Under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s censorship and tight control, the number of China’s licensed journalists is dwindling.
Between mid-January and late April, the State Administration of Press and Publications organized the annual press card verification. Chinese reporters were required to take a test as part of the renewal process. State-run Xinhua News Agency recently reported that as of April 30, a total of 3,676 news outlets and 180,075 journalists in China had passed the renewal, while 24 news outlets and 353 journalists had their press credentials suspended.
On May 16, the All-China Journalists Association released its Report on the Development of Journalism in China. As of December 2021, there were 194,263 journalists in China with valid press cards, the report said….