Editor's note: The torrent of history is rushing, and every time you arrive at a critical node, you can always see the figure of newsmen. They use lenses to capture moving moments, record the details of the times in words, and leave a colorful chapter in major historical moments. On the occasion of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, the People's Daily Media Channel counts the top ten unforgettable memories in the history of 70 years of news reporting, allowing us to feel the news power that records the changes of the times and promotes social change together.
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On October 1, 1949, the founding ceremony of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, the founding ceremony, was grandly held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, announcing to the world: The People's Republic of China has been established!
This great historical moment was captured by digital photographers and frozen in a series of precious photos from different angles.
Some black and white photos at the founding ceremony may be familiar with people. For example, the most widely circulated picture is the "Creation Ceremony" taken by Chen Zhengqing (also written by "Chairman Mao solemnly declared the founding of the People's Republic of China on the Tiananmen Gate Tower"). When Mao Zedong announced that "the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was established", he pressed the shutter and freeze this important historical moment. This photo has been reprinted by countless newspapers and magazines so far.
October 1, 1949, the founding ceremony. Photo by Chen Zhengqing
In order to shoot this ceremony well, a number of politically reliable and technically strong journalists and photographers were selected. But the only photographers who can go to the Tiananmen Gate Tower are Chen Zhengqing, Yang Zhenya and Hou Bo.
Hou Bo is the only woman in the live photography team of the founding ceremony. According to her recollection, at the founding ceremony, Mao Zedong kept walking on the Tiananmen Gate Tower, and she kept taking photos. When she saw Mao Zedong walking to the right of the Tiananmen Gate Tower, Hou Bo wanted to take a shot of Mao Zedong with the Tiananmen Gate Tower, but due to the limited space, she could only risk her body to poke out of the low wall beside the front porch and retreated again and again, but still couldn't get a satisfactory angle. At this moment, someone next to her grabbed the corner of her clothes and said, "Don't worry, boldly filming the scene, I'll catch you." After the filming, Hou Bo retracted his body and turned his head to see that the person who helped was Premier Zhou Enlai. After a while, Hou Bo hurriedly moved to another position and also needed to extend his body out of the guardrail. Chen Yun took the initiative to reach out, grabbed Hou Bo's clothes and said, "I'll help you, take photos quickly."
In fact, in addition to the Chinese photographer, there was also a film crew from the Soviet Union who filmed the grand occasion of the founding ceremony. As a group of special guests and journalists, they made an exception and were allowed to climb the Tiananmen Gate Tower and shot the founders of the Republic at close range at the best camera.
"Practice is the only criterion for testing truth" was published on the front page of Guangming Daily on May 11, 1978.
At the hovering crossroads, on May 11, 1978, an article published in the name of "This newspaper's special commentator" was published in the first page of Guangming Daily.
On the same day, Xinhua News Agency forwarded the full text. The next day, the People's Daily and the People's Liberation Army Daily were reprinted at the same time, and newspapers from most provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country were also reprinted one after another.
A stone caused a thousand waves, and the discussion on the issue of the standard of truth that swept across China greatly liberated people's thoughts, broke through the long-standing "left" mistakes and the ideological shackles of "two whatevers", and got rid of the spiritual shackles of dogmatism and personal superstition.
Deng Xiaoping commented: "About the issue of the standard of truth, Guangming Daily published an article, which suddenly caused such a big reaction, saying that it was 'cutting the flag', which further aroused my interest and attention.Don't underestimate the argument that practice is the only criterion for testing truth. This controversy has great significance, and its essence lies in whether it adheres to Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought. "
This discussion provided theoretical preparations for the successful convening of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, established an ideological starting point for reform and opening up, and provided strong spiritual motivation for opening up the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and forming a theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics. At the end of 11978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party was held, re-establishing the ideological line of "emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts", and made the "key choice that determines the fate of contemporary China" of reform and opening up.
People's Daily Photographer Wang Dong took a historical scene of students holding a banner of "Hello Xiaoping".
On the same day, People's Daily Photographer Wang Dong set up a picture of the historical scene of students holding a banner of "Hello Xiaoping".
