On September 18, 1999, the then Premier of the State Council Zhu Rongji announced the revised "National Holidays and Anniversary Holiday Measures" through the State Council Order No. 270, which mentioned that "Journalists' Day" is an unusual holiday. National holiday for holidays. After the promulgation of the "Measures", it immediately caused a strong response in the press. On the morning of September 19, journalists from all over the country called the China Journalists Association one after another to inquire about the "Journalists' Day" and hope to determine the specific details of this festival. dates and made many suggestions. The Chinese Journalists Association is the organization and home of journalists across the country. It is duty-bound to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of journalists, represent the interests of journalists, and help journalists figure out the specific time of "Journalists' Day". Responsibility, under the leadership of the Secretariat of the Chinese Journalists Association, we reviewed a large amount of historical materials and found that there was a "Journalists' Day" in our country before liberation.
According to historical records, in January 1933, Liu Yusheng, the manager and chief writer of Jiangsu's "Jiang Sheng Daily", was killed on the charge of "promoting Japanese property". Subsequently, the Shanghai "Shenbao" published the details of his murder. The news shocked the press at the time and strongly demanded that the Kuomintang authorities "open up public opinion and protect human rights." Under the strong momentum, the Nanjing National Government was forced to promulgate the "Order on the Protection of Journalists and the Protection of Public Opinion Organs" on September 1, 1933. This "General Order" became a tool for journalists at that time to fight for press freedom. In August 1934, the Hangzhou Journalists Guild sent a message to the national press community and proposed September 1 as "Journalists' Day". This initiative immediately received positive response from the national press. Journalists gathered across the country to celebrate "September 1st Journalists' Day" in different ways. At that time, celebration ceremonies were held not only in the areas controlled by the National Government, but also in Yan'an and various anti-Japanese base areas. On March 25, 1944, the Executive Yuan of the Kuomintang government officially designated September 1 as "Journalists' Day". After the founding of New China, the "Regulations on National Holidays and Memorial Days" promulgated by the Government Affairs Council on December 23, 1949 mentioned "Journalists' Day", but it was not clear whether the date of the original "Journalists' Day" would be inherited. News of New China Workers have never celebrated "Journalists' Day".
When is New China's "Journalists' Day" set? The Party Group and Secretariat of the China Journalists Association conducted careful research based on soliciting opinions from all parties, and after discussion and approval at the chairman's office meeting, they believed that November 8 would be a more appropriate date for "Journalists' Day". As we all know, the China Journalists Association (formerly the China Youth Journalists Association) was founded on November 8, 1937. It is a united front organization for journalists founded with the advocacy and support of Zhou Enlai. In 1949, it launched the National People's Political Consultative Conference together with 15 national people's organizations and democratic parties, including the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the All-China Women's Federation, and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. Therefore, it is the only representative people's organization of journalists across the country under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Over the past few decades, especially since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has actively carried out a large number of work and activities, and has made significant contributions to uniting the majority of journalists in our country, promoting the development of our country's journalism industry, and developing friendly exchanges with the international press community. The results have a great influence at home and abroad. The Chinese Journalists Association is a national people's organization jointly composed of central-level news units, provincial, municipal, and autonomous region journalists' associations, professional journalists' associations, other news organizations, and news practitioners. It represents 750,000 journalists across the country. The date of its establishment as "Journalists' Day" is widely representative. After the China Journalists Association reported this suggestion to the State Council, the State Council formally approved the China Journalists Association on August 1, 2000, agreeing to designate November 8 as China's "Journalists' Day". From then on, journalists in New China had their own festival.
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