中国新闻社，简称“中新社”，是中国以对外报道为主要新闻业务的国家级通讯社，是以台港澳同胞、海外华侨华人和与之有联系的外国人为主要服务对象的国际性通讯社。
经刘少奇定名，1952年10月1日，中新社由中国新闻界和侨界知名人士发起成立。前全国人大常委会副委员长廖承志是中新社的创办人和领导者。发起创建中新社的还有金仲华、胡愈之、洪丝丝等文化界、新闻界知名人士。著名国际问题专家金仲华担任第一任社长。中新社的前身是1938年在周恩来的参与策划下，由进步文化人士范长江、胡愈之等发起成立的爱国进步新闻机构——国际新闻社。 中新社担负的职能主要是：对外新闻报道的国家级通讯社，世界华文媒体信息总汇，国际性通讯社。履行职能主要通过四种形式：一是传统形式的报道，包括文字、图片通稿，专稿等；二是新形式的报道，主要是网络、信息、视频、手机短信等；三是对海外华文报纸供版；四是社办报刊。 中新社现有员工2000余人，总社设在北京，拥有46个境内外分社。在北京、纽约、香港设立发稿中心。建有多渠道、多层次、多功能的新闻信息发布体系，每天24小时不间断向世界各地播发文字、图片、网络、视频、手机短信等各类新闻信息产品，客户和合作伙伴遍及世界各地。 中新社是亚洲上网最早的中文媒体。www.chinanews.com于1995年在香港创建。1999年1月1日，中新社总社在北京开办中国新闻网，简称“中新网”。中新网秉承中新社的传统风格，追求“快速、平实、客观、理性、专业、雅致”，在众多的网络媒体中别具一格。中新网是中国重要的新闻网站，也是全球中文互联网原创新闻报道最重要的内容供应者。 中新社于2000年1月1日创刊出版的《中国新闻周刊》，现在已是中国最知名的时政周刊之一，并以英、日、韩、意等4种外国语出版5种版本。周刊以其敏锐、深刻、犀利、独到的精神坐标在国内新闻周刊中独树一帜，其个性化标签“影响有影响力的人”，已鲜明地印刻在读者心目之中。 中新社每两年主办一次“世界华文传媒论坛”，是规模最大的全球华文传媒领袖峰会，从2001年开始已连续举办了六届。2009年第五届论坛期间，在中新社倡议下成立了以“服务、互动、平等、共赢”为宗旨的“世界华文媒体合作联盟”，目前联盟有34个国家和地区的304家成员单位。 China News Service (CNS) is not only a state-level news agency in China with spreading news worldwide as its main task, but also an international news agency with the compatriots from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, overseas Chinese and related foreigners as its major subscribers. CNS was sponsored and established by Chinese journalists and renowned overseas Chinese experts on October 1, 1952. Liao Chengzhi, former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, was the founder as well as the leader of CNS. Besides him, other sponsors and builders were also big names in the fields of culture and journalism, such as Jin Zhonghua, Hu Yuzhi and Hong Sisi. Jin Zhonghua, a well-known expert on international issues, was the first president of CNS. In a previous existence, CNS was the International News Service established by Fan Changjiang and Hu Yuzhi in 1938. CNS functions as: a state-level new agency spreading news worldwide, a database of information from global Chinese-language media, and an international news agency. It fulfills its responsibility through: traditional style of reports, including scripts, photos and special articles; new style of reports, mainly Internet, communication, videos, and SMS; content provision to overseas Chinese-language newspapers; and self-running newspapers and journals. There are more than 1000 employees in CNS at present. CNS is headquartered in Beijing. It has set up not only 28 branches in China’s mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, but also branches or report stations in Tokyo, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, New York, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, London, Paris, Sydney and Moscow. Meanwhile, it has reporters in Taiwan. News release centers are established in Beijing, New York and Hong Kong. Based on a multi-channel, multi-level and multi-function news release system, CNS provides all kinds of products regarding news and information, namely scripts, photos, websites, videos and SMS, without pause in 24 hours a day. The clients and cooperation partners of CNS spread all over the world. As a Chinese-language media, CNS is the pioneer in Asia setting up its Internet portal. The website www.chinanews.com was launched in Hong Kong in 1995. On January 1, 1999, the headquarters of CNS launched its official website named Chinanews (www.chinanews.com.cn) providing online service. Chinanews is an important news website in China. China News Weekly, edited and published by CNS, is one of the most well-known political weeklies. “The Forum on Global Chinese Language Media”, hosted by CNS every two years, is the largest summit between leaders of global Chinese language media. The forum has been held in Nanjing, Wuhan, Changsha, Chengdu and Shanghai separately.
关键词：,中国新闻网,www.chinanews.com
