This study, drawing upon the perspective of the "critical political economy of communication" and employing secondary analysis, proposes to examine the practice of news supervision by public opinion in China. This paper found that news supervision by public opinion, which facilitates social integration, represents an extension of state power. Second, the state and the market exert significant influences on the system. Third, the shape of media under the system of news supervision by public opinion is a product of various factors. Finally, the autonomy of the media is thus limited.