Minzu University of China
The current editor-in-chief, Iktan (, "Yīkètǎn"), is a graduate of the Minzu University of China; aside from Xibe, he also speaks Chinese, Uyghur, Kazakh and Russian. He began working for the "Ice Banjin" in 1958 and took over as editor-in-chief of the "Qapqal News" in 1985. The paper has a total staff of 25 people; however, all but two lack a formal journalism education background and 20 only have a middle-school or lower educational background.