''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 Shu Tong (November 25, 1905 – May 27, 1998) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Dongxiang County, Jiangxi Province (part of Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province). He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1926. He was the Party Secr ...

, 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

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in late 1964. The

Fujian Daily Newspaper Group Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

was created on August 25, 2002. The Fujian Daily Newspaper Group encompasses 11 newspapers, including ''

Strait News ''Strait Metropolitan Post'' (海峡都市报; 海峽都市報), or ''Strait Metropolis Daily'', officially transliterated as ''Strait News'', is a Fuzhou-based daily newspaper, officially launched on October 1, 1997. It is published by the Fujia ...

'' and ''

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'' (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 Fjsen.com ( zh, 东南网), or Fjsen, also known as Fujian Southeast Network, serves as the official news site for Fujian, overseen by the Publicity Department of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and managed by the Fu ...

and

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. 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