1983年4月23日,中国记协首次向中外记者介绍国务院各部委和人民团体的新闻发言人,标志着我国正式建立新闻发言人制度。迄今为止,我国的新闻发言人制度已有20余年的历史。在我国新闻学界,对于该制度一个较为通行的定义是“国家、政党、社会团体任命或指定的专职(比较小的部门为兼职)新闻发布人员,在一 On April 23, 1983, the China Association of Record Readers for the first time briefed Chinese and foreign reporters on the press spokesman of the ministries and commissions and the people’s organizations of the State Council, marking the formal establishment of a spokesman system in our country. So far, our spokesman system has been in existence for more than 20 years. In our journalism field, one of the more common definitions of this system is that ”the full-time (small-part-time part-time) press release officer appointed or designated by the state, political party or social organization,