Media sponsored by the Party and government must hold the family name of the party (Chinese: 党和政府主办的媒体必须姓党; pinyin: dǎng hé zhèngfǔ zhǔbàn de méitǐ bìxū xìng dǎng), often abbreviated as Party surnames party media (Chinese: 党媒姓党; pinyin: dǎng méi xìng dǎng), is a phrase from a speech made by Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping in 2016, used to emphasize the supremacy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over China's state media and mass media.