Propaganda work of the news and publicity work system of the Ministry of Health’s agencies

News and publicity work is an important part of health work. In order to further standardize the health news and publicity work of ministry agencies and better serve health reform and development, the following news and publicity work system has been formulated: News of Ministry agencies Publication work is an important part of health government affairs disclosure and health news promotion. All departments and bureaus and all civil servants must further unify their thinking, strengthen the awareness of news publicity, enhance the sense of responsibility and urgency for news publicity work, correctly handle the relationship between business work and news publicity work, actively promote the disclosure of government affairs, and strengthen information release and news Promote publicity and improve the ability to guide public opinion.

(1) The main tasks of news release work. Focusing closely on the central work of the Ministry of Health, comprehensively, accurately, proactively and timely introduce my country's laws, regulations, principles and policies on health work to the public, as well as their implementation and results; timely release authoritative information in response to domestic and foreign health public opinion trends, Clear up doubts and doubts, eliminate the influence of false or distorted reports, create a good social atmosphere and public opinion environment for health work, and ensure the smooth progress of health reform and development.

(2) The main content of the news release. Publish health laws, regulations, rules and other normative documents; publish information on notifiable infectious disease epidemics and public health emergencies; introduce the implementation of health laws, regulations and policies and the progress of important health work; inform public health Services, basic medical services, preventive health services and other health government information that need to be introduced to the public through the media; in response to misunderstandings, doubts, distortions and rumors caused by the outside world about health work, timely release of authoritative information can resolve doubts and clarify Facts, refute rumors. The content of news releases must not violate facts or reveal state secrets.

(3) Organization of news release work. The Ministry of Health has a press spokesperson, and the General Office has a press office (referred to as the "Ministry of Health Press Office"), which is responsible for the centralized management of news release work of the ministry's agencies; the secretary to the ministry leadership and the heads of the comprehensive departments of each department and bureau serve as liaisons for news release work , responsible for daily work contact with the Information Office of the General Office, and coordinating and handling news release matters related to department leaders and departments and bureaus; the Information Office and departments and bureaus should fully implement the news release based on the content, purpose and requirements of the news release, and proceed from the actual results. Use different forms such as regular press conferences, special press conferences, press releases, and organization of reporter interviews to carry out news release work.

(4) Regular press conference. Regular press conferences are organized and held regularly by the Information Office of the General Office. They can be released by the spokesperson themselves, or hosted by the spokesperson and invite department and bureau leaders to release the press conferences. If necessary, department leaders can be invited to attend the regular press conferences. The release topic is agreed upon by the Information Office and the Business Department, and the spokesperson reports to the department leader after review; the release materials and Q&A references are provided by the Business Department, and the Press Office is responsible for sorting them out. Questions and answers on major and sensitive issues should be reported to the department leader. Approval.

(5) Special press conference. Special press conferences are held from time to time, and may be held by the Information Office of the General Office at the request of departments or bureaus or in consultation with relevant departments and bureaus, based on the progress of key work or the needs of handling public health emergencies, and after approval by the leaders of the competent departments. Targeted arrangements are made, and the Information Office and Business Departments jointly organize and implement them. When necessary, ministry leaders may be asked to hold a special press conference through the State Council Information Office press conference to release major health policies and information. The special press conference is hosted by the spokesperson or the head of the press office. The head of the department or bureau is invited to introduce to the news unit the ideas of an important health work, the policies and measures introduced, the major events held, the latest work progress, and Communicate information and answer questions on issues of media concern.

(6) Publish press releases. Regulatory documents issued by the Ministry of Health, information on health work trends, notifiable infectious disease epidemics, and information on public health emergencies are generally provided by the Information Office to major central news units in the form of press releases. Drafts and non-confidential normative document texts are published on the Ministry of Health website and the "Ministry of Health Gazette". For certain important tasks and major issues, while providing press releases, arrangements can be made to make statements or remarks in the name of the spokesperson, or journalists from major central news units can be organized to conduct collective interviews with department leaders or heads of departments and bureaus.

