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535 journalists in China (September 2026)

535 journalists are on file in China, 0.4% of the 127,602 on file. 193 are reporters and 249 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

535 Journalists on file
193 Reporters
249 Editors
1.29 Editors per reporter

China has 1.29 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in China
Editors 249 46.5%
Reporters 193 36.1%
Correspondents 65 12.1%
Other editorial 14 2.6%
Anchors and presenters 7 1.3%
Columnists 4 0.7%
News producers 3 0.6%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

166 of the 535 journalists on file in China carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Business 42 25.3%
Finance and markets 35 21.1%
Economics 14 8.4%
Fashion 14 8.4%
Culture and arts 10 6.0%
Politics 10 6.0%
Energy 8 4.8%
Technology 8 4.8%
Foreign affairs 6 3.6%
Health 5 3.0%
Sports 4 2.4%
Science 3 1.8%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in China

OutletTypeJournalists in ChinaAll journalists on file
新浪 Online outlets 52 61
Caixin Global Newspapers 45 52
South China Morning Post Newspapers 30 328
China Business News Newspapers 29 33
Bloomberg Online outlets 28 1,785
Caijing Magazine Magazines 27 33
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 26 1,535
The Christian Broadcasting Network Broadcasters 24 87
澎湃新闻 The Paper Newspapers 17 27
AFP Wire agencies 16 865
Reuters Wire agencies 15 710
Vogue Magazines 12 349
Betevé Broadcasters 9 38
The New York Times Newspapers 8 2,168
Financial Times Newspapers 8 595
Associated Press Wire agencies 7 1,057
BBC Broadcasters 5 3,935
The Economist Magazines 5 257
Geekpark 极客公园 Broadcasters 5 9
Gq Magazine Magazines 5 65

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in China, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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JournalistLabs, 535 journalists in China, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/china/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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