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This is a list of newspapers in China. The number of newspapers in
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has increased from 42—virtually all Communist Party papers—in 1968 to 382 in 1980 and more than 2,200 today. In 2006, China was the largest market for daily newspapers, with 96.6m copies sold daily, followed by India with 78.7m, Japan with 69.7m, the US with 53.3m, and Germany with 21.5m. China newspaper
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revenues increased by 128% from 2001 to 2006. Between 1950 and 2000, the number of Chinese newspapers increased nearly ten-fold. In 2004, over 400 kinds of daily newspapers were published in China, their circulation reaching 80 million, the highest figure of any country in the world. Targeted at different reader groups, newspaper formats are becoming increasingly diverse. Recent years have seen an important trend of newspaper reorganization in China. To date, 39 newspaper groups have been established in the country, such as Beijing Daily Newspaper Group, Wenhui Xinmin Associated Newspaper Group and Guangzhou Daily Newspaper Group. In 2003, trans-regional cooperation among the print media became a new trend. '' The Beijing News'', invested and run by
Guangming Daily The ''Guangming Daily'', also known as the ''Enlightenment Daily'', is a national Chinese-language daily newspaper published in the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1949 as the official paper of the China Democratic League. S ...
newspaper group and Nanfang Media Group, was the first to receive formal approval from the Chinese government to publish trans-regionally. Also Orient-Observation Weekly came out in Shanghai, its largest shareholder being the Beijing-based
Xinhua News Agency Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: ),J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. It is a ...
.


History

In 1987 China had three news agencies serving two regimes, the Central News Agency in Taiwan and the
Xinhua News Agency Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: ),J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. It is a ...
along with
China News Service China News Service (CNS; ) is the second largest state news agency in China, after Xinhua News Agency. China News Service was formerly run by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, which was absorbed into the United Front Work Department of the ...
(''Zhongguo Xinwenshe'') in the mainland. Central News Agency is the country’s oldest news agency founded in 1928 in
Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
by the
Nationalist government The Nationalist government, officially the National Government of the Republic of China, refers to the government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China from 1 July 1925 to 20 May 1948, led by the nationalist Kuomintang (KMT ...
led by the
Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...
which remains in existence in Taiwan. On the mainland, controlled by the
Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...
(CCP), Xinhua was the major source of news and photographs for central and local newspapers. The CCP's newspapers ''
People's Daily The ''People's Daily'' ( zh, s=人民日报, p=Rénmín Rìbào) is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It provides direct information on the policies and viewpoints of the CCP in multiple lan ...
'' and '' Enlightenment Daily'' (or ''Guangming Daily''), and the People's Liberation Army's ''
PLA Daily The ''People's Liberation Army Daily'' (), or ''PLA Daily'' for short, is the official newspaper of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Institutionally, the ''PLA Daily'' is the mouthpiece of and speaks for the Central Military Commission ( ...
'' continued to have the largest circulation. In addition to these major party and army organs, most professional and scientific organizations published newspapers or journals containing specialized information in fields as varied as
astronomy Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and their overall evolution. Objects of interest includ ...
and
entomology Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...
. Local morning and evening newspapers concentrating on news and feature stories about local people and events were extremely popular, selling out each day shortly after they arrived at the newsstands. In June 1981 the English-language ''
China Daily ''China Daily'' ( zh, s=中国日报, p=Zhōngguó Rìbào) is an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Overview ''China Daily'' has the widest print circulation of any ...
'' began publication. This newspaper, which was provided for foreigners living or traveling in China but which also was read by a large number of Chinese literate in English, offered international news and sports from the major foreign wire services as well as interesting domestic news and feature articles. ''
Reference News ''Reference News'' () is a Chinese newspaper published by Xinhua News Agency. Founded in 1931, it is ranked List of newspapers by circulation, 7th in the world by circulation and 1st in China. ''Reference News'' was first published on 7 Novembe ...
'', an official news organ that carried foreign news items in Chinese translation, was available to cadres and their families. In 1980 it enjoyed a circulation of 11 million, but, with the subsequent proliferation of other news sources, its circulation dropped to 4 million in 1985, causing the subscription policy to be changed to make it available to all Chinese. Another source of foreign reporting was '' Reference Information'' (''Cankao Ziliao''), a more restricted Chinese reprint of foreign reportage available only to middle- and upper-level cadres. Both of these publications often included foreign reports critical of China.


