''Jiefang Daily'' ( zh, s=解放日报, p=Jiěfàng Rìbào), also translated as ''Liberation Daily'', is the official daily

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of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

History

''Jiefang Daily'' was first published on May 28, 1949, in Shanghai. A newspaper with the same name was published in

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beginning in 1941; it published the famous editorial '' Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China''. In March 2018, ''Jiefang Daily'' won the Third National Top 100 Newspapers in China. In October 2020, the

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designated ''Jiefang Daily'' as a foreign mission 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 official newspaper for the Shanghai committee of the CCP. After Shanghai was taken over by the

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from 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 ...

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. 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 Cultural Revolution, the newspaper took the lead to resume commercial advertising.

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* {{Official website Newspapers published in Shanghai Chinese-language newspapers (Simplified Chinese) Chinese Communist Party newspapers 1949 establishments in Shanghai Newspapers established in 1949 State media Chinese propaganda organisations Propaganda newspapers and magazines Shanghai United Media Group National Top 100 Publications

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