1 Introduction

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held at a critical moment in the new journey of comprehensively building a socialist modernized country, which is of great significance. During the conference, China Daily provided a detailed report. This article analyzes the news report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in China Daily from the perspective of cultural discourse research, explores the purpose of its discourse, and aims to help people better interpret the report, providing reference for telling Chinese stories and spreading Chinese voices.

2. Theory of Cultural Discourse Research

In depth exploration of the origin and development of the concept of "discourse", it is pointed out that discourse analysis, as an interdisciplinary research method, challenges traditional structuralist linguistics by not only studying language units but also focusing on the relationship between language and socio-cultural issues. Critical discourse analysis, as a mainstream method, reveals the ideological and power relations in language use, but there is a binary opposition between theoretical understanding and research practice, and a lack of cross-cultural awareness. The cultural discourse research paradigm proposed by Shi Xu is a reflection on the Western discourse research system, emphasizing cultural consciousness and cultural politics, and focusing on the cultural characteristics behind verbal communication events. The overall analytical framework of cultural discourse research covers six categories: discourse subject, content/form, media use, purpose/effect, cultural relations, and historical relations, providing a new perspective for research.

3 Research Design

This article introduces the English news reports published by China Daily during the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Reports from October 16th to 22nd, 2022 were selected, and 249 reports were obtained through keyword search. After screening, 125 valid reports were obtained, with a total word count of 68305. The study used AntConc 4.2.0 software for corpus analysis, combined with Shi Xu's cultural discourse research theoretical framework, to explore the discourse subject, main discourse content, discourse purpose, and cultural historical relationship of the report through corpus and qualitative analysis methods.

4 Results and Analysis

Based on the theoretical framework of cultural discourse research, an in-depth analysis was conducted on the news reports related to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China published by China Daily from October 16 to 22, 2022. The analysis is conducted from five dimensions: discourse subject, discourse content, discourse medium, discourse purpose, and cultural and historical relationships.

5 Conclusion

Through the analysis of China Daily's report on the 20th National Congress of the CPC through the framework of cultural discourse research, this paper reveals the discourse subject, content, media, purpose and the relationship with culture and history in the report. The report focuses on the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, highlighting China's achievements and future tasks, aiming to shape a positive national image of China and reflect traditional Chinese cultural values.