Beijing, Guangdong last in media perception

Beijing and Guangdong province finished at the bottom of a ranking of Chinese regions' media image, according to a report by the Crisis Management Center at Renmin University of China.

The report, which was published on Wednesday, was based on more than 2,000 media reports from last year that covered 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions.

The "image rankings" are based on five indicators: public security, social order, public services, the environment and the image of local officials. Tang Jun, director of the center and author of the report, said the results are understandable because last year "the media focused more on big cities, so negative reports on Beijing and Guangzhou were witnessed more frequently".