Chinese leadership and their pennames

Guoping, the penname of a group of commentators from mainstream media like People's Daily and Xinhua News Agency, was awarded 2014 Person of the Year of Chinese Internet on Wednesday.

More than 200 pieces of influential comments interpreting major Chinese policies were published under the name of 国平 or Guoping, the two Chinese characters translated literally as nation and peace respectively, in 2014.

Guoping isn't the only penname adopted by mainstream Chinese media or Chinese leadership. Here are some others used by top Chinese leaders, major Chinese media outlets or government bodies.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of Central Military Commission, speaks during a conference on the diplomatic work on neighboring countries inBeijing, Oct 25, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping

When Xi was the secretary of Zhejiang provincial Party committee, he published 232 pieces of short commentary under the penname of 哲欣 or Zhexin, which means the innovation of Zhejiang, on the front page of Zhejiang Daily from 2003 to 2007.