WeChat News, Updates: WeChat, an instant messaging application, is soaring new heights in China as its government agencies are opening more accounts to bring more online presence.

From a tally of 3,600 government WeChat accounts last year, the number almost doubled with nearly 6,000 accounts by March 2014, according to Communication University of China, which was reported by state media Xinhua. The reason for the speedy increase of WeChat users in the government, both central ministries and lower-level, is the agencies’ need to interact and have discussions with citizens about public issues. And there is no faster way right now to connect than through internet.

In spite of Beijing’s censorship operation that started May 27, analysts say that WeChat’s growing trend in China will still be full steam ahead.

Authorities are targeting to censor instant messaging services that show terrorism, violence, pornography, and fraud, according to Xinhua.

The Chinese government has removed approximately 40 accounts containing offensive or illegal political or economic content last March. Later in May, Government network CCTV openly criticized the messaging service of drowning its users with too much ads and information.

As of now, however, WeChat still stands as a private communication platform. This means that it is still safe from total censorship. In fact, Forrester Research Analyst Xiaofeng Wang said CNBC that, “"WeChat is not a public platform. Rather it's a communication tool for private social circles so censorship doesn't really apply."

WeChat is the most famous product of Tencent, one of the largest internet service providers in China. It is currently also the leading service provider in the country.

After its release in 2011, WeChat or Weixin garnered 50 million users in China alone. While across the globe, it has nearly 400 million users, proving that this platform has nowhere to go but up in terms of number of users and intensity of popularity.