Jiefang Daily
| First issue of the Jiefang Daily published 16 May 1941 | |
| Type | Daily |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Shanghai Committee of Chinese Communist Party Shanghai United Media Group |
| Publisher | Shanghai United Media Group Jiefang Daily Press (Chinese: 解放日报社) |
| Founded | May 28, 1949 |
Political alignment | Chinese Communist Party |
| Language | Chinese |
| Headquarters | Jing'an District, Shanghai, China |
| OCLC number | 41624020 |
| Website | www |
Jiefang Daily (Chinese: 解放日报; pinyin: Jiěfàng Rìbào), also translated as Liberation Daily, is the official daily newspaper of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Shanghai-based paper began publication in 1949, adopting the name of the Yan'an-based CCP newspaper which had ceased publication two years earlier.
History
[edit ]Jiefang Daily (Liberation Daily) was published in Yan'an beginning on 16 May 1941.[1] : 25 It published the famous editorial Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China .[2] : 68, 110 Mao Zedong provided regular instruction for the paper's operations and also contributed articles and essays for publication in it.[1] : 25
During the editorial tenure of Lu Dingyi, Jiefang Daily increased its focus on promulgating CCP policies.[1] : 25–26 Because the CCP relied on grassroots cadre to communicate its messages to the masses at a time when literacy was still limited, the newspaper used simple and direct language.[1] : 26 In an effort to give clear instruction, it typically published a piece of reporting side-by-side with an instructive editorial.[1] : 26 Seeking to implement principles of the mass line, the newspaper dispatched reporters to collect news stories from villagers and sought contributions from local cultural workers.[1] : 26 Circulation methods included village newspaper reading groups, community blackboards and bulletin boards, night study groups, and public meetings.[1] : 26
Lu established the requirement that the paper's content had to be approved by the CCP.[1] : 25–26 During Lu's tenure, the paper became more aligned with those who supported Mao's leadership, and less with the Soviet-leaning and Comintern-leaning members of party leadership.[1] : 26
The Yan'an-based paper stopped operating 27 March 1947 when the CCP headquarters moved out of Yan'an because attack by the Nationalists was imminent.[1] : 25
The newspaper has traditionally been designated as an official "mouthpiece" (Chinese: 喉舌; lit. 'throat tongue') of the CCP.[3]
In March 2018, Jiefang Daily won the Third National Top 100 Newspapers in China.[4] [5]
In October 2020, the United States Department of State designated Jiefang Daily as a foreign mission of China.[6] [7]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kang, Xiaofei (2023). Enchanted Revolution: Ghosts, Shamans, and Gender Politics in Chinese Communist Propaganda, 1942-1953. New York (N.Y.): Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197654477.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-765447-7.
- ^ Li, Ying (2024). Red Ink: A History of Printing and Politics in China. Royal Collins Press. ISBN 9781487812737.
- ^ "Mouthpiece". China Media Project. 2025年10月29日. Retrieved 2026年03月15日.
- ^ "第三届全国"百强报刊"公布 这份名单是怎么产生的". People's Daily (in Chinese). 2018年03月06日. Retrieved 2025年02月06日.
- ^ "第三届全国"百强报刊" 推荐结果出炉". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025年02月06日.
- ^ "Pompeo says U.S. designates six more Chinese media firms as foreign missions". Reuters . 2020年10月21日. Retrieved 2020年10月21日.
- ^ "Designation of Additional PRC Propaganda Outlets as Foreign Missions". U.S. Department of State . Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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