The All-China Journalists Association (ACJA), previously known as the 'Chinese Young Journalist Association', is a people's organization established in Shanghai on November 8, 1937. November 8 now marks 'National Journalists Day' in China. The society was established by Chinese wartime reporter Fan Changjiang and later organized and sponsored by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Membership in the association is required for all professional journalists in China as overseen by the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. There are over 217 rural and industrial member organizations in the association, encompassing over 1 million individuals in the media industry in China. The All-China Journalists Association is also a member of the Belt and Road News Network, assisting in the network's establishment in 2017.

History

Founding members

Fan Changjiang

Fan Changjiang's career in journalism gained domestic notoriety in China during the Sino-Japanese war, attributed to his work as a war correspondent in regional China.

The Chinese journalist strongly advocated for transforming media practices in China, esteeming objective, factual reporting compared to commentarial pieces in inaccessible language created by his predecessors.

Shao Huaze (born 1933), member of the dominant Han Chinese ethnic group, of the People's Liberation Army since 1950, of the CCP since 1957, and vice-president of Xinhua News Agency, had been Executive Secretary for the All-China Journalists Association.

  • President: He Ping
  • Executive Vice-President: Liu Siyang
  • Vice-presidents: Yan Xiaoming, Wang Yibiao, Liu Zhengrong, Yang Xiaowei, Wang Leiming, Zhang Yutang, Zhao Jingyun, Chen Songqing, Huang Changkai, Zhang Chunjiao, Li Xiaojun, Liu Chengan
  • Executive Secretaries: Tian Yuhong, Wu Jing, Wu Xu, Yin Lujun, Su Rongcai

Departments

Domestic Work Department

The Domestic Work Department works with communities to understand domestic rhetoric and sentiment. Journalists are able to produce authentic localized pieces within the guidelines of the Chinese Communist Party Department of Propaganda. This outreach program enables Chinese perspectives to be represented in international media as well as Chinese journalists to participate in the international community of journalists.

The General Office and Journalism Training Centre

The General Office and Journalism Training Centre collaborates with the Chinese Communist Party, Journalism schools and university departments to connect journalists and organizations with students, as well as to spread methods and techniques associated with journalism. This department works in adherence to the 2013 ‘Joint Model’ of cooperation and collaboration between the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee and Chinese universities, so as to ensure the spread of CCP ideals and desired media output. The association joined the All-China Journalist association upon its inception and was founded by the former head of the Xinhua News Photography Department, Shi Shaohua, who became the chairman of the new association.

  • Chinese Automotive Journalists Association
  • China City-Level Newspaper Society
  • China Country-Level Newspaper Society
  • China Digest News Society
  • China Petroleum Journalists Association
  • China Evening News Journalists Association
  • Chinese News Cartoon Society
  • Chinese Newspaper Supplements Society
  • Chinese Posts and Telecommunications Journalist Association

Provincial Member Organizations

  • Anhui Journalists Association
  • Chongqing Journalists Association
  • Fujian Journalists Association
  • Gansu Journalists Association
  • Guangdong Journalists Association
  • Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Journalists Association
  • Guizhou Journalists Association
  • Hainan Journalists Association
  • Hebei Journalists Association
  • Heilongjiang Journalists Association
  • Henan Journalists Association
  • Hubei Journalists Association
  • Hunan Journalists Association
  • Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Journalists Association
  • Jiangsu Journalists Association
  • Jiangxi Journalists Association
  • Jilin Journalist Association
  • Liaoning Journalists Association
  • Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Journalists Association
  • Qinghai Journalists Association
  • Shaanxi Journalists Association
  • Shandong Journalists Association
  • Shanghai Journalists Association
  • Shanxi Journalists Association
  • Sichuan Journalists Association
  • Tianjin Journalists Association
  • Tibet Autonomous Region Journalists Association
  • Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Journalist Association
  • Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Journalists Association
  • Yunnan Journalists Association
  • Zhejiang Journalists Association

Awards and Accolades

Fan Changjiang Award

The Fan Changjiang Award is awarded to reporters, and is regarded as one of the two most recognized journalism awards in China. The initiative was launched in Kazakhstan at Nazarbayev University and in Indonesia in late 2013. This is exemplified through articles published by the organization in cooperation with oligarchical Chinese news agencies such as Xinhuanet and China Daily. A report on May 5, 2020, from the organization in collaboration with China Daily alludes to Russian collaboration through the assertion "we are all in a community of common destiny."

The Belt and Road Journalists Network

The Belt and Road Initiative has also enabled the All-China Journalist Society, in collaboration with other members of the Belt and Road Project to create a 'Belt and Road Journalists Network'. The Belt and Road News Network, launched in 2017, encompasses 208 media organizations from over 98 different nations.