Publishing houses, magazines and newspapers have different editorial responsibilities. But since the responsible editor is called "responsibility", he should be responsible for the layout of books and newspapers. This responsibility includes: whether the content of the manuscript is qualified, whether the articles in the magazine meet the publishing standards, and whether the layout content and articles in the newspaper are qualified. , and whether the contents of some languages meet the publishing standards of Chinese in China.

Therefore, responsible editors are generally grass-roots press and publication workers who are second only to management positions, that is, chief editor, chief editor/deputy editor, executive editor, editorial director and other positions.