Network public opinion analyst refers to full-time Internet information monitoring, public opinion situation analysis, public opinion environment research, network crisis management and other work. And provide internet information monitoring, analysis and consulting services for party and government organs, enterprises, institutions and individuals at all levels. They extract valuable contents from the vast network information and make scientific analysis and judgment, thus providing decision-making reference for the parties to understand the internet information, observe the network dynamics and deal with the public opinion crisis. On September 20 13, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security officially brought online public opinion analysts into the CETTIC vocational training sequence, and authorized the public opinion monitoring office of People's Daily to be responsible for the training and assessment of online public opinion analysts nationwide. Those who take part in the training and pass the examination will get the professional training certificate of network public opinion analyst certified by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, which will become the professional certificate and employment certificate of network public opinion analyst in the future. These people are sometimes misunderstood and nicknamed "network agents".