On the same day, People's Daily Photographer Wang Dong set up a picture of the south of Jinshui Bridge. Equipment. He pointed a 1,000mm long lens at the city tower to capture the close-up of the party and state leaders in time; and hung a Laika M3 with a standard head around his neck to capture the crowd scene at any time. Suddenly, there was a noise in the crowd, and a group of energetic Peking University students faced Tiananmen Square and held up a simple and special banner - "Hello Xiaoping". These four words were written by college students on four large green papers, the paper was pasted on the bed sheets, decorated with ribbons around, and the top was decorated with paper flowers, and the horizontal sign turned into a tall bouquet. This was a "emergency" ", many reporters on the scene were stunned for a moment. "It's interesting!" Wang Dong
didn't have time to think about it carefully, and pressed the shutter twice. History was frozen in this 1/125 second.
"Hello Xiaoping", the inadvertent actions of Peking University students at that time created a classic historical moment, expressed the voices of hundreds of millions of people, and became the common memory of the people across the country. A simple greeting, but full of sincere feelings, truly expresses the people's sincere wishes and simple and deep love for Comrade Deng Xiaoping in their hearts The feelings of the Party Central Committee are the best expressive of the leadership of the Party Central Committee and its sincere support for the lines, principles and policies since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee.
Chen Xitian, who was the deputy editor-in-chief of Shenzhen Special Zone Daily at the time, was the only reporter accompanying Deng Xiaoping during this trip, recorded all the speeches and details of Deng Xiaoping.
is different from the general article describing great men. This long article with ten thousand words has a natural article structure and a peaceful and vivid writing style. It focuses on the big picture, starts from the details, takes time as the order, and uses vivid details to portray characters, which truly records the important conversations made by Comrade Xiaoping during his inspection in Shenzhen. The newsletter has won many awards including the first prize of the China News Award, the first prize of the National Reform Good News, and the first prize of the National Headline News Competition of the National City of Independent Planning.
article has caused a huge response at home and abroad, and has played a certain role in creating a new public opinion environment and accelerating China's reform and opening up. It has become a landmark event in the press in the ideological liberation movement and left a brilliant page in the history of Chinese news.
Xinhua News Agency's world issues researcher and former editor-in-chief of Xinhua Daily Telegraph, Xie Guoji, said in an interview that this article allowed the Chinese people to break free from the bonds of "capital" and "society", let go of their hands and feet, and to take the position of the world's second largest economy all the way.
Some experts believe that in the history of the development of China's television, except for "News Broadcast", no other program has a wider and far-reaching impact on Chinese society than the founding of "Focus Interview".
"Focus Interview" is an evening news comment program launched by CCTV's comprehensive channel on April 1, 1994. It always insists on speaking with facts and plays a strong role in leading news and public opinion.
Shui Junyi, Jing Yidan, and Zhai Shujie (from left to right) are in the "Focus Interview" studio. (Data photo)
This new and profound program became a "barometer" for Chinese people to understand the world overnight, setting off a wave of public opinion supervision. Many programs made the people applauded, made the supreme leader pay attention, and changed the inherent concept of Chinese TV media's only publicity.
Public opinion supervision is an important responsibility of the news media. The results of the audience survey show that the establishment of public opinion supervision programs represented by "Focus Interview" has enabled some key issues in society to be exposed on TV screens, enhancing the audience's trust in TV.
On October 7, 1998, Zhu Rongji visited CCTV for inspection and held a discussion with the responsible persons of CCTV and the editors and reporters of the "Focus Interview" program team. It was during the symposium that day that Zhu Rongji wrote a letter to the inscription for "Focus Interview": Public opinion supervision, public mouthpiece, government mirror, reform vanguard.
Host Jing Yidan used his mobile phone to shoot the "Focus Interview" program logo. (Data photo)
According to statistics, in the 1998 "Focus Interview" program, the proportion of public opinion supervision content accounted for 47%. 300 million Chinese people watched "Focus Interview" every day that year.
The return of Hong Kong was a major political event at the end of the 20th century, with national concern and world attention.
