Radical Internet remarks a prod for wise foreign policy: Chinese official
March 12th, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANIBeijing, Mar. 12 (ANI): The voices of the roughly 450 million Internet users in China have taken on an important role in crafting foreign policies and similar matters, a top political advisor of the Chinese Government has said.
Zhao Qizheng, a spokesman for the Fourth Session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said that Beijing sees the radical remarks made by netizens to be prods toward the adoption of wise foreign policies.
“When learning about people’s opinions, we should take a comprehensive view. The radical comments made by some netizens are just part of the whole,” the China Daily quoted Zhao, as saying in an exclusive interview.
A report issued by the State Council Information Office last year showed that there were over a million online forums and about 220 million bloggers in China by June 2010, while Chinese computer users posted more than three million comments a day in cyber space.
Zhao said the government is not only closely following the comments of netizens, who are mostly young, but also those of older people.
“We have many research institutions and many civilian organizations,” Zhao said.
The government, in turn, informs the people of its thoughts through news conferences, speeches and statements, Zhao said.
“It should be a dialogue,” he said. “Without a general will, a nation will not be strong.”
As for the radical remarks made by young netizens, Zhao sees them as being typical of people of that age. (ANI)
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