''Jiefang Daily'' (), also translated as ''Liberation Daily'', is the official daily

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of the

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

Committee of the

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(CCP).

History

''Jiefang Daily'' was first published on May 28, 1949, in

. From 1941 to 1947, a newspaper with the same name was published in

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, which published the famous editorial ''

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'' on August 25, 1943. In October 2020, the

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designated ''Jiefang Daily'' as a

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of China.

Overview

Published by the Shanghai Municipal Government, ''Jiefang Daily'' is a general newspaper covering East China. The paper reports domestic and international news. And its primary readership covers decision makers and business executives in governmental agencies and local enterprises. ''Jiefang Daily'' is the Party newspaper for the Shanghai committee of the CCP. After Shanghai was taken over by the People's Liberation Army from the

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government, the newspaper started publication on May 28, 1949, by continuing to use the name of the central government's former Party newspaper ''Jiefang Daily'' published in the communist base

in northern

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Province. The newspaper has been published in folio size since 1988. It has readers in Shanghai's townships and countryside and many other places in China, and it has some overseas subscribers as well. Published under Jiefang Daily are also some newspapers including English Newspaper for Shanghai Students, Newspaper Digest, Life in Party Branch and Serial Stories, whose circulations range between several tens to several hundreds of thousands. Among them, the circulation of Newspaper Digest stands at more than 2.7 million for each issue. After the

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, the newspaper took the lead to resume commercial advertising.{{Citation needed, date=October 2020

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Official website
Newspapers published in Shanghai Chinese-language newspapers (Simplified Chinese) Chinese Communist Party newspapers 1949 establishments in China Publications established in 1949 State media Chinese propaganda organisations Propaganda newspapers and magazines

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