The release of information on major public health emergencies shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations and the "Information Release Plan for Notifiable Infectious Disease Epidemics and Public Health Emergencies of the Ministry of Health".

(7) Other matters related to news releases by ministry agencies. Units directly under the Ministry of Health, responsible associations, and national and ministerial-level key scientific research bases managed by the Ministry of Health need to release major investigation reports of the Ministry of Health, research topics, or important health information and scientific research results that are of high social concern and have great impact, which are undertaken by them. Business departments and bureaus should require relevant units to make news release and publicity reporting plans in advance, and the Information Office of the General Office of Commerce should make overall considerations to prevent news resources from being wasted or distorted or misunderstood. Without review and approval, the above-mentioned institutions shall not release important information to the outside world in the name of the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Health’s research team. If you need to publish it in your own name, you must state that it is your personal academic point of view and you must take responsibility for it. Health news and publicity work cannot be separated from the support and cooperation of the news media. It is necessary to grasp the rules of news dissemination, respect the work of journalists, and fully mobilize the enthusiasm of news units and reporters to care about and support health work. For hot health issues that are of concern to the news media, all departments and bureaus should cooperate with the Information Office of the General Office, make full use of various effective forms to actively accept interviews from reporters, accurately and objectively introduce the specific situation of health work, and strengthen positive guidance.

(1) The Information Office of the General Office is responsible for the centralized management of news media interviews with ministry agencies, and is responsible for accepting and coordinating media interview requests; departments and bureaus generally do not directly accept interview applications from news media.

(2) When a news media applies to interview a department leader or requests a story from the department leader, the Information Office of the General Office will prepare an interview outline according to the interview requirements of the news unit, and arrange the interview after submitting it to the department leader for his or her consent. . The content of the interview must be reviewed by the General Office and reported to the leader being interviewed for approval before it can be published.

(3) When news media apply for interviews with relevant departments and bureaus within the Ministry, the Information Office of the General Office shall consult with relevant departments and bureaus for arrangements based on the interview requirements and interview outlines of the news units and with the consent of the department leaders in charge of news and publicity work. Interview matters.

(4) After receiving the interview request, the department and bureau should provide the required information as soon as possible or coordinate the implementation of the interviewees and interview time, and request whether the manuscript needs to be reviewed. For interview requests that cannot be arranged, the information office of the General Office should be promptly fed back to communicate with the media and adjust the interview plan. As a general rule, interviews with the media will not be conducted over the phone.

(5) For public health emergencies that have a greater impact and sensitive issues of great concern to society, relevant departments and bureaus should select authoritative experts and actively assist the Information Office of the General Office to cooperate with the central mainstream media Respond to interview needs, actively resolve doubts, and disseminate scientific knowledge to prevent news units from publishing unscientific and inaccurate information and misleading the public.

(6) Ministry agencies implement an appointment system for news interviews. For those who directly come to the office or call to request an interview without an appointment, the interviewee shall introduce them to the Information Office of the General Office to complete the appointment procedure. Those who cannot verify the identity of the other party should not be interviewed directly to avoid negative impact.

(7) Except for interview activities arranged as needed, civil servants generally do not take the initiative to speak to the media or accept interviews in their official capacity. If it is really necessary, the consent of the department heads and the general office should be obtained, but some uncertain core information should not be disclosed to the media in the form of "unnamed officials".

(8) Interviews by foreign news organizations’ resident reporters in China and reporters from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan will be directly accepted and arranged by the Information Office of the General Office. Interview applications from foreign news organizations without resident reporters will be accepted and arranged by the Information Office in cooperation with the International Department. Ministry leaders and responsible comrades of departments and bureaus attend meetings, participate in activities, and deliver speeches, which is important health government information. The leadership secretaries of the Ministry, relevant business departments and bureaus, and the Information Office of the General Office should cooperate with each other to do a good job in publicity and reporting of leadership activities and meetings.

