An online mass work conference was held in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on March 20, 2026.
The event focused on studying and implementing the important directives of Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, including having a correct understanding of governance performance, upholding the Party’s mass line in the new era, promoting online mass work platforms, and strengthening mass work through coordinated online and offline efforts.
The event was attended by officials from multiple government bodies, including the Society Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
Representatives from Party organizations, government departments and related agencies across 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, as well as experts and scholars from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Tsinghua University, were also present.
Wang Ning, secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Yunnan Provincial Committee, addresses an online mass work conference in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 20, 2026. (Yunnan Daily/Zhou Can)
"For four consecutive years since 2023, I have been responding to netizens during the annual ’two sessions,’ the meetings of China’s top legislature and political advisory body, sharing information on economic development, cultural tourism, long stays in Yunnan and improvement of local livelihoods. Increasingly, more people are paying attention to Yunnan, taking an interest in the province and falling in love with the Yunnan lifestyle," said Wang Ning, secretary of the CPC Yunnan Provincial Committee.
Xu Lijing, deputy editor-in-chief of People’s Daily, addresses an online mass work conference in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 20, 2026. (People’s Daily Online/Fu Hao)
Xu Lijing, deputy editor-in-chief of People’s Daily, said efforts will be made to upgrade online mass work platforms, enhance their ability and efficiency in addressing public concerns and explore a new model that integrates news, governance and public services.
Wang Quanchun, deputy director of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, addresses an online mass work conference in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 20, 2026. (People’s Daily Online/Fu Hao)
Wang Quanchun, deputy director of the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee, pointed out that efforts should focus on integrating the online mass line with a correct understanding of governance performance, upholding a people-centered governance philosophy and consistently taking people’s sense of gain, happiness and security as the ultimate yardstick.
Fan Zhengwei, president of People’s Daily Online, released a data analysis report on the Message Board for Leaders covering the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).
The report shows that during this period, valid public messages submitted through the platform surged by 178.8 percent compared with the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020). More than 3.8 million messages were addressed and responded to by local authorities and government departments.
Fan Zhengwei, president of People’s Daily Online, releases a data analysis report on the Message Board for Leaders of People’s Daily Online during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) at an online mass work conference held in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 20, 2026. (People’s Daily Online/Fu Hao)
Su Zheng, assistant to the dean and research fellow at the Institute of Digital Government and Governance at Tsinghua University, which contributed to the drafting of the report, provided an interpretation.
Conference participants said China has entered a stage of development marked by strategic opportunities, risks and uncertainties. As a vital channel connecting the Party with the public, online mass work platforms are playing an increasingly important role. This channel should be strengthened and fully leveraged, with priority given to advancing think tanks, data capabilities and intelligent technologies.
During the discussion session, guests from places including Jiangsu, Gansu, Anhui, Shandong and Hebei provinces, as well as Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, explored how to better leverage public service platforms to support people-centered urban development.
The "Yunnan Initiative," aimed at advancing the online mass line in the new era, is unveiled at an online mass work conference in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 20, 2026. (People’s Daily Online/Fu Hao)
At the conference, six grassroots officials from Yunnan jointly unveiled the "Yunnan Initiative," aimed at advancing the online mass line in the new era.
A series of activities on online mass work, including a public call for case submissions, is launched at an online mass work conference in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 20, 2026. (People’s Daily Online/Fu Hao)
The conference also launched a series of activities on online mass work, including a call for case submissions on whole-process people’s democracy for an AI governance corpus.
In addition to soliciting innovative grassroots governance practices, People’s Daily Online will work with universities, think tanks, research institutes and major communication platforms to carry out in-depth case analysis, theoretical research and multi-format communication. The repository will continue to enhance its smart search and usability, evolving into an open platform for case insights, governance research and the sharing of good practices.
原文地址：http://en.people.cn/n3/2026/0323/c90000-20439079.html