China to shut 360 newspapers for 'poor management'

China to shut 360 newspapers for ‘poor management’

BEIJING: Over 360 newspapers or periodicals in China — or 3% of the nation’s total publications — would be shut down over the next three years.

A total of 188 newspapers and periodicals were closed in 2009, after China’s General Administration of Press and Publication introduced a market-oriented competition plan in 2008 that shuts down struggling and poorly-managed newspapers.

The “quality evaluation” programme analyses newspapers’ infrastructure, environmental resources and management abilities.

For many years, newspapers were allowed to stay in the market whether or not they made profit. In a pilot programme launched in 2008, 12 newspapers and periodicals in Liaoning were closed, while three other publications in Hebei were shut down. There are 1,943 newspapers and nearly 10,000 periodicals in China, statistics said.

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