(1) The Information Office of the General Office will cooperate with the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council in publicity and reporting on health work conferences held by the Party Central Committee and the State Council, as well as work conferences and activities hosted by the Ministry of Health attended by central leaders. The press release shall be submitted to the Office of the Central Committee of the CPC Central Committee and the Secretariat of the State Council Office for review and approval in advance by the Commercial Affairs Office of the competent department and bureau, and will be released to the public and other media based on the Xinhua News Agency release.

(2) National conferences or large-scale activities organized in the name of the Ministry of Health shall be publicized and reported by the General Office Information Office in consultation with relevant departments and bureaus.

For meetings held in the name of the department or bureau, events hosted by the department, and meetings or activities organized in cooperation with relevant international organizations, the information office of the host department or bureau shall determine the meeting reporting matters.

(3) When ministry leaders participate in meetings and activities sponsored by departments and bureaus, units directly under the ministry and associations managed by the ministry or jointly organized with other units, the sponsoring unit should submit a press release before the meeting or event is held. , after being reviewed and approved by the ministry leaders, the Information Office of the General Office will organize and release it to the public in a timely manner.

(4) If department leaders go to other places for investigation and research activities, overseas visits, or attend meetings or activities organized by foreign units, and need to be reported, the Secretariat of the General Office will coordinate and provide press releases, and the Information Office Organize public release.

(5) In principle, media will not be invited to report on business work seminars held in the name of the Ministry of Health or departments and bureaus of government agencies. If department leaders or department leaders attend a seminar held by an external unit and are reported by the media, the First Secretary of the General Office or the relevant departments or bureaus should communicate the relevant situation to the Information Office in a timely manner. The website of the Ministry of Health is a comprehensive platform for various departments and bureaus to publish health government information and provide online services. Content guarantee work is an important foundation for the construction of the Ministry of Health website. All departments and bureaus should further expand the scope of government affairs disclosure, increase the intensity of online release of government information, and ensure that matters that are of widespread public concern and should be known or involved in are promptly released on the Ministry of Health website.

(1) Division of work. Each department and bureau of the agency is responsible for information update and maintenance in their respective business fields. They should designate a designated person as the contact person for website content protection, who is responsible for uploading important information content to the Ministry of Health website back-end management system in a timely manner. The Information Office is responsible for the review and release of website information content.

(2) Laws and regulations on health work shall be published by the competent departments and bureaus in the "Laws and Regulations" on the day they are announced; in principle, downstream documents formulated by various departments and bureaus that do not involve state secrets shall be published in When issued, it should be uploaded to the columns of "Ministry of Health Policy Information" and "Ministry of Health Work Updates" at the same time, and the Information Office of the General Office will issue corresponding press releases for unified release to the media.

(3) Press releases and speeches for important activities and meetings attended by ministry leaders shall be published by the Information Office of the General Office after being reviewed and approved by ministry leaders; Important work information should be uploaded in a timely manner in the "Ministry of Health Work Updates" and other columns, and coordinated with the Information Office for release.

(4) The information office of the General Office is responsible for collecting and sorting out the health work trends of localities and units directly under the ministry, international health trends, and important health news reports from the news media, and publishing them in the corresponding columns; all departments and bureaus Important information on health work in directly affiliated units and localities should also be proactively uploaded in the "Health Work Updates in Various Regions" column and released to the public after review by the Information Office.

(5) The "Minister's Mailbox" and "Public Q&A" are maintained by the Information Office of the General Office, and all departments and bureaus cooperate to accept public suggestions and suggestions on health work and answer public consultations; "Major emergencies" The emergency office is responsible for processing relevant information in the "public health incident reporting mailbox".

(6) All departments and bureaus of the ministry are responsible for constructing and maintaining projects such as "Service Guide", "Online Approval Service" and "Database Query" within the business field of the department and bureau; it is necessary to set up special topics in the special area The content shall be determined by the Information Office of the Business Department and Commercial Affairs Office, and each department and bureau shall be responsible for content protection.

(7) The General Office will regularly evaluate and report on the Internet information and selection of various departments and bureaus to promote the continuous improvement of the quality and service level of the Ministry of Health's website.