You don't need to pass the press card, but you can apply if you have the conditions.

To apply for a press card, you must meet the following conditions:

1, news media editing front-line work for more than one year, by the news unit to the provincial press and publication administration to declare.

2, closed training, examination qualified to obtain the "radio and television editor reporter qualification examination certificate".

3. Only when you are physically qualified for the job requirements you are applying for can you apply for the Editor's Qualification Certificate issued by the Press and Publication Bureau.

4, in the news unit engaged in journalism for more than one year, by the news unit in charge of press and publication departments to submit relevant materials to receive a press card, after approval, issued a "press card".

5, the press card to implement the annual verification system, a unified replacement every five years.

Extended data:

Scope of non-issuance:

1, staff in non-supernumerary positions such as party affairs, administration, logistics, management, advertising, engineering and technology in news organizations;

2. Staff outside news organizations include correspondents, contributing writers, contributing reporters who provide news organizations with articles or programs, and other personnel who compile news articles for news organizations full-time or part-time. ;

3. Teaching counseling newspapers, university newspaper staff and periodical editors without news interview business;

4. Persons with bad working record or criminal punishment.

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