 for radio, TV stations or production firms, and 1,406 were employed by news websites.

 

This was the fourth time ACJA has released an annual report on journalism¹ development in China.

 

The report noted² that "Media convergence remains³ the theme for media development in China in 2017," with accelerated and upgraded integration⁴ of traditional and new media, as well as deepening integrated development of content, platforms, channels, technologies and management.

 

The Communist Party of China and the central government have attached great importance to the development of the press, the report said.

 

The Party and government organs and media associations introduced a series of policies last year to support the development of the media industry, encourage news outlets⁵ to adopt new technologies and applications, and boost innovation and reform.

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