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Jin Bo, a veteran journalist, suddenly passed out at a metro station in Beijing and died shortly after, despite efforts to wake him using CPR and artificial breathing by several passersby, on June 29.

Jin Bo, the 34-year-old vice editor-in-chief at Tianya Club, passed out and died soon after at a metro station in Beijing on June 29. [File photo]

A father of twin babies, the 34-year-old Jin was the vice editor-in-chief of Tianya Club, one of the most popular internet forums in China.

His colleagues confirmed that Jin worked too hard and often stayed up late.

Jin was at least the tenth media professional to die an early death in 2016.

Wang Yashan, an editor at Netease, China's leading commercial news portal, died of liver cancer at the age 28 on May 18.

Du Shaoling, the 42-year-old editor-in-chief at Chuncheng Wanbao, or Yunnan Evening News, woke up not breathing properly and died soon on June 16.

A recent survey on Chinese journalists and editors showed that "staying up late" and irregular eating habits made most media professionals quite unhealthy.

According to statistics based on the survey, 80 percent of the respondents said they work more than 8 hours a day and up to 60 percent of them fall asleep after midnight because of unfinished work and mental anxiety.

The survey also shows that roughly 23 percent of respondents have stomach troubles, over 21 percent suffered from obesity and almost 15 percent have high blood pressure.

Though most of the respondents think their job made them unhealthy, only 12 percent of them said they would consider a career change due to health concerns, the survey said.

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