One year on, Xi's speech injects vitality into media

BEIJING -- China's major media outlets have carried articles profiling the changes to news reporting since President Xi Jinping gave a speech on the Communist Party of China's media and publicity work. On Feb. 19 last year, Xi, who is also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, visited the People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television, the nation's three leading news providers. The People's Daily ran an article Sunday that said the past year had seen great changes across all media outlets thanks to the "fresh vitality" following Xi's speech. The Xinhua commentary said Chinese media's international communication skills should be honed so that China stories are told well.