Then, what level of news organization is Global Times, which unit is in charge, and is Hu Xijin the main hall or the deputy hall? Let's make an interpretation here today.
I. About Global Times
Global Times is an international news newspaper sponsored and published by People's Daily, a central directly under the authority newspaper. It was founded on 1993. Formerly known as Global Literature, 1997 was renamed Global Times and published in English in 2009. Apart from China Daily, this is the second comprehensive English newspaper published nationwide, and it is also the only newspaper that delivers comprehensive news in line with China's basic national conditions abroad.
At present, Global Times has a daily circulation of about 2 million copies, making it one of the top 100 newspapers in China. With the influence of People's Daily and the powerful resources of 500 special correspondents from more than 50 countries and regions around the world, it has a certain influence in interpreting national conditions and reporting the world.
2. What level is Global Times?
Global Times is the official media, belonging to the sequence of institutions, and the preparation department has three decisions. Its superior unit, People's Daily, is a ministerial institution directly under the central government. The President and Editor-in-Chief of People's Daily are ministerial-level cadres, the deputy is deputy ministerial-level, and the chief of the internal department is the main department level. As a subsidiary of People's Daily, Global Times is equivalent to the internal department of People's Daily, with the same level as the person in charge of the internal department of People's Daily. In other words, Global Times is a department-level unit, and its specifications are equivalent to provincial-level daily newspapers or TV stations.
As a public institution, the newspaper office implements the management mode of both administrative and professional officials. The president is in charge of administrative work and concurrently serves as the secretary of the Party Committee and the head of the newspaper. Professional work is the chief editor's responsibility system, and he is also the deputy secretary of the party Committee of the newspaper, at the same level as the president. In the past, there was no president of Global Times, and they were all responsible to the editor-in-chief, who directly served as party secretary. Hu Xijin, as the party secretary and editor-in-chief of the newspaper, is a veritable head of Global Times, a third-level employee at the main hall level and corresponding to the management positions of public institutions. After Hu Xijin left office, Global Times began to set up a president. The president is a post-80s cadre of People's Daily, and concurrently serves as Party Secretary and Chairman. It is expected that someone else will be the editor-in-chief and deputy secretary of the party Committee, which will open the era of dual-head responsibility system between Global Times and the president.