2022 China Network Civilization Conference Network Rumor Governance Forum was held in Tianjin.

On August 29th, 2022 China Internet Civilization Conference Network Rumor Governance Sub-forum was held in Tianjin. The theme of the forum is "deepening network rumors and building a clear home", aiming at promoting the high-quality development of network rumors and helping to create a clean and tidy cyberspace. Niu Yibing, deputy director of the Central Network Information Office and the National Network Information Office, Yuan Bingzhong, deputy director of Xinhua News Agency, and Wang Xu, member of the Standing Committee of Tianjin Municipal Committee and secretary of the Education Working Committee, attended the forum and delivered speeches.

Niu Yibing pointed out that promoting network rumors, controlling rumors and chaos, and purifying network ecology are important contents of network civilization construction. It is necessary to give full play to the overall advantages of party and government organs in taking the lead, improve the coverage of network rumors, and build a closer mechanism of linkage discovery, linkage verification and linkage rumors based on the China Internet joint rumor platform. It is necessary to organize mainstream media to clean up the source, strengthen policy interpretation, authoritative release and hot spot guidance, and respond to social concerns in a timely manner. It is necessary to compact the main responsibility of the website platform, make a fuss about finding rumors, work hard to deal with rumors, and make a breakthrough in resisting rumors. It is necessary to form a joint effort to dispel rumors from all walks of life, organize experts to take the initiative to speak out, invite think tanks to propose comprehensive management plans, strengthen industry self-discipline, improve the media literacy of netizens, and support enterprises, institutions and individuals to safeguard their rights according to law.

Yuan Bingzhong emphasized that it is the unshirkable responsibility of the mainstream media to resolutely fight rumors. We should have a deep understanding of the significance of the management of online rumors, adhere to the truth, spread the truth, stir up confusion, and build a beautiful spiritual home online with the sense of political responsibility of "always worrying".

Wang Xu pointed out that how to rectify network rumors and purify network ecology has become a "required question" for cyberspace construction in the new era. Tianjin Municipal Committee attaches great importance to the governance of network rumors, focusing on legal governance, source governance and system governance, and actively explores the effective Tianjin experience of network rumors governance.

The forum jointly lit up the "energy ball" symbolizing the strength of all parties’ rumors, and launched the special work of "making online rumors have nowhere to hide". This special work insists on paying equal attention to "clearing the stock and controlling the increment", and will effectively squeeze the spread space of rumors and enhance the influence, communication and credibility of online rumors by labeling and making explicit measures. In addition, representatives of relevant departments, universities, Internet companies and netizens made keynote speeches and exchanged discussions on strengthening the work of network rumors.

The forum was guided by the Central Network Information Office, the General Administration of Market Supervision, People’s Daily and Xinhua News Agency, and hosted by the Reporting Center of the Central Network Information Office, the Food Safety Coordination Department of the General Administration of Market Supervision and Xinhuanet. More than 120 guests including party and government organs, industry associations, responsible comrades of major website platforms, experts and scholars, and representatives of netizens attended the meeting.