James F. Scotton, William A. Hachten (2010). New Media for a New China(en inglés). Wiley Blackwell Publishers. p. 103. ISBN978-1-4051-8797-8. «[...] Xinwen Lianbo remains its top program, attracting 500 millions viewers.»
Li Xiguang (15 de enero de 2002). «The Internet's Impact on China's Press»(en inglés). RTHK. Consultado el 4 de agosto de 2016. «In the past, the government easily controlled and even manipulated popular opinion by limiting the public to only official information source. Watching the "Evening News" (Xinwen Lianbo) on state-run CCTV (China Central Television) had been a national ritual at the family dinner table. Besides daily news coverage, the party and government depended on the program to put across their major propaganda campaigns and political mobilizations.»