Professor Chen Lidan shared his insights on controversies about Marxist thoughts on press, news and communication. He also explained how later Lenin and Stalin interpreted the roles of press in contrast to Marx's thoughts. Chen clarified some of the debatable views on Marx's ideas on press. It is Chen's belief that Karl Marx had never denied his thoughts on press and there is no dichotomy between ＂young Marx＂ and ＂mature Marx.＂ Marx's thoughts on press was a slowly-developing process; rather than denying ＂young Marx,＂ ＂mature Marx＂ enriched it. Marx, as Chen suggested, in a certain sense, considered newspapers and periodicals as carriers of pubic opinions and providers of information in a commercial society, but at the same time, Marx assumed that such media could not enjoy complete independence and would be affected by a variety of interests including political parties and commercial interests. Chen asserted that Marx didn't think press was a definite subordinate to the party, neither was the party press. Chen frankly pointed out that the development of research on Marxist media thoughts has been slow in mainland China. The academic research has been politicized, and the direction of the research must be consistent with the central government. He reminded the researchers of the new generation on Marxist thoughts on press, news and communication that they must conduct research on the basis of historical facts and first-hand materials.