BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Xinhua TV, run by China's Xinhua News Agency, has got 400,000 fans following it on social networking site (SNS) Kaixin 001.com.

    Xinhua TV registered on Kaixin001 as an institutional user in June. It has got the largest group of fans by now among all media users of Kaixin001, said Cheng Binghao, CEO of the SNS on Friday.

    He said crossing the 400,000 line was a milestone event, which proved the cooperation between Xinhua News Agency, a mainstream media, and the SNS very successful.

    The TV department of Xinhua News Agency started supplying Kaixin001.com with real-time video coverage of breaking political, social and economic news as well as in-depth reports on June 16.

    Xinhua TV appears on the site with a "male" feature and followers can get updates when it posts new content. Followers canalso communicate with Xinhua reporters by tracking their links on the site.

    According to Xinhua's deputy editor-in-chief, Wu Jincai, the agency's department of video and audio programs, Xinhua TV now releases more than 500 pieces of news programs every day.