On October 13, 2024, the l1th lecture of Tang Duo Lecture Series of Liaoning University was successfully held at Puhe Campus. Professor Hu Zhengrong, Director of the Institute of Journalism and Communication of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication of University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences delivered a report titled ‘China’s International Communication Strategy System: Capacity Building and Effectiveness Improvement’. Professor Qiu Huanguang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Liaoning University attended the lecture and introduced the guest speaker. The lecture was presided over by Professor Cheng Lihong, Dean of School of Journalism and Communication of Liaoning University.                                  

Qiu Huanguang welcomed and thanked Professor Hu Zhengrong for his presence at the Tang Duo Lecture Series of Liaoning University and introduced his extensive academic background and outstanding academic achievements. Vice President Qiu noted that for a long time, Professor Hu Zhengrong had been deeply engaged in news communication. In this all-media era, Professor Hu Zhengrong has made great efforts to strengthen the capacity building of all-media international communication and actively explored the institutional reform of new mainstream media and the institutional framework and mechanism that suits all-media development strategies. He has made great contributions to the research and education of journalism and communication in China.

Titled ‘China’s International Communication Strategy System: Capacity Building and Effectiveness Improvement’, Professor Hu Zhengrong elaborated on China’s solution to accelerate the development of Chinese discourse and way of telling stories. He noted that the capacity of international communication relates to ideological security and national security, and that it is also imperative to build an effective international communication system to advance Chinese modernization. By analyzing real cases, he proposed that an effective international communication system should be established in top-level design, disseminators, users, products, formats and mechanisms.

After the lecture, Vice President Qiu Huanguang presented Professor Hu Zhengrong with a commemorative certificate and a commemorative plate. Yin Bo, a teacher representative of the School of Journalism and Communication presented flowers to him. More than 100 representatives of teachers and students from the school attended the lecture.

Professor Hu Zhengrong is a Ph.D. Supervisor, Director of the Institute of Journalism and Communication of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication of University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is also Executive Director of All-China Journalists Association, Vice President of China Media Culture Promotion Association, President of Communication Association of China, a member of the editorial board of Social Sciences in China and editor-in-chief of Journalism & Communication. He was one of the conveners of the Evaluation Group of Journalism and Communication in the 6th and 7th the State Council Academic Degrees Committees, Chairman of the Teaching Steering Committee of Journalism and Communication in Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education from 2013 to 2017, President of Communication University of China, editor-in-chief of China Education Television, Vice Chairman of the 6th Council of China TV Artists Association, member of the 8th Council of Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs and member of the11th Council of Chinese Association for International Understanding. In 2001, he received a special government allowance from the State Council. In 2023, he was awarded the ‘National Huang Danian-style Teachers Team in Colleges and Universities’ by the Ministry of Education.