[CND, 01/14/02] Chinese President JIANG Zemin has warned domestic media chiefs to watch out negative influences as China is being integrated into WTO, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday from Beijing.
Jiang gave a speech at a four-day national conference for media and
publicity bosses. He was quoted as saying that senior media editors
must toe the party line to avoid ideological chaos
and reports
on natural and man-made disasters should be strictly supervised to
avoid intensifying the public's grievances.
JIANG Zemin also mentioned a recent incident that lead to the seizure of millions of copies of the November 24 edition of Securities Weekly, which contained an article critical of the wealth of National People's Congress Chairman LI Peng and his family.
Jiang said State press should learn a lesson from this
incident.
State media organizations should also stay highly
alert and rein in their staff when disseminating sensitive
information,
he added.
SCMP report said that the author of the article, MA Hailin, an officer in the People's Armed Police, has been arrested.
The national media meeting opened on Wednesday and guidelines for the
coverage of political and social events were discussed as an effort to
ensure a stable atmosphere
before the 16th Congress of the
Chinese Communist Party later this year. (Bo XIONG)
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