On January 18, 2013, the state-sponsored Beijing News published an article entitled "Planning For Hundreds of Cultural Renovation Projects to Be Completed This Year" (
百项文物修缮今年完成计划). Some excerpts:.
At the opening of the Beijing Municipal Propaganda Director's Meeting there was a call for propaganda workers to all "use Weibo," and actively give rein to positive forces.
This year Beijing will formulate and implement an Internet Development Action Plan for Beijing, and make strategic use of the media and strive to create world-class portal web sites.
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Yesterday, during the Beijing Municipal Propaganda Director's Meeting Lu Wei, Beijing's Standing Committee member, Propaganda Director, and Deputy Mayor, said that the city's propaganda ranks comprised over 60,000 people working within the system, and over 2,000,000 working outside the system. It is necessary to strengthen positive guidance of hot-point issues, and every propaganda worker must utilize new media, "watch Weibos, launch Weibos, post Weibos, and research Weibos" to give rein to the Internet's positive forces.
This year, Beijing will earnestly implement the National People's Congress Standing Committee's "Decision Regarding Strengthening Network Information Protection," drive forward online real name identification administration, quickly issue regulations on on mobile device real name system administration, strengthen administration of micro-blogs, social networks, and mobile reporting, and research formulation of Beijing municipal Internet development administration regulations.
北京市宣传部长会议召开，要求宣传工作者都要“用微博”，主动发挥正能量
今年，北京将制定实施北京互联网发展行动计划，以新媒体为战略依托，努力打造世界一流门户网站。
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昨日，在北京市宣传部长会议上，市委常委、宣传部长、副市长鲁炜称，全市宣传队伍体制内有6万多人，体制外200多万人。要加强热点问题的正面引导，每一名宣传工作者都要应用好新媒体，“看微博，开微博、发微博，研究微博”，发挥网络正能量。
今年，北京市将认真贯彻落实全国人大常委会《关于加强网络信息保护的决定》，推进网络真实身份管理，近日将出台手机实名制管理规定，强化微博客、社交网络、手机报等管理，研究制定北京市互联网发展管理规定。
These screenshots, taken on January 30, 2013, show that Sina Weibo was censoring searches for "60,000 people inside the system" (制内有6万多人) and "2 million people outside the system" (体制外200多万人).
