Tuo Zhen attends launch ceremony of Xinhua news app

Tuo Zhen, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attended the launch ceremony of Xinhua's English-language mobile portal in Beijing on Jan. 23.

Tuo Zhen (2nd L), deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, attends the launch ceremony of Xinhua's English-language mobile portal in Beijing on Jan. 23, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

China's state-run Xinhua News Agency launched an English-language mobile portal, the Xinhua News App, combining the agency's reporting strength with the latest digital technology.

The app will "connect China to the world" and update users with round-the-clock reporting, telling China's stories and reporting world affairs in a comprehensive, timely and objective way, Xinhua President Cai Mingzhao said at the launch ceremony.

Representatives from the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and other central government institutions, media outlets, companies, international institutions as well as foreign diplomats were present at the ceremony.