Media issue reports on social responsibility

Over 630 media organizations, ranging from central news agencies to county-level converged media centers, have recently issued their social responsibility reports for 2024-over 50 more than the previous year. The publishing of the reports is the 12th consecutive release since 2014.Eighteen provinces, including Jilin and Sichuan, expanded the coverage of their reports to include media outlets at the provincial, city and county levels. The reports elaborated on media organizations' role in upholding social responsibility in areas such as service and humanistic care, as well as promoting cultural and moral responsibility. The media social responsibility reports will be featured on the website of the All-China Journalists Association. For the first time, the China Industry Newspaper Association and journalist associations from various provinces, regions and municipalities have set up platforms to display reports from national industry media and local media organizations to boost their influence.

Former oil executive gets 14-year sentence

Li Yong, former general manager of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Tuesday for taking bribes. The sentence was handed down by the Intermediate People's Court of Xiangyang, Hubei province. Li was also fined 3 million yuan ($420,368), and his illegal gains will be recovered and turned over to the State treasury. According to the court, Li took advantage of his various posts from 1996 to 2023 to assist certain enterprises and individuals in matters such as agency services and product sales. In return, he accepted money and valuables totaling 67.94 million yuan. Taking into account Li's confession, remorse, his willingness to turn over his ill-gotten gains and other mitigating factors, the court handed down a lenient sentence.