What are the eight major newspapers of the Communist Party of China?

The eight major party newspapers of the Communist Party of China include: People's Daily, Guangming Daily, China Youth Daily, Economic Daily, Liberation Daily, Xinhua Daily, People's Liberation Army Daily, and Workers' Daily.

1. People’s Daily

was first published on June 15, 1948 in Lizhuang, Pingshan County, Hebei Province. It was formed by the merger of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Daily and the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei People's Daily. It was the organ of the North China Central Bureau and also assumed the functions of the Party Central Committee organ. Comrade Mao Zedong personally wrote the registration for the People's Daily.

On August 1, 1949, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided that the People’s Daily would be the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the issue number of June 15, 1948 would be used. In 1992, People's Daily was named one of the top ten newspapers in the world by UNESCO.

2. Guangming Daily

It is a national and comprehensive daily newspaper with a long history and unique characteristics directly under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. It has extensive influence at home and abroad. For half a century, Guangming Daily has won the favor of readers at home and abroad with its broad and profound humanistic connotations, agile and authoritative reporting style, and elegant and fresh personality.

During the period of reform and opening up, "Guangming Daily" grasped the correct orientation, worked hard to forge ahead, maintained a positive and upward development momentum, served economic construction, stayed close to reality and life, and was well received by all walks of life. .

3. China Youth Daily

China Youth Daily helps young people broaden their horizons and increase their knowledge through various supplements and columns. Among them are "Learning and Thinking" which teaches theory and policy, "Pioneering" which talks about ideological cultivation, "Green Space" which introduces literature, "Long Knowledge" which talks about natural science, as well as "International Outlook" and "*** Youth" "Youth League Branch", "Law and Society", "Ethnicities in China" and "Art World", etc.

The "Star Journal" published every Sunday is a comprehensive cultural knowledge supplement that includes various special sections on literature, art, history, geography, calligraphy, sports, satirical sketches, world youth life, etc. Frequently publish comments, letters from readers and investigation reports to play the role of public opinion supervision.

4. Economic Daily

"Economic Daily" is a party newspaper directly under the Central Committee sponsored by the State Council. It is an important public opinion position for the Party Central Committee and the State Council to guide the national economic work. It is a national economic newspaper. The most authoritative and credible newspaper in China.

It is an important channel for disseminating and publishing the party and state’s economic policy information, an important window for domestic and foreign understanding of China’s economic development trends, and an important bridge for communication between the government and enterprises. In 1984, Comrade Deng Xiaoping wrote an inscription for the Economic Daily.

5. Liberation Daily

"Liberation Daily" was first published in 1941 during the Yan'an period of the Communist Party of China. It was an early political theory journal of the Communist Party of China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it became a daily published by the Shanghai Jiefang Daily Newspaper Group. It is the official newspaper of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, with a daily circulation of 550,000 copies.

6. Xinhua Daily

"Xinhua Daily" was the earliest newspaper in China during the Anti-Japanese War and the early stage of the Liberation War (January 11, 1938 - February 28, 1947). The large-scale organ of the Communist Party of China was founded by Zhou Enlai and other older generation proletarian revolutionaries at the headquarters of the 129th Division in Shexian County, Hebei Province. It was the first newspaper of the Communist Party of China to be publicly distributed nationwide and has been Lasted until February 28, 1947.

"Xinhua Daily" resumed publication in Nanjing in April 1949, and became the official newspaper of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China in 1952. On September 28, 2001, with the approval of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and the State Press and Publication Administration, and after research by the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, the Xinhua Newspaper Media Group, with Xinhua Daily as its main newspaper, was formally established.

"Xinhua Daily" is sponsored by the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. Xinhua Daily is now an institution directly under the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.

7. People's Liberation Army Daily

"Liberation Army Daily" is the official newspaper of the Central Military Commission published by the People's Liberation Army Newspaper. It was first published on January 1, 1956. Starting from October 1, 1999, the online version of "Liberation Army Daily" entered the Internet, and was officially named "China Military Network" on October 1, 2004.

8. Workers Daily

"Workers Daily" is a comprehensive newspaper sponsored by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. First published in Beijing on July 15, 1949, it is a national comprehensive central-level newspaper focusing on economic propaganda. Comrade Mao Zedong personally signed two inscriptions for it. It ceased publication on December 31, 1966 during the "Cultural Revolution". Publication resumed on October 6, 1978. 1 Sunrise Folio.

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The importance of newspapers:

First, most of the serious news read by the public comes from newspapers. No one has done quantitative statistics to tell us the proportion of news produced by newspapers in the overall news. However, some random "smart" people estimate that this proportion will not be less than 80%.

TV may have a greater influence, but according to the author’s experience working in the TV media, TV reporters often find news in newspapers. Even in the much touted new media, most of the witty comments are based on the news provided by newspapers.

Although there is no doubt the usefulness of social media such as Weibo and WeChat, most users of these services do not follow the journalistic standards of the newspaper industry. Therefore, although new media has a huge amount of content, there is still very little truly high-quality content.

So, this is the first reason why newspapers should continue to exist: Newspapers mine news, others just package it. The health of the newspaper industry is not a small issue because newspapers are a medium that sets the agenda for other media.

Second, newspapers are not just providers of information, they organize the world in a coordinated way every day. To put it to the extreme, if a well-run newspaper fails to read a certain article on it, it is equivalent to losing a way to see the world from another possible perspective and to connect with the world. Newspapers are a place for public dialogue. Of course, the premise is that the newspapers are run well.

Thirdly, the reason for the existence of newspapers is also related to its practitioners. How many people join the newspaper industry with a sense of mission for the journalism profession. Many reporters and editors believe that their role is to "pacify the suffering and torment the comfortable." Many journalists believe that they are ultimately working for readers—not for the editors, publishers, companies, or investors who manage them, but for the readers who enjoy their stories.

We are all familiar with the story of journalists who have lost their jobs for the sake of professional dignity. They resisted orders prohibiting them from publishing and were unwilling to sell their consciences for political and commercial interests. They do this to remain loyal to their readers, and sometimes entire editorial offices take such a stance.

Fourthly, for newspaper reporters and editors who value their profession, it is a worrying phenomenon for amateurs to "enter" the news field. They threaten professional standards. The recently deceased American journalist Helen Thomas, perhaps the best-known White House correspondent of the past 50 years, worried about the decline of professional journalism. "Everyone who owns a computer thinks he's a reporter.

Everyone who owns a cell phone thinks he's a photographer." She thinks the trend is "scary because you We are at a crossroads in my time when we are compulsively destroying the lives and reputations of others without even realizing it. Your mother told you she loved you, and a good reporter would check it out. Now a lot of valuable newspapers are letting that go."

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