''Fujian Daily'' ( zh, 福建日报) is the official newspaper of the

Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the provincial committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Fujian Province. The CCP committee secretary is the highest ranking post in the province. The current secretary is ...

. It was established on August 25, 1949.

History

On May 25, 1949, during deliberations on the establishment of the

, the East China Bureau of the

Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the Central committee, highest organ when the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, national congress is not ...

resolved to publish two party newspapers following the liberation of Fujian: ''Fujian Daily'', serving as the official organ of the Fujian Provincial CCP Committee, and '' Xiamen Daily'', functioning as the official organ of the Xiamen Municipal CCP Committee. It was requested that Shu Tong, then a member of the Standing Committee of the East China Bureau and Minister of Publicity, compose the headers for both newspapers. The zinc plate was transferred to Ye Wei of the News Squadron of the East China Military Service Corps of the People's Liberation Army, who was ready to proceed southward to deliver the zinc plate to Fujian. The heading of ''Fujian Daily'' was engraved by

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...

in late 1964. The Fujian Daily Newspaper Group was created on August 25, 2002. The Fujian Daily Newspaper Group encompasses 11 newspapers, including '' Strait News'' and '' Strait Daobao'' (established in Xiamen on March 9, 1999), 12 periodicals, including ''Cross-Strait Media'', and over 120 websites and new media platforms, such as Southeast Net and New Fujian. In 2018, the newspaper was chosen for the 2017 National Top 100 Newspaper List.

References

{{Reflist National Top 100 Publications Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Chinese Communist Party newspapers Publications established in 1949 1949 establishments in China State media