Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with representatives attending a conference of the All-China Journalists Association (ACJA) and winners of the year's China Journalism Award, one of the country's most prestigious journalism prizes. 
  
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, extended greetings and congratulations to the representatives. 

Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, called on journalists across the country to shape a "reliable, admirable and respectable" image of China during his speech at the conference.

The ACJA is a national non-governmental organization composed of press institutions at the national level, journalists associations of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, journalists associations of special trades, and major institutions engaged in journalism education and research. 

The ACJA announced the winners of the 31st China Journalism Award last month, including 346 news entries by media outlets nationwide. The award-winning works covered topics including China's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty relief and the achievements in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. 

The winners were presented with their awards at the conference. 

(With input from Xinhua)