Wang Yongping's back is the character to be filled

Wang Yongping has ceased to serve as a spokesman for the Ministry of Railways and as a minister of the Ministry of Political Affairs’ Propaganda Department. The Ministry of Railways stated, "This is not a dismissal or suspension, but a normal job change."

In less than a month, Wang Yongping left the public with two completely different Facebooks. One of them was the “No words of choice” at the press conference after the July 23 car accident. The “miracle” and “I believe it”, and other thundering words, used the identity of the press spokesperson to challenge the public for disaster and sadness. Basic emotions. One was the departure of Wang Yongping who was “sudden but not unexpected”. Some media even took pictures of Wang Yongping waving on the stairs of the office building of the Ministry of Railways. This picture is so full of enthusiasm, so that some netizens said on the Weibo, "I have begun to sympathize with Wang Yongping."

It is difficult to say that Wang Yongping’s departure is not related to his previous “spoofing mistakes.” Because of this, we can also understand the netizen’s psychological change from anger to sympathy. In fact, this may be more of an exchange of emotions. Regarding Wang Yongping’s performance at the press conference, Wang Xuming, a former spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, sent a letter and asked: “Where is today Wang Yongping, tomorrow? Today, the Ministry of Railways, who is tomorrow?” It seems to me that there is a kind of “pathetic” In fact, it also reveals some of the predicaments of the current spokesperson system and the price that the spokesperson has to endure because of the imperfection of the system.

The spokesperson system in China has been established for several years. As a new thing, the spokesperson system has shown rapid development in China. Over the past few years, the three-tier spokesperson system of the State Council, the ministries and commissions, and the provincial and municipal governments has basically been established. Spokespersons of party committees at all levels will soon be fully established. This is a gratifying phenomenon. Correspondingly, as a "labor pain" in development, the spokesperson system is partially distorted and dissimilated: due to the lack of regulatory requirements in place of rigid requirements, many At the time, the spokesperson system was even more focused on skill training and public relations training; sometimes, they even read news just to “smooth” things.

Under such "alienation", which is not uncommon, the news spokesperson also began to present various "strange situations." The People’s Daily has classified unqualified spokespersons as "not available for comment," "big packs," "based on propaganda," "self-defence," "reporting, and reporting without worry," " "Anger type", "emotional dislocation type" and so on. Such a public image obviously contradicts the design of the spokesperson's system, and it is also increasingly unsuited to the open background of the times. In an era when everyone has a microphone, the public has more and more information because of the network, and Weibo expands the capacity of this information. The public’s expectation of the news spokesperson is more concentrated on the performance of “with questions and answers”, honesty and intelligence. To silence, provoke, or even care about him, it will only aggravate public disgust.

This is exactly the system dilemma and role space that Wang Yongping had to face. It was also an important reason for Wang Yongping, who began to sympathize with the departure of Wang Yongping: Under the current news spokesperson system, as a job rather than a system design, Wang Yongping can only represent the interests of his own department. Their functions are limited, and they can never answer anything. Sometimes they must “remember” not to be sincere. Compared with the public who are increasingly demanding information disclosure, Wang Yongping needs to bear anger. Compared to the public sentiment caused by his own improper speech, Wang Yongping was even more successful.

When Wang Xuming left the Ministry of Education as a spokesperson at the beginning, he said: "Looking back at 20 years, everyone may understand my current situation." In this regard, any tragic or other interpretation may seem superficial. In my opinion, the back of Wang Yongping's departure is even more a space between the system and the role. It waits for the progress of the spokesperson system and information disclosure to fill up.