At this historic moment, China Central Television conducted a 72-hour live broadcast of the return of Hong Kong. This is the first time in the history of Chinese TV that has such a large-scale and long-term live broadcast report.
live TV report starts at 6:00 on June 30, 1997 and ends at 6:00 on July 3. CCTV's 1 and 4 programs were broadcast for 72 consecutive hours, and a 41-hour temporary English channel was added. The live broadcast of some important events has reached more than 900 million. It can be said that this is the first time that CCTV has become a television media that provides the world with the main signal in reports of major events in the world.
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The first large-scale live broadcast by CCTV famous reporter Bai Yansong was when he returned to Hong Kong. In his memory, he mentioned, "The return of Hong Kong in 1997 is the best opportunity for CCTV to launch live broadcasts of large-scale news events. First, the responsibility is unshirkable, and second, the need to take the initiative to ask for battle from its own reform needs and combine it with passiveness."
" Our large army arrived in Hong Kong and Shenzhen more than a month in advance. For this live broadcast of dozens of hours, we arrived at the scene so long in advance, which fully demonstrated our nervousness and confusion, and of course, we also had caution and diligence. "
7, Strong Country Forum: The "first Chinese" was born in the Patriotic and Powerful Country
On May 9, 1999, in order to express the strong indignation of the majority of netizens about the brutal actions of NATO bombing the embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, People's Daily launched the "BBS Forum for Strongly Protesting NATO's Atrocities", which was renamed "Strong Country Forum" in June of the same year.
This is the first online current political forum founded by Chinese online media. Patriotism and Powerful Country are her innate genes , the qualities of authority, popularity and credibility are deeply integrated into the development of the forum.
Strong Country Forum is not only the most influential and high-quality column of People's Daily, but also the most well-known interactive column in my country's Internet news communication industry. Its birth is called the birth of China's real new media. It was loved by netizens as soon as it was launched and is known as the "first Chinese attraction". Since the founding of
, the guest interviews of the "Strong Country Forum" have been firm. Standing at the high-end, paying attention to hot topics, showing diversity and outstanding interactions, thousands of guests have been invited to communicate online with netizens.
On February 2, 2007, the Forum of Strong Country came to Russia to talk to Russia's First Vice Premier Medvedev.
On June 20, 2008, Hu Jintao, then General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, communicated with netizens online at the Forum of Strong Country. (Reporter of People's Daily Photo by Li Ge
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On June 20, 2008, Hu Jintao, then General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, came to the People's Daily and communicated with netizens online through the Strong Country Forum. When answering questions from netizens, he said: "Although I am busy with work and cannot go online every day, I still take the time to try my best to go online. What I want to say in particular is that the People's Daily Power Forum is one of the must-choose websites I often go online. "
Strong Country Forum 20-year-old "Youthful"
"Eight-Wand Storm Forum, a strong country with a heart". Over the past 20 years, Strong Country Forum has continuously launched multiple columns, series of interviews, video columns and activities, always adhering to the authoritative voice and mainstream value, and insisting on the mission of conveying public opinion and voice.
8. China's century-old Olympic dream is realized: People's Daily launched colored external
July 13, 2001 was a night of no one fell asleep. Mr. Samaranchi, then president of the International Olympic Committee, solemnly announced that when the 29th Olympic Games hosted in 2008 was "Beijing", a century-old dream of the Chinese nation became a reality in that moment, Beijing was boiling, China was boiling, and the Chinese people were boiling. It was a sleepless cry of tears of joy and a carnival of success. Night.
People's Daily published the "Beijing Olympic Billing Success" outside the publication of the "Beijing Olympic Billing Success" outside the publication of the color "Beijing Olympic Billing Success, China is Boiling" overnight. The publication of the congratulatory message sent by all staff of the People's Daily to the Beijing Olympic Billing Committee delegation, which said: The International Olympic Committee chose Beijing and China. Here, in the name of journalists, we would like to express our deep gratitude to the Beijing Olympic Billing delegation, which is fighting on the front line of the Olympic Billing Competition. Your hard and efficient work has won honors for the motherland and opportunities for Beijing.
