''Beijing Youth Daily'' or ''Beijing qingnianbao''
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Abbreviation
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: ''BYD'',
) is the official newspaper of the
Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (中国共产主义青年团北京市委员会).
''Beijing Youth Daily'' was launched on 21 March 1949, and is now published by the
Beijing Youth Daily Agency (北京青年报社). It is the most widely circulated metropolitan newspaper in
Beijing
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''Beijing Youth Daily'' has halted production three times in its history. It has been published since 1981.
It is assigned the Chinese Issue Number () CN11-0103.
Publication
The daily typically publishes about 50
broadsheet
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Description
Many broadsheets measure roughly ...
pages per day. In addition to its flagship ''Beijing Youth Daily'', the media group publishes nine other newspapers:
* ''
Legal Evening News'' ()
* ''First Financial Daily'' ()
* ''Hebei Youth Daily'' ()
* ''Beijing Science and Technology News'' ()
* ''Youth Weekend'' ()
* ''
Beijing Today'' ()
* ''Middle School Times'' ()
* ''Beijing Children's Daily'' ()
* ''Top Horizon'' ()
* ''Beijing Youth Weekly'' ()
As well as four magazines:
* ''CéCi Sisters'' ()
* ''Casual Fashion'' ()
* ''News Mirror'' ()
* ''Campus Report 39.2°'' ()
History
On December 22, 2004, Beijing Media Corporation Limited (北青传媒股份有限公司), under Beijing Youth Daily Holdings, listed its H-shares in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...
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becoming the first Chinese mainland media company to be publicly traded overseas.
References
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External links
* Current official website of ''Beijing Youth Daily''
epaper.ynet.com* Original official website of ''Beijing Youth Daily''
bjyouth.ynet.com
Chinese-language newspapers (Simplified Chinese)
Newspapers established in 1949
Newspapers published in Beijing
Daily newspapers published in China