Abstract

Press is seen as a fundamental part of an open and successful international and internal economic system, and it creates an imperative mechanism for development. This article examines the benefits of Global Times, which covers economical stories in China. Global Times has justified as a fundamental component for international investors to invest in China market. In addition, Global Times newspaper represents the market of China better to the World compare to other media of China. Global Times publishes economical stories in English. Thus, foreign investors get enough knowledge about the China market through Global Times.

The primary objective of this study was to discover how Global Times cover economical stories in China. Also, to find out the perception of participants, regarding economic policies of Global Times for international investors. Quantitative method with self-administrated questionnaires was adopted. Questionnaires were developed based on the current literature of Global Times; descriptive statistic was used for data analysis.

Master students’ at the University of Hebei from the Economics Department were the main participants of this study. In total, 50 participants responded, 60% male and 40% female. However, this study found that 71% participants believe that economical stories of Global Times are beneficial for China. Also, 49% acknowledge that economical stories of Global Times encourage foreign investors to invest in China market.  Nevertheless, this study has two limitations, first due to limited time, the researcher was not able to target a large number of participants, and as a result, this study cannot be fully generalized. Second, this study used a descriptive statistic, which is a very basic form of quantitative method, and it provides a simple summary of the sample and measures.