In the history of this Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, only 8 times have been published in the history of this official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, only the successful atomic bomb explosion, the successful launch of hydrogen bomb satellites, and the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States.
html The People's Daily published on the 114th published an enthusiastic editorial "Writing the Most Magnificent Chapter in the History of the Olympic Games", which said, "We have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and the Chinese people are sincerely happy and cheering with all their hearts."In 2008, the sky will be bluer, the city will be more beautiful, and the flags on the Fifth Ring Road will be brighter. The Chinese people are full of spirit and confidence, and will strive to write the most magnificent chapter in the history of the Olympics. "9. Wenchuan earthquake report: The Internet plays the role of mainstream media
Just half an hour after the Wenchuan earthquake, the first call from the disaster area appeared on the Internet. The Aba Prefecture Government website released information titled "Three aftershocks occurred after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Wenchuan County, Aba Prefecture." Since then, important information from many isolated islands in the disaster area has been continuously transmitted to the outside world through the Internet.
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html On the day of the earthquake on May 12, the number of news on the Internet reached 3,346. Major websites almost opened Wenchuan earthquake special topics at the first time, and began to release earthquake news earlier than CCTV, and sent reporters to the disaster area for interviews. Some netizens spontaneously produced and uploaded disaster information texts, pictures, and videos, making the Internet a more sensitive source of information than TV and newspapers. 3Pictures are from the People's Daily's legal person Weibo @ People's Daily
Wenchuan's "5.12" earthquake marks the maturity of China's online media. From the amount of information to the number of views, the Internet has indisputably overwhelmed traditional media and became the most important birthplace of social public opinion. The Financial Times of the United Kingdom said in an article that during the Wenchuan earthquake, China's Internet once again proved its mainstream status, not by administrative levels, but by strong information integration methods and its influence on 200 million netizens.
On October 18, 2017, the opening meeting of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. (People's Daily reporter Photo by Weng Qiyu)
During the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, major newspapers, radio stations, television stations and websites in central and local my country opened various columns and special issues, making full use of live broadcast, video, H5, MV, VR, 360-degree panoramic technologies, and launched a series of integrated media products. Through the coordinated efforts of traditional reporting methods and new media communication methods, the promotion and reporting effect was enhanced, and the distance between the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was closer to the people.
On October 18, 2017, at the opening meeting of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Chinese and foreign journalists gathered to interview. (People's Daily reporter Weng Qiyu Photo)
htmlOn the morning of October 18, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China opened, and various media showed their skills in the live broadcast position. In just 4 hours, the People's Daily's "Two Micros and One End" broadcast the opening meeting and the "Party Representative Channel" of "Two Micros and One End" live broadcast of the opening meeting and the "Party Representative Channel", with a total of 36.39 million views and 110,000 messages were received; People's Daily live news clicks 40.7 million times, and video views 10.19 million times.The News Center of the 19th National Congress held several press conferences, which was a focus of Chinese and foreign journalists listening to the content of the meeting. (People's Daily reporter Weng Qiyu Photo)
innovation is a distinctive feature of the report of the 19th National Congress. With the help of the advantages of Internet communication, new media reports and integrated media products about the 19th National Congress are showing a booming trend.
The three-dimensional animated short film "Five Years on the Scale" launched by the People's Daily Central Kitchen has more than 20 million views on major video platforms. The People's Daily client compiled more than 30,000 words of the report of the 19th National Congress into a mind map, and the number of views was nearly 6 million in just two days.
People's Daily Online uses the China Eastern Airlines passenger plane to make the report of the 19th National Congress "come to the sky". On October 18, passengers riding 70 wide-body passenger planes of China Eastern Airlines connected to the onboard WiFi and could enter the People's Daily's special topic "Watch the 19th National Congress in the Air".The large-scale micro-video "Message to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China by 56 Nationalities" is broadcasted every day on the large screen of the 19th National Congress News Center, arousing strong resonance among the audience.
Xinhua News Agency launched a short video "Pilot", reviewing the historic changes in the cause of the Party and the country since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and the historic achievements made, which has caused netizens to be enthusiastic.
During the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, CCTV News New Media released more than 100 micro-videos around the theme of the conference, and also launched the vertical video "Weibo Stories" for the first time. "China's Here" landscape live broadcast combines introduction to party history with presenting achievements, and its views and single reading volume of interactive products set a record of client live broadcast ratings.
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Reference materials:
People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, Guangming Daily, People's Liberation Army Daily, People's Pictorial, Beijing Daily, China News Publishing, Radio, Television, People's Daily, News Front, etc.
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