Changjiang Daily

Changjiang Daily
长江日报
TypeDaily newspaper
OwnerChangjiang Daily Press Group
FoundedMay 16, 1949
Political alignmentChinese Communist Party
LanguageChinese
HeadquartersChangjiang Media Building, No. 113 Jinqiao Avenue, Jiang'an District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China
Websitecjrb.cjn.cn

The Changjiang Daily (simplified Chinese: 长江日报; traditional Chinese: 長江日報), also called "Yangtze Daily" or "Changjiang Ribao" in Pinyin Romanization, is the official newspaper of the Wuhan Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Founded in 1949, Changjiang Daily is now published and distributed by the Changjiang Daily Newspaper Group. The readers are mainly enterprises, government agencies, schools, and intellectuals.[1][2][3][4]

History

On May 16, 1949, the People's Liberation Army captured Wuhan, a large city on both sides of Changjiang, the longest reiver of China. On May 23, the Changjiang Daily was founded at No. 2 Taining Street, Hankou. Mao Zedong personally wrote the masthead. Subsequently, Changjiang Daily became the official newspaper of the Central China Bureau of the CCP Central Committee (later renamed the Central South Bureau of the CCP Central Committee), the Wuhan Municipal Committee of the CCP, and the Hubei Provincial Committee of the CCP.[5][2][1]

On June 1, 1950, the Hubei Provincial Committee of the CCP adopted the Hubei Daily as its official newspaper. On January 1, 1952, the Wuhan Municipal Committee of the CCP adopted the New Wuhan Daily as its official newspaper, making Changjiang Daily merely the official newspaper of the Central South Bureau of the CCP Central Committee.[2][5]

At the end of 1952, the Central South Bureau of the CCP Central Committee believed that all provinces and cities under its jurisdiction had established official newspapers, and decided that the Changjiang Daily would cease publication on December 31 of that year. The CCP Wuhan Municipal Committee then took over the name of the "Changjiang Daily", and the New Wuhan Daily was renamed "Changjiang Daily" to continue publication. Some of the original staff of the Changjiang Daily and the original staff of the New Wuhan Daily then jointly undertook the work of the new Changjiang Daily.[2][5]

In 1960, Changjiang Daily merged with Hubei Daily, and closed in 1961.[2]

In 1967, Changjiang Daily resumed publication.[2]

In 2003, the Changjiang Daily Newspaper Group was founded based on Changjiang Daily.[2]

In 2010, Changjiang Daily was elected into "China's Top 10 Media Groups that Influenced China in 2009-2010".[2]

On September 23, 2015, the new media platform "Jiupai News" created by the Changjiang Daily Newspaper Group was officially launched. It published the inaugural article "Heart Tide Rises High" on the Jiupai News app, the WeChat public account "Jiupai News", and the Changjiang Daily. The name "Jiupai" (Chinese: 九派, nine rivers) is derived from Mao Zedong's poem "Bodhisattva Man: Yellow Crane Tower" which says, "The vast nine rivers flow through China, and a single line runs through the north and south."[6]

Honors

In 2018, Changjiang Daily was elected into the 2017 list of the Top 100 Newspapers in China.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Chang Jiang ri bao = Changjiang daily". Library of Congress. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Changjiang Daily Press Group (长江日报报业集团)". Encyclopedia of China (3rd edition) (in Chinese). Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. December 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "Changjiang Daily Newspapering Group". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  4. ^ "Chang Jiang ri bao [microform] = Changjiang daily 長江日報 [microform] = Changjiang daily". National Library of Australia. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  5. ^ a b c Qiu Xi; Hu Zongxin (2019). "武汉长江日报继承中南长江日报证据考证" [Evidence Verification of the Inheritance of the Wuhan Changjiang Daily from the Central South Changjiang Daily]. 青年记者 (Youth Reporter) (in Chinese) (18): 86-88.
  6. ^ "长江日报新媒体平台九派新闻今日正式上线，命名取自毛泽东词" [The Changjiang Daily's new media platform, Jiupai News, officially launched today, taking its name from a poem by Mao Zedong]. The Paper (in Chinese). Archived from the original on July 14, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
  7. ^ 赵新乐(Zhao Xinle) (January 16, 2018). "2017年全国"百强报刊"推荐名单开始公示" [The recommended list of the 2017 "Top 100 Newspapers and Periodicals" in China has been announced]. Economic Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on November 5, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
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