Due to the attack'srecencyoccurring to5 days after the [[2024 Zhuhai car attack|Zhuhai car ramming]], the incident received worldwide media attention.<ref name="Reuters" /><ref name="VOA" /><ref name="BBC" /><ref name="NOS" /> Bouquets of flowers were placed at one entrance of the college but were later removed by security.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 November 2024 |title=China's 2nd mass attack in a week kills 8, spurs soul-searching |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Society/Crime/China-s-2nd-mass-attack-in-a-week-kills-8-spurs-soul-searching |access-date=17 November 2024 |publisher=[[Nikkei Asia]] |language=en |archive-date=17 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241117181318/https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Society/Crime/China-s-2nd-mass-attack-in-a-week-kills-8-spurs-soul-searching |url-status=live }}</ref> Chinese authorities [[Internet censorship in China|censored]] online discussion of the attack; the only information on the [[Internet in China|Chinese internet]] about the attack is the official police report.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fu |first=Claire |date=November 16, 2024 |title=China Hit Again With Fatal Violence as at Least 8 Die in Stabbing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/world/asia/wuxi-china-stabbing.html |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=19 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119040053/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/world/asia/wuxi-china-stabbing.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-11-16 |title=Knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China leaves 8 dead and 17 injured |url=https://apnews.com/article/china-knife-attack-yixing-stabbing-school-xu-1cb98b756a2d638f68c1a04bb477e192 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en |archive-date=18 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118134042/https://apnews.com/article/china-knife-attack-yixing-stabbing-school-xu-1cb98b756a2d638f68c1a04bb477e192 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Reporters tried to interview the school's principal, but received the response that they were busy.<ref>{{cite web |date=2024-11-16 |title=无锡一高校有人持刀伤人，伤者送医救治，警方已控制伤人者 |url=https://news.ifeng.com/c/8eZ7GUzDVOR |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=[[Phoenix Television]] |language=zh}}</ref> The [[Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]] led by [[Xin Changxing]] held a meeting and later issued a notice that police forces must pay high attention to the incident and that [[Mass surveillance in China|surveillance]] in crowded areas must be strengthened.<ref>{{cite news |title=省委召开会议部署宜兴持刀伤人案件处置工作 |url=https://www.jiangsu.gov.cn/art/2024/11/17/art_37384_11421430.html |accessdate=2024-11-17 |work=江苏省人民政府 |date=2024-11-17}}</ref>
