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A new media broadcasting network, the China International Broadcasting Network (CIBN), was officially launched in Beijing on January 18, 2011. The network will be based on CRI Online, the world’s largest multilingual website, run by China Radio International. According to China Radio International, CIBN will be a convergence of multilingual websites, online broadcasters, network television and mobile service terminals.

Source: Xinhua, January 19, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/zgjx/2011-01/19/c_13696920.htm

On January 11, 2011, Xinhua News Agency and the city of Beijing jointly held an unveiling ceremony for the Xinhua Net Industrial Park. The park is Xinhua’s first media high-tech development base designed to improve distribution capabilities and competitiveness in new media channels. In its publication business, Xinhua News Agency pays close attention to new media. The park plans to attract more partners and to join international competitions. Some of the goals in establishing the park were to enhance China’s “soft power” and to enhance “the capacity to guide public opinion.” As part of the plan, the park is to integrate various national level government websites as well as a “national search engine,” multimedia technologies, mobile interconnectivity, network video, digital publication, and e-commerce.

Source: Xinhua, January 11, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2011-01/11/c_12969805.htm

A conference about standardizing the administration of Internet cafés was held in Hefei (in Anhui Province) on January 11, 2011. The Vice Minister of Culture, Ou Yangjian, said that Internet cafes have become an important part of the culture industry. Over the next five years, (China) will strongly promote connecting the Internet cafes into chains and gradually phase out the use of stand-alone Internet cafés. Ou said that, as of the end of 2009, there were 138,000 registered Internet cafes, which had 13,160,000 computer terminals and 135 million Internet users (35 percent of all Internet users).

Source: China News Agency, January 11, 2011
http://www.chinanews.com/it/2011/01-12/2781544.shtml

On December 17, 2010, Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo, spoke at the Communication University of China in Beijing. Li stressed the need to adapt to the media’s new features in the information age and “… to create an army of outward oriented, talented media workers who have a firm political stance, proficiency in media work, an in-depth understanding of domestic conditions, good language skills, and familiarity with international rules, so as to improve the effectiveness of international communication and provide solid personnel support for a good international public opinion environment that is conducive to open reform and socialist modernization.”

Source: Xinhua, December 17, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-12/17/c_12892866.htm

On December 22, 2010, Xinhua signed a framework agreement for strategic cooperation with Alcatel-Lucent. According to the agreement, Xinhua will provide information services, organize industry market surveys, and conduct research on domestic and international macro-economic developments. Alcatel-Lucent in Shanghai will provide Xinhua with consulting services on building a financial information platform; participate in the overall project design of “Xinhua 08;” provide technical support for project planning, construction, implementation and services; and cooperate across the board in Xinhua’s strategic transformation.

Source: Xinhua, December 22, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-12/22/c_12908502.htm

In an article in Qiushi magazine on December 1, 2010, Liu Binjie, the Minister of the General Administration of Press and Publications, stated that reform of the press will firmly follow the socialist path and increase the ability of the press to spread Marxism. Liu stated that there were 357,000 press and publication enterprises in China, 90.8% of which were not State-owned.

To speed up development, Liu wrote, “[We] should unswervingly deepen the reform of the institutional mechanisms of Press and Publications.” Specifically, “we should … firmly stay on track in the direction of socialist advanced culture, … to provide the ideological guarantee, motivation, and support of public opinion in order to open minds, achieve reform, scientific development, and social harmony. … [We] should increase our capacity to spread the theoretical achievements of Marxism. … [We] should capture domestic and international markets by using products integrated with advanced content and advanced technology”

Source: Qiushi, December 1, 2010
http://www.qstheory.cn/zxdk/2010/201023/201011/t20101126_57759.htm

The state ‘s China Xinhua News Network Corporation (CNC) signed an agreement with Eutelsat Communications to broadcast its English-language channel, CNC World, to Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, starting on January 1, 2011. It will be broadcast through Eutelsat’s Eurobird, Hotbird, and W7 satellites. CNC was established on December 1, 2009, according to Wu Jincai, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Xinhua and chairman of CNC. The CNC broadcast is transmitted via satellite and cable, and broadcast on mobile phones, the Internet, and outdoor big screens, said Wu. CNC has satellite channel services for the Asia Pacific region and for North America, cable channel services in Hong Kong and Macao, and mobile phone and on-line TV services. CNC aims to “build a competitive and influential modern international media enterprise over the next several years.“

Source: Xinhua, December 9, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-12/09/c_13642442.htm

Liu Lihua, Member of the Party Leadership Group in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, revealed on November 15 that the second generation of the Bei Dou Satellite Navigation system is under construction. Six satellites have been sent into orbit and the Asia-Pacific region will be covered by the year 2012. The system is expected to have global coverage by 2020. The goal of the system is to provide continuous and reliable navigation and short text services. The final system will have more than 30 satellites.

Source: Xinhua, November 15, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-11/15/c_12777521.htm