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National newspapers

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China Daily ''China Daily'' ( zh, s=中国日报, p=Zhōngguó Rìbào) is an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Overview ''China Daily'' has the widest print circulation of any ...
'' - English language national daily *'' China Economic Daily'' - daily *''
China Education Daily China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
'' (''Zhongguo Jiaoyu Bao'') *'' China News Digest'' (''Hua Xia Wen Zhai'') - independent online media run abroad *''
China Public Security Daily China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
'' - official public security bureau paper *''
China Youth Daily The ''China Youth Daily'' ( zh, s=中国青年报, t=, p=) is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China. It has been the newspaper of the Communist Youth League of China since 1951. It has occasional ...
'' (''Zhongguo Qingnian Bao'') - quasi-liberal daily; state-run, associated with the
Communist Youth League of China The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC; also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League or CYL) is a people's organization of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, r ...
*'' Economic Information Daily'

*'' The Economic Observer'' - classical liberal weekly; English edition website of the privately owned weekly newspaper *''
Global Times The ''Global Times'' is a daily Chinese Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party's flagship newspaper, the ''People's Daily'', commenting on international issues from a Chinese nationalistic pers ...
'' - Chinese Communist Party aligned, tabloid with two language editions, - Chinese and English *'' Gongren Ribao'' (''Workers' Daily'') *''
Guangming Daily The ''Guangming Daily'', also known as the ''Enlightenment Daily'', is a national Chinese-language daily newspaper published in the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1949 as the official paper of the China Democratic League. S ...
'' - conservative daily, close to the CCP *'' Legal Daily'' (''Fazhi Ribao'') - supervised by the
Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
*'' Nongmin Ribao'' (''Farmers' Daily'') - agricultural and rural issues *'' People's Court Daily'' *''
People's Daily The ''People's Daily'' ( zh, s=人民日报, p=Rénmín Rìbào) is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It provides direct information on the policies and viewpoints of the CCP in multiple lan ...
'' (''Renmin Ribao'') - official daily of the CCP Central Committee *''
PLA Daily The ''People's Liberation Army Daily'' (), or ''PLA Daily'' for short, is the official newspaper of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Institutionally, the ''PLA Daily'' is the mouthpiece of and speaks for the Central Military Commission ( ...
'' (''Jiefangjun Bao'') - official daily of the
People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...
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Reference News ''Reference News'' () is a Chinese newspaper published by Xinhua News Agency. Founded in 1931, it is ranked List of newspapers by circulation, 7th in the world by circulation and 1st in China. ''Reference News'' was first published on 7 Novembe ...
'' - has the largest circulation in mainland China, published by Xinhua News Agency


Regional newspapers


Anhui

*'' Anhui Daily'' *'' Hefei Wanbao''


Beijing

*'' Beijing Daily'' *'' Beijing Daily Messenger'' - prints 180,000 to 200,000 — 60,000 for subscribers; of the 120,000 retail copies, at least one-third is unsold *'' Beijing Entertainment News'' *'' Beijing Evening News'' - prints 700,000 copies — 450,000 for retail and 250,000 for subscribers; of the retail copies, 50,000 to 100,000 are unsold *'' Beijing Globe'' *'' Beijing Morning News'' - prints 180,000 — 130,000 are for subscribers; of the 50,000 retail copies, at least 20,000 are sold by the distribution center director as waste paper *'' The Beijing News'' (''Xin Jing Bao'') - third best-selling daily in Beijing; newly launched daily with reformist ambitions, very liberal *'' Beijing Portal'' *'' Beijing Ribao'' *'' Beijing Times'' (''Jing Hua Shi Bao'') - People's Daily-affiliated tabloid, centrist/liberal, second best-selling tabloid in the capital *'' Beijing Today'' - an English weekly covering cultural events and embassy news published by the ''Beijing Youth Daily'' *'' Beijing Youth Daily'' - fourth best-selling daily in the capital *'' China Newsday'' - an English China news aggregation which covers political, environmental and economic discussion *''
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'' *'' Legal Mirror'' (''Fazhi Ribao'') *'' A Liar's Digest'' - a Beijing-based underground newspaper in mainland China, which pokes fun at the state-controlled media


Chongqing

*'' Chongqing Daily'' *'' China High Tech'' *'' Chongqing Evening News'' *'' Chongqing Globe'' *'' Chongqing News'' - Chinese, English *'' Chongqing Today''


Fujian

*'' Common Talk'' *'' Fujian Ribao''


Gansu

*'' Gansu Daily''


Guangdong

*'' 21st Century Business Herald'' *'' Dongguan Times'' *'' Guangzhou Daily'' *'' Guangzhou Metro Daily'' *'' Guangzhou Morning Post'' *'' Information Times'' *'' Panyu Daily'' *'' Shenzhen Daily'' - one of China's three English-language daily newspapers *'' Shenzhen Dushi News'' *'' Shenzhen Economic Daily'' *'' Shenzhen Evening News'' *'' Shenzhen Special Zone Daily'' *'' Shenzhen Youth News'' *'' Southern Daily'' *''
Southern Metropolis Daily ''Southern Metropolis Daily'' (SMD) is a for-profit tabloid newspaper located in Guangzhou city, China,Wang, Xiaotong. 2012. "The Comparison Between Newspapers In Hong Kong And Mainland And Its Enlightenment – A Case Study On Apple Daily And ...
'' *'' Southern Weekly'' *'' Xin Kuai Bao'' *'' Yangcheng Evening News'' *'' Zhongshan Daily''


Guangxi

*'' Guangxi Daily''


Guizhou

*'' Guizhou Business Daily'' *'' Guizhou Daily'' *'' Guizhou Provincial'' *'' Huaxi City Daily''


Hainan

*'' Haikou Evening News'' *'' Hainan Daily'' *'' Nanguo Metropolis Daily''


Hebei

*'' Hebei Daily'' - CCP official paper * ''Hebei Youth Daily'' - tabloid covering Shijiazhuang, operated by ''Beijing Youth Daily'' * ''Shijiazhuang Daily'' - CCP official paper * ''Yanzhao Evening Post'' - tabloid covering Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei *'' Yanzhao Metropolis Daily'' - tabloid covering Hebei and sold in 11 cities around Hebei Province


Heilongjiang

*'' Harbin Daily'' *'' Heilongjiang Morning Post''


Henan

*'' Central Railway News'' *'' Dahe Newspaper'' *'' Luoyang Daily''


Hubei

*'' Chutian Metro Daily'' *'' Hubei News'' *'' Wuhan Evening News'' *'' Wuhan Morning News'' * Xianning Daily


Hunan

*'' Changsha Evening News'' - Chinese, English *'' Hunan Daily'' *'' Sanxiang Metro News'' *'' Xiaoxiang Morning News''


Inner Mongolia

*'' Hohhot Evening Post'' *'' Hohhot Morning Post'' *'' Hulunbeir Daily'' *'' Inner Mongolia Daily'' *'' Northern News Daily'' *'' Northern Family Daily''


Jiangsu

*'' Wuxi Daily'' -
Wuxi Wuxi ( zh, s=无锡, p=Wúxī, ) is a city in southern Jiangsu, China. As of the 2024 census, it had a population of 7,495,000. The city lies in the southern Yangtze delta and borders Lake Tai. Notable landmarks include Lihu Park, the Mt. Lings ...
*'' Xinhua Daily'' *'' Yangtse Evening Post'' -
Nanjing Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yang ...
*'' Yangzhou Ribao'' *'' Nanjing Morning Post''


Jiangxi

*'' Information Daily'' *'' Jiangnan newspaper'' *'' Jiangxi Daily''


Jilin

*'' China Jilin'' *'' Jilin News'' *'' Today New''


Liaoning

*'' Dalian Daily'' *'' Dalian Evening News'' *'' Liaoning Daily'' *'' Liaoning Farmer'' *'' North Morning News'' *'' Peninsula City News'' *'' Peninsula Morning News'' *'' Shenyang Wanbao'' *'' Times Business Daily''


Shaanxi

*'' Shaanxi Daily'' *'' Sanqin Daily'' *'' Chinese Business View'' *'' Xi'an Daily'' *'' Xi'an Evening News'' *'' Sunshine Daily'' *'' Tongchuan Daily'' *'' Baoji Daily'' *'' Xianyang Daily'' *'' Weinan Daily''


Shandong

*'' Dazhong Daily'' *'' Jinan Daily'' *'' Jinan Times'' - daily *'' Life Daily'' - published by Shandong Dazhong Daily News Group *'' Qilu Evening News'' - 1.2 million circulation; published by Shandong Dazhong Daily News Group *'' Qingdao Daily'' *'' Qingdao Globe'' *'' Qingdao News''


Shanghai


Shanxi

*'' Shanxi Daily''


Sichuan

*'' Chengdu Economic Daily'' *'' Sichuan Daily'' *'' Trust Post''


Tianjin

*'' Jin Wanbao'' *'' Tianjin Ribao''


Tibet

*'' Lasa Evening News'' *'' Tibet Broadcast'' *'' Tibet Daily''


Xinjiang

*'' Qapqal News'', the world's only Xibe-language newspaper *'' Xinjiang Daily'' *'' Xinjiang Economic Daily'' *'' Xinjiang Newspaper''


Yunnan


Zhejiang

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Qianjiang Evening News ''Qianjiang Evening News'' () is a Chinese newspaper and is one of the most circulated newspapers in the world. References External links Qianjiang Evening News Website Daily newspapers published in China Chinese-language newspapers (Simpli ...
'' *'' Zhejiang Daily''


Special administrative regions


Hong Kong

:''See Newspapers of Hong Kong''


Macau

:''See Media of Macau''


Business news

*'' 21st Century Business Herald'' - Southern Media Group publishes this paper Monday to Friday *'' China Business'' - business weekly, published by the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is a Chinese state research institute and think tank. It is a ministry-level institution under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The CASS is the highest academic institution and c ...
*'' China Business News'' - first Chinese business daily, aims "to be the most influential, authoritative and respected financial daily newspaper in China *'' China Economic Times'' (''Zhongguo Jingji Shibao'') - Chinese financial and economic information *'' China Financial News'' - published in 1987, official newspaper of all Chinese major banks *'' China Stock News'' - China's leading newspaper for stock market, provides much data for access *'' Chinese Business View'' *'' The Economic Observer'' - China's leading weekly for economy, politics, and culture; English edition of the privately owned weekly newspaper *''International Business Times'' ''(HK English'') *'' National Business Daily'' - publishes eight pages apiece on domestic and international business news *'' Xinhua Business Weekly'' - an English newsletter published weekly by Xinhua News Agency


Information technology news

*'' China Information World'' - published for 20 years; offers all IT information

*'' China PC News'' - covers Chinese IT news, consumer news, PC services, software and hardwar

*'' IT Business Information'' - mainly provides software solutions to both buyers and seller

*'' IT Management'' - news centre for IT manager, project manager, CIO etc. *'' PC Professional China'' - computer technical discussion zone newspaper, also offers a buyers' guide

*'' PC World (China), PC World'' - provides IT resources to enterprise, downloads, IT blog, and other technical journal

*'' Programming and Maintenance'' - covers topics from programming to PC maintenanc


Sports news

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Oriental Sports Daily ''Oriental Sports Daily'' (), formerly called ''Xinmin Sports'', was the first Chinese sports newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often type ...
'' - a city newspaper from Shanghai, which focuses on Shanghai and surrounding cities's football events *'' Soccer News'' - dedicated to Chinese soccer fans, reports national and international soccer news *'' Sports China'' - covers sports news for every sports events, includes
Chinese martial arts Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms Kung fu (term), kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (sport), wushu (), are Styles of Chinese martial arts, multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater Ch ...
*'' Titan Sports'' - China's most successful sports bi-weekly newspaper; it started as a weekly newspaper with focus on world soccer news, then expanded to Chinese soccer news, especially with China's first participation in the final phase of World Cup (2002). It has conquered and kept more than 80% of printed sports media market-share with its filial magazines such as Soccer Weekly, Golf Digest China, Slam China, Runners' World China, etc.


Defunct newspapers

*'' Wan guo gong bao'' - monthly newspaper published by Methodist missionaries from 1868 to 1907 *''
Central Daily News The ''Central Daily News'' was the official newspaper of the Kuomintang and is one of the world's oldest Chinese language newspapers, having been in circulation since 1928. The Kuomintang made the decision to temporarily cease publication of the n ...
'' – published by the
Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...
from 1928 to 2006. *'' The Crystal'', two-page tabloid published in Shanghai from 1919 to 1940 *'' Xinwen Bao'', published in Shanghai from 1893 to 1949


See also

*
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* *
Chinese tabloid Chinese tabloid is a newspaper format that became extremely popular in the People's Republic of China in the mid-1990s. Like tabloids in the rest of the world, they focus on sensationalism and scandal. History The rise of the tabloid format is as ...
* Media in the People's Republic of China * Communications in the People's Republic of China * List of non-English-language newspapers in New South Wales#Chinese language newspapers


References


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