The ''Information Times'' () is a daily Chinese-language newspaper published under the Guangzhou Daily Newspaper Group. The ''Information Times'' was founded in 1985 and is currently published 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 ...
in
Guangdong Province
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
,
China
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 ...
.
History
The ''Information Times'' was initially founded in 1985 as a daily financial newspaper. On May 15, 2001, The Guangzhou Daily Newspaper Group invested in an update to the paper, making it more comprehensive. Further revisions in the next few years saw the paper focus more on coverage of city news.
Several events were planned to celebrate these revisions:
*June 2002: The
Beijing–Guangzhou Railway was temporarily renamed the ''Information Times Line'', and free newspapers were given to passengers.
*January 2003: A luxury river boat was renamed the ''Information Times Line'' in honor of the newspaper.
In 2006, the newspaper became the largest-selling tabloid newspaper in Guangzhou.
In 2014, the ''Information Times'' was the 33rd most circulated daily newspaper in the world and 8th in China according to
WAN-IFRA
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization made up of 76 national newspaper associations, 12 news agencies, 10 regional press organisations, and many individual newspaper ex ...
's World Press Trends Report.
Format
*Section A: Political News and Commentary
*Section B: Finance
*Section C: Special Features
*Section D: Entertainment and Lifestyle
See also
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List of newspapers in the People's Republic of China
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Media of the People's Republic of China
The mass media in the People's Republic of China primarily consists of television, newspapers, radio, and magazines. Since the start of the 21st century, the Internet has also emerged as an important form of mass media and is under the direct ...
References
External links
Information Times Online Version{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714025546/http://epaper.xxsb.com/ , date=July 14, 2017 (in Chinese)
1985 establishments in China
Chinese-language newspapers (Simplified Chinese)
Newspapers established in 1985
Mass media in Guangzhou