17 Facts About Xinhua

Xinhua is a ministry-level institution subordinate to the State Council and is the highest ranking state media organ in China.

Xinhua publishes in multiple languages and is a channel for the distribution of information related to the Chinese government and the ruling Chinese Communist Party .

Predecessor to Xinhua was the Red China News Agency, founded in November 1931 as the Chinese Soviet Zone of Ruijin, Jiangxi province.

In 1949, Xinhua followed a subscription model instead of its previous limited distribution model.

In 1956, Xinhua began reporting on anti-Marxist and other opinions critical of the CCP.

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In 1957, Xinhua switched from a journal format to a newspaper format.

Xinhua registered in the US as a foreign agent in May 2021.

Xinhua delivers its news across the world in eight languages: Chinese, English, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic, and Japanese, as well as news pictures and other kinds of news.

Xinhua is responsible for handling, and in some cases, censoring reports from foreign media destined for release in China.

Xinhua has paid other media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal to carry its inserts, branded as "China Watch" or "China Focus".

Xinhua headquarters is located in Beijing, strategically located in close proximity to Zhongnanhai, which houses the headquarters of the CCP, the General Secretary, and the State Council.

Xinhua opened its Middle East Regional Bureau in Cairo, Egypt in 1985.

Newsweek criticized Xinhua as "being best known for its blind spots" regarding controversial news in China, although the article acknowledges that "Xinhua's spin diminishes when the news doesn't involve China".

Xinhua staff struggled to find the "right line" to use in covering the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.

Zhang denied the allegation, telling the Canadian Press that Xinhua's policy is to "cover public events by public means" and his bureau's job is to cover news events and file the stories to Xinhua's editing rooms, who would then decide which stories would be published.

Xinhua has no access to AP's sensitive information and no influence over AP's editorial decisions.

In 2020, Xinhua was one of several Chinese state media agencies reported to have been disseminating propaganda, targeted advertisements and social media posts, and news that showed the Chinese